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German Historical Institute London Podcast

Welcome to the podcast of the German Historical Institute London, a research centre for German and British academics and students in the heart of Bloomsbury. The GHIL is a research base for historians... Read more

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Patrick Anthony, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Climate Crises and Politics in the Eighteenth Century

Patrick Anthony, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Climate Crises and Politics in the Eighteenth Century

Why was the Enlightenment a turning point in the way in which humans think about climate? In what way did climate catast... Read more

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Patrick Anthony: Terrestrial Enlightenment:

Patrick Anthony: Terrestrial Enlightenment:

Some scholars and scientists identify the Enlightenment as an inflection point in the Anthropocene, a geological age in ... Read more

27 Jul 2023

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Stefan Hanß: The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes:

Stefan Hanß: The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes:

The ‘material Renaissance’, historians have argued, was an age of experimentation, and recipes were at the heart of this... Read more

3 Jul 2023

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Stefan Hanß, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Analysing Renaissance recipes

Stefan Hanß, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Analysing Renaissance recipes

PR Officer Kim König and Research Fellow for Colonial and Global History Mirjam Brusius talk to Stefan Hanß about his re... Read more

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Behind the Wire: Exhibition: Internment during the First World War. The Global German Experience

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Talks from the Symposium at the launch event for Behind the Wire, an exhibition on Internment durinf the First World War... Read more

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David Kuchenbuch, Pascale Siegrist and Kim König: The history of globalism through the prism of media (and biography)

David Kuchenbuch, Pascale Siegrist and Kim König: The history of globalism through the prism of media (and biography)

How did people in the past understand globalism? GHIL Research Fellow for Modern History Pascale Siegrist and PR Officer... Read more

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David Kuchenbuch: Mediating Globalism in the Twentieth Century:

David Kuchenbuch: Mediating Globalism in the Twentieth Century:

Many scholars have argued that historical concepts of the global are under-researched. In my talk, I will argue that fil... Read more

28 Mar 2023

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Prabhu Mohapatra, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: The employment contract in Indian labour history

Prabhu Mohapatra, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: The employment contract in Indian labour history

What is the employment contract? When was it introduced in India? What is the role of Indian labour history within the f... Read more

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Prabhu Mohapatra: A Genealogy of Labour Regulation in India:

Prabhu Mohapatra: A Genealogy of Labour Regulation in India:

When was the employment contract introduced in India? The story of the forging of the Formal Employment Contract in the ... Read more

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Ute Frevert, Ole Münch and Kim König: The influence of emotions on history

Ute Frevert, Ole Münch and Kim König: The influence of emotions on history

How have people experienced emotions in the past and how did their meanings differ from how we experience emotions today... Read more

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