Rare find at the National Archives UK: earlier this year, the volunteer Michael Scurr at TNA discovered one of the earliest prints of the US Declaration of Independence in the Royal Navy Captains’ letters collection and can be linked to our collection as it travelled on the American privateer Dalton

250 Jahre USA: Was ist geblieben von den Idealen der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung? Das diskutierten Christina Morina, Philipp Gassert, Ute Frevert von der Max Weber Stiftung und Ulrike von Hirschhausen vom @ghiwashington.bsky.social ⬇️ echoesof1776.hypothe... ##1776

It's almost time for #IMC2026! 🏰 The GHIL, @dhi-paris.fr, @dhiroma.bsky.social and German History Society#IMC2026!armly invite members of the wider medievalist community to join us for a friendly get-together on Wednesday 7 July at 7:45 pm in the Great Woodhouse Room at University House. 1/2

A new look for the GHIL ✨ While renovation work continues in our building, we’ve also been refreshing how the Institute presents itself across our website, social media and beyond.

#Chance | PhD Prize of the German Historical Institute London. German & British history | London | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... @ghilondon.bsky.social #jewishstudies #jewsky #GermanHistory Deadline: July 31, 2026

Podcast episode! Mousumi Mukherjee is in conversation with Geetha B. Nambissan, Nandini Manjrekar, and Shivali Tukdeo on Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India, published in the ICAS:MP – CUP book series. @ghilondon.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1AKH...

Why do medieval chronicles contain so many precise references to money—prices, taxes, debts, exchange rates? 📜 1/4

📢 Bewerbungsstart für die Gerald D. Feldman-Reisebeihilfen der Max Weber Stiftung Für Promovierende und Forschende in den Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften. Forschungsaufenthalte in 2–3 Gastländern und Vernetzung weltweit. 📅 Frist: 4.10.2026 🔗www.maxweberstiftung... #PhDLife #ResearchFunding

All 'bout the 💰! New blog post on our project "Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages" is out now! Kindly published by @ghilondon.bsky.social.

Delighted to see the @ghilondon.bsky.social published a blog post by @gabpassabi.bsky.social and me on our @dfg.de project 'Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages’! ghil.hypotheses.org/8934

New on the GHIL Podcast! 🎧 In this episode, host Kim König and GHIL Fellow Thomas Kaal sit down with Ulrike Lindner, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cologne, to talk about the research behind her lecture on epistemic inequalities in the Global South and 1/4

Join us next Tuesday, 23 June, for a lecture in cooperation with the Modern German History Seminar (Institute of Historical Research, @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social)! 📅 1/6

Join us next Tuesday, 23 June, for a lecture in cooperation with the Modern German History Seminar (Institute of Historical Research, @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social)! 📅 1/6

Unfortunately, tonight's lecture has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any inconvenience caused!

Medieval history can get you to... Singapore? For the last month, I had the pleasure of being a Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore, thanks to a Mobility Fellowship from the Global Indo-Pacific programme.

Happening tomorrow! There's still time to sign up 👇 www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu... #climatescience #environmentalhistory #skystorians

It's almost kick-off time! The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup begins today! ⚽ The GHIL Library has put together a selection of books on football, exploring its history, politics, and cultural significance. 🥅 1/2

Join us online on 16 June for the last lecture in our summer series on environmental history! Debjani Bhattacharyya (Universität Zürich) will give a talk on 'Valuing Indian Ocean Monsoon Risk and the Making of Climate Science'. 1/7

There are some great books in this thread. There are also some football chapters in Berlin Sports #sporthistory #skystorians www.uapress.com/product/berl...

It's almost kick-off time! The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup begins today! ⚽ The GHIL Library has put together a selection of books on football, exploring its history, politics, and cultural significance. 🥅 1/2

Join us online on 16 June for the last lecture in our summer series on environmental history! Debjani Bhattacharyya (Universität Zürich) will give a talk on 'Valuing Indian Ocean Monsoon Risk and the Making of Climate Science'. 1/7

The #IMC2026 Registration Portal closes TODAY at 23:59 BST (GMT+1) ⏰️ Don't delay and register today by clicking this link: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/register/ If you have any problems or questions, email [email protected] 🙂 #MedievalSky #SkyStorians

Happening tonight! 👇 There is still time to sign up here to join us in person or online: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu... #medievalhistory #skystorians

Happening tonight! There's still time to sign up and join us in person or online👇 www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu... #medievalhistory #environmentalhistory #skystorians

Apply for the Prize of the German Historical Institute London! 📢 🎓 It is awarded annually for an outstanding #PhD thesis on - German history (submitted to a British or Irish university), - British history or British colonial history (submitted to a German university), 1/5

TOMORROW!! IAS Book Launch: Body Size in Early Modern Germany Author Holly Fletcher overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon or that in earlier societies fatness simply signified wealth while thinness indicated poverty. 9 June 6pm www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern...

It's not just #MedievalMonday – we've got a whole week of #MedievalHistory ahead of us! Tomorrow, Maximilian Schuh will continue our series on environmental history with a talk on 'Demesne Accounts, Court Rolls, and Prognostic Treatises: Weather and Its Perceptions in Fourteenth-Century England'.

We're delighted to collaborate with @ghilondon.bsky.social for this event!

Join us next Wednesday, 10 June, for a lecture in cooperation with the Earlier Middle Ages Seminar (@earliermiddleages.bsky.social), Institute of Historical Research, given by Gerda Heydemann (Freie Universität Berlin ) on 'The Social Life of Carolingian Exegesis'! 1/5

It was a great pleasure to meet the speakers and commentators last Friday. Thanks again to the GHIL‘s team for making it happen. I am looking forward to the next Medieval Germany Workshop in 2028 already!

#Throwback to last Friday! Thanks for a wonderful workshop on medieval Germany! 🏰 It was inspiring to get insights into so many different projects — from nuns' letters and Hildegard of Bingen to accounting records and the artistic world of Nuremberg. 1/5

Just a few days left to apply for the job opportunity below—and for our Autumn School on “The Democratization of Heritage” in Paris. Applications are welcome from heritage and museum practitioners in NRW, as well as graduate students at Uni Cologne & Bonn. gssc.uni-koeln.de/veranstaltun...

It's #PrideMonth! To mark the occasion, we have compiled some of our most recent GHIL Library acquisitions on #QueerHistory! 🏳️‍🌈 1/3

Tonight! There's still time to sign up: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu... #attachmenttheory #marymain

It's #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈 Listen to our latest podcast episode featuring Benno Gammerl (European University Institute) in which we talk about "queering" German history! 👇 www.ghil.ac.uk/publications... #queerhistory #skystorians

Read with #Pride!

Join us on Wednesday, 3 June, at 5:30pm at the GHIL for a special lecture by Robbie Duschinsky (University of Cambridge) on 'The Legacy and Loose Ends of "the Queen of Attachment Research": The Work of Mary Main and Its Transnational Reception'. 🫂 1/5

New on the GHIL Blog: Ruins and Visions of Empire: Famagusta and the Quest for Revival in the Late Nineteenth Century Written by former GHIL scholarship holder Okcan Yıldırımtürk (Freie Universität Berlin ), the post draws on his PhD research exploring Famagusta in the nineteenth century. 1/3

Happening tonight! There's still time to sign up and join us in person or online: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu... #literarytranslation #translation #germanliterature

CFP: Working on #Mediterranean #entanglements? Want to present your research and gain international visibility? Apply for one of our sessions in 2026-2027! Deadline: June 8, 2026 👉 t1p.de/cfp-entangle... #medievalsky #medievalmediterranean @ghilondon.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @maxweberstiftung.de

Join us on 9 June at 5:30pm (BST) for the next lecture in our summer series on environmental history! 📅 Maximilian Schuh (Freie Universität Berlin ) will talk about 'Demesne Accounts, Court Rolls, and Prognostic Treatises: Weather and Its Perceptions in Fourteenth-Century England'. 1/6

We are delighted to congratulate our former GHIL Fellow, Mirjam S. Brusius, on her recent appointment as a professor in Cologne!

Happening today! Join us for the next lecture in our summer series given by Etienne Benson (@mpiwg.bsky.social) on UNESCO’s International Hydrological Decade (1965–1974). Sign up here to attend in person or on Zoom: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu... #envhist #histsci #hydrology #skystorians

Join us next week on 28 May at 5:30pm for the English Goethe Society's Ida Herz Lecture given by Susan Bernofsky (Columbia University) entitled 'On Magicking a Mountain: World-Making in Literary Translation'. 📅 1/5

New from our very own Indra Sengupta (Head of the India Research Programme and Senior Fellow) and Ole Münch (Research Fellow) about our cross-cutting research theme "Expanding the Archive: Revisiting Historical Sources and Methods". Read their interview 👇

Happening tomorrow! 📆 Join us for a lecture by John Morgan (Bristol) on 'The Politics of Flooding in Early Modern England'. Sign up here to attend in person or online: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu... #skystorians #medievalmonday #environmentalhistory

Join us on 26 May at 5:30pm for the second lecture in our summer series on environmental history! Etienne Benson (@mpiwg.bsky.social) will talk about 'Organizing Knowledge for Planetary Development: The International Hydrological Decade (1965–1974) and the Geopolitics of the Earth Sciences'. 💧 1/6

Join us next Tuesday, 19 May, at 5:30pm for the first lecture in our summer series given by John Morgan (History at Bristol) on "The Politics of Flooding in Early Modern England". 📅 1/4

New GHIL Podcast episode! 🎧 Host Kim König speaks with Benno Gammerl (European University Institute) about the research underlying his lecture on “Queering German history: Still a vital and viable endeavor?”. 🏳️‍🌈 1/5

Join us on 19 May at 5:30pm for the first lecture in our Summer Series on 'Environments of Knowledge: Climate, Risk, and Governance from the Middle Ages to the Anthropocene'. 📅 John Morgan (History at Bristol) will talk about the 'The Politics of Flooding in Early Modern England'. 🌊 1/5