Applications are open for our Joint Fellowship in cooperation with @mwfdelhi.bsky.social on “The British Empire and the History of Colonialism”! 📢 1/6

The project examines how literary and built utopias from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries imagined alternative forms of collective life, and how animals, plants, minerals, buildings and infrastructures formed part of these visions. 🌿🤝🗺 2/3

How can humans and non-human beings live alongside each other, and how should land and resources be distributed? In her new blog post, GHIL Fellow Mirjam Hähnle introduces her research project, Life in the Grid: Urban Nature in City Utopias, c. 1600–1750. 1/3

Last month, we had the pleasure of hosting a workshop on 'Transformations and Contestations from the Global South: Rethinking Livestock Frontiers' organised by Soheb Niazi (Freie Universität Berlin ) and Vishal Singh Deo (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal- Karnataka)! 1/3

Now available in Open Access 🔓 Poverty in Modern Europe: Spaces, Localities, Institutions edited by Andreas Gestrich, Elisabeth Grüner, and Susanne Hahn Poverty in Modern Europe explores the spatial dimensions of poverty in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe. 1/3

From the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century, London was at the centre of the British Empire and a defining imperial city. In the postwar period, it also became a key place where Britain’s decolonisation was debated and experienced. 2/4

Last week, we hosted our 23rd Summer School at the GHIL! Organised in cooperation with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (@lmu.de), this year’s theme was “City and Empire: Colonial and Postcolonial London”. 1/4

Now available in Open Access! 🔓 A special issue of "Geschichte und Gesellschaft" (@ggjournal.bsky.social) on "Gender Regimes", edited by Christina von Hodenberg (GHIL) and Sylvia Walby (Royal Holloway, UoL), which brings together historians, sociologists, & political scientists. 1/3

There are only 10 days left to apply for the Prize of the German Historical Institute London! 📆 The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis on ▪️German history (submitted to a British or Irish university), 1/3

Some finishing work will continue over the coming weeks, but our doors will be open again from early August. For information on opening hours, reader registration, and upcoming events: https://www.ghil.ac.uk #GHIL50 #researchinstitute #londonlibrary #historicalresearch #germanhistory 3/3

After an extensive renovation, the GHIL now offers brighter spaces, with new flooring, fresh paint, improved lighting, and an upgraded conference room AV system. We thank you for your patience and look forward to welcoming you back! 2/3

The long wait is almost over… We’re reopening on 3 August! 📆 Our renovated public areas are taking shape — shelves up, final touches underway. 📚 1/3

to environmental history, colonial history, and the history of science. Find out more: ghil.hypotheses.org/... #Lepidopterology #visualhistory #historyofscience #environmentalhistory #colonialhistory #skystorians 2/3

How did the colour printing revolution intersect with butterfly collecting? In this new GHIL blog post, former scholarship holder Silas Edwards (@jlugiessen.bsky.social) explores how colour-printed illustrations transformed moths and butterflies into collectible objects, linking visual history 1/3

It's almost time for #IMC2026! 🏰 The GHIL, @dhi-paris.fr, @dhiroma.bsky.social and German History Society 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

The updated design brings cleaner lines, new colours and improved accessibility, while keeping the familiar outline of the building at the heart of the new logo. It’s a small change that marks an important milestone as we prepare to celebrate the GHIL’s 50th anniversary later this year. 🎉

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.

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

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

While our building is currently closed, you can browse the titles in our online catalogue: www.ghil.ac.uk/libra...🔗 #worldcup #footballhistory #londonlibrary 2/2

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

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

On Wednesday, we will be joined by Gerda Heydemann for a lecture organised in collaboration with @earliermiddleages.bsky.social, titled 'The Social Life of Carolingian Exegesis'. Sign up here to join us in person or online: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....

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'.

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

#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

#pride #history #skystorians 3/3

Browse our library catalogue to find out more: library.ghil.ac.uk/c... 🔗 2/3