Pałac Karnickich
Aleje Ujazdowskie 39
00-540 Warszawa
Poland
www.dhi.waw.pl
Tel. +48-22-525 83-00
Fax +48-22-525 83-37
dhi(at)dhi.waw.pl
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The German Historical Institute Warsaw (DHI Warsaw), founded in 1993, was the first German historical institute to be founded abroad after the fall of the “Iron Curtain”. It harks back to the German-Polish Neighbourhood Treaty signed on the 17th of June 1991.
The main task of the Institute is to conduct academic research on the history of Poland and German-Polish relations and reciprocities in a European, international, and transregional context. The Institute conducts innovative, fundamental research that focuses on Polish history in its European contexts and the history of German-Polish relations in their entirety. With its branch offices in Vilnius and Prague, the DHI Warsaw promotes research on the history of Lithuania, the Czech Republic, and the Bohemian countries. It thereby focuses on the Central and Eastern European context as well as on the historical relations between Germany, Poland, and other countries of the region. In addition, these branches function as outreach and communication sites for the transfer of research between Polish, German, Lithuanian, and Czech historians as well as researchers from other countries and neighbouring disciplines.
Scholarships to support research in the field of Polish, German-Polish and Polish-East Central European history that requires a stay in Poland respectively Lithuania or the Czech Republic (academic research and long-term scholarships); internships in academic and administrative fields as well as in the library.
- Sources and studies
- Individual publications of the DHI Warsaw
- Klio in Polen (Translations from Polish)
- Klio w Niemczech (Translations from German, volumes 15–20 are also available as e-books)
Tuesday Lectures (GHI Warsaw), Monday Lectures (Branch office Vilnius), Prague Lectures (Branch office Prague) Joachim Lelewel Talks (GHI Warsaw)
For several years, the DHI Warsaw has two branch offices in Lithuania and the Czech Republic. Both research institutions are managed by a research assistant on-site. Their main tasks include organising academic events and publishing historical research.
The Vilnius branch office of the German Historical Institute Warsaw was established in December 2017. It supports scholarly research on Lithuanian, German, and Polish history and the historical ties of these states within a broader European context. The office acts as an outreach and coordination center for scholarly communication between Lithuanian and German historians as well as scholars from other countries. In cooperation with national academic institutions, the branch office in Vilnius organizes academic events and prepares scholarly publications.
A second branch office, which supports scientific research on Czech, German and Polish history in the European context, was opened in Prague in spring 2018, in close cooperation with a branch of the Collegium Carolinum Munich at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The office promotes academic research on Czech, German and Polish history in a European context. The branch office is a place of communication, cooperation and exchange between German, Czech and Polish historians, but also includes the neighboring East Central European historical sciences in its mediation work. In particular, it organizes academic conferences and lectures and supports publications.
On its Youtube channel, the Institute provides recordings of lectures, book descriptions, and more.