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Inteview with Sarah Weicksel, Executive Director of the American Historical Association, on the current state and future of archives in the United States

In recent years, archives have become the focus of political and technological debates. This development is highly relevant for the GHI Washington and its researchers whose work depends on reliable access to historical sources. Sarah Beringer, Benjamin Burtz, and Axel Jansen from the GHI Washington spoke with Sarah Weicksel, Executive Director of the American Historical Association (AHA) about the current state and future of archives in the United States.

Frau mit dunkelbraunen, halblangen Haaren, schwarzem Oberteil und gemustertem Rock hält ein Buch in den Händen und steht vor einem Bücherregal. 0

“Ukrainian art history is not a marginal appendix to European culture” – Interview with Stefaniia Demchuk, recipient of the International Research Award of the Max Weber Foundation

On the occasion of awarding the International Research Award, the Max Weber Stiftung spoke with Stefaniia Demchuk about her current research projects, her international academic trajectory, and the motivations that guide her work. In the interview, she reflects on early modern visual culture in Ukraine and East-Central Europe, the transregional entanglements that shape her approach to art history, and the personal and scholarly significance of pursuing research under the conditions of ongoing war.

Abb.1: The museum is situated in a quiet mountain area. Zhejiang is one of the most prominent highland regions in southeast China, blessed with abundant natural resources such as indigo plants. Many of the tools and equipment used here are still traditional—for example, the water wheel and the stone slabs used for flattening fabrics, among others. 0

“Treat the research process itself as a form of knowledge-making” – Feldman Fellows Revisited with Lejie Zeng

Named after the American historian Gerald D. Feldman (1937-2007), the Feldman Travel Grants enable scholars to spend up to three months in the host countries of the Max Weber Foundation’s institutes and use archives, libraries or collections that are relevant to their research. In the “Feldman Fellows Revisited” series, we interview former Feldman fellows about their experiences and research in the host countries.

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The Feminist Histories Podcast Series

The institutes of the Max Weber Foundation (MWS) regularly present their research to an interested public and contribute to the exchange with the scientific community in the host countries. Due to the COVID‑19 pandemic, they now implement their lectures, seminars, book presentations and panel discussions as virtual formats. In this article, Jane Freeland, Research Associate at the German Historical Institute London (GHI London), reports on the Feminist Histories Podcast Series that the GHI has organized this month.

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Settlement and Unsettlement – The Ends of World War I and their Legacies – Stiftungskonferenz 2018, DHI Washington

Geisteswissenschaft als Beruf im Ausland – Was kann man sich darunter vorstellen? In „Weltweit vor Ort“, dem Magazin der MWS, geben Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler einen Einblick in das spannende Arbeitsfeld der internationalen geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschung. 2018 fand die vierte Stiftungskonferenz am DHI Washington mit dem Titel “Settlement and Unsettlement – The Ends of World War I and their Legacies” statt.

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readme.txt: “Quand le français gouvernait la Russie. L’éducation de la noblesse russe 1750-1880”

Reading, writing and publishing are the core of being a researcher in the humanities. In this issue of readme.txt, Vladislav Rjéoutski, research fellow at Deutsches Historisches Institut (DHI) in Moscow, offers a general idea of his book “Quand le français gouvernait la Russie. L’éducation de la noblesse russe 1750-1880”.

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readme.txt: “French Revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire. Diplomacy, Political Culture, and the Limiting of Universal Revolution“

Reading, writing and publishing are the core of being a researcher in the humanities. In this issue of readme.txt, Pascal Firges, research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Paris, offers a general idea of his book “French Revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire. Diplomacy, Political Culture, and the Limiting of Universal Revolution“.