Summer school International and Interdisciplinary Summer Academies Every year, younger scholars are invited to the Herder Institute for Research on Eastern and Central European History in Marburg to participate in the Summer Academies for an intensive exchange of methods and content.
Journal Jahresheft des Siebenbürgischen Museums Gundelsheim (Annual journal of the Transylvanian Museum Gundelsheim) The Transylvanian Museum Gundelsheim regularly publishes an annual magazine, which reports on current research and exhibition projects as well as the general museum work.
Background Article Jewish Postcard Publishers and the Imagery of the Urban In numerous cities across eastern Europe, Jewish publishers enjoyed notable success in the newly established postcard market. This article presents a socio-historical background of this topic and asks whether their social positioning influenced the depictions of the urban world they chose to feature on their postcards.
Journal Journal for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe The Journal for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (JKGE) addresses current research questions on the culture and history of the Germans in Eastern Europe and examines how these are intertwined with different cultures, religions, languages, nations and states. The publication is...
Journal Journal of East Central European Studies The bilingual Journal of East Central European Studies (ZfO), published by an international editorial board at the Herder Institute, is one of the most renowned specialist organs for historical research on East Central Europe. It is published quarterly in open access and features scholarly articles...
Klosterdämmerung ("The Twilight of the Monastery") – Part I In the Kingdom of Prussia, the abolition of all monasteries in 1810 meant a decisive historical turning point. The first part of the exhibition project "Klosterdämmerung" ("The Twilight of the Monastery") shows the historical development of the seven Silesian Cistercian monasteries from the Middle...
Klosterdämmerung ("The Twilight of the Monastery") – Part II (Leubus) In the Kingdom of Prussia, the abolition of all monasteries in 1810 meant a decisive historical turning point. The second part of the exhibition project "Klosterdämmerung" ("The Twilight of the Monastery") shows the historical development of the oldest of the seven Silesian Cistercian monasteries...
Klosterdämmerung ("The Twilight of the Monastery") – Part III (Kamieniec Ząbkowicki) In the Kingdom of Prussia, the abolition of all monasteries in 1810 meant a decisive historical turning point. The third part of the exhibition project "Klosterdämmerung" ("The Twilight of the Monastery") shows the historical development of the municipality and the Cistercian Abbey in Kamieniec...
Kunst - Mensch - System ("Art - man - system") Adaptation or resistance: these were the two poles between which many artists in the Soviet Union moved. The exhibition "Kunst - Mensch - System" ("Art - man - system") uses the example of the sculptor Jakob Wedel to show the influence the totalitarian regime had on an artist's work and everyday...
Research institute Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI) The research focuses on Jewish life and experience, viewed in the context of non-Jewish surroundings from the Early Modern Period to the present. With a view to Central and Eastern Europe as well as the areas of emigration (USA, Palestine/Israel), the focus is on questions of political participation...
Research institute Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) focuses its research on the region between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Sea. From Late Antiquity until the present, we examine peculiarities, transformations and interrelationships in an ever-more global world. Fundamental...
Library holdings Library of the Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Eastern Europe The special library of the BKGE, which is open to the public, currently contains about 62,000 books and 990 periodicals (including about 100 current periodicals and 180 in Eastern European languages).
Longing for the Faraway in the People's Republic of Poland 100 pictures by an important German-Polish photographer. For many decades, Stefan Arczyński documented rural and urban life in post-war Poland.
Art prize Lovis Corinth Prize Every two years, the KOG awards the Lovis Corinth Prize, worth € 10,000, to visual artists. The basis for this award is an internationally significant body of work that has been created in affiliation with or as a reflection of contemporary art in Eastern Europe.
Library | Archive Martin Opitz Library The Martin Opitz Library (MOB) is the central library for German culture and history in Eastern Europe. It collects literature from all areas of East-Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The main focus of the collections is on the regions that today form western Poland and the Kaliningrad...
Series Materialien zur Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas (Materials on the Art, Culture and History of East Central Europe) Editions and studies of materials on the art, culture, and history of East Central Europe are presented in this series by the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe.
Journal Mitropa Mitropa - The journal of the GWZO is aimed at a broad, interested readership. As the annual journal of the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO), it provides insights into the Institute's ongoing research.
Object Story Moving Piety The family crib was so important to his father that he took it with him when he emigrated to the USA. The report of a donor reveals what happened between its production in Waldenburg and the return to Europe, which made its donation to Haus Schlesien in Königswinter possible.
Muses to the front! "Inter arma silent musae". This classical saying referring to the silence of the muses during wartime is based on the idea that the arts, as a product of the human spirit, should remain untouched by blood and violence. In reality, however, no battles were fought without writers and artists making...
talk Museum erleben (experience the museum!) Museum erleben (experience the museum!) is a series of events that invites you to discover the East Prussian State Museum with its German-Baltic Department in a special way.
