(Internet) Resources: Modern German History
Karen Hagemann
I: DOCUMENTS, MAPS AND IMAGES
German History in Documents, Maps and Images
By the German Historical Institute Washington D.C.
German History in Documents and Images (GHDI) is a comprehensive collection of primary source materials documenting Germany's political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present. It comprises original German texts, all of which are accompanied by new English translations, and a wide range of visual imagery. The materials are presented in ten sections, which have been compiled by leading scholars. All of the materials can be downloaded free of charge for teaching, research, and related purposes; the site is strictly intended for individual, non-commercial use.
http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/
Full Text Projects
http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=270&Itemid=68
Historical Maps of Germany
http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/germaps.htm
History of Germany on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germany
German History Timelines on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_German_history
II: RESOURCES FOR HISTORIANS IN GERMANY
Archives and Collections of Primary Sources
http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261&Itemid=68
Libraries and Bibliographic Reference Tools
http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=262&Itemid=68
Institutes and Organizations for Historical
Research
http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=264&Itemid=68
Organizations Sponsoring Research and Academic
Exchange
http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=265&Itemid=68
Other Resources
http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=260&Itemid=68
III: DISCUSSION LISTS, NEWS SERVICES, AND PORTALS
H-German
H-German is a member of H-Net
Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-German is a daily Internet
discussion forum focused on scholarly topics in German history.
http://www.h-net.org/~german/
H-Soz-u-Kult
H-Soz-u-Kult ist ein moderiertes Informations- und Kommunikationsnetzwerk für professionell tätige Historikerinnen und Historiker. Seit 1996 hat sich H-Soz-u-Kult zu einem zentralen Angebot der historischen Fachinformation im deutschsprachigen Raum entwickelt, das im September 2006 von fast 13.500 angemeldeten Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern an fast allen geschichtswissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz genutzt wurde. Weitere Hinweise zur Verbreitung und Nutzung von H-Soz-u-Kult können Sie der Seite Mediadaten entnehmen. Nach einer Anmeldung bei H-Soz-u-Kult erhalten die Mitglieder täglich per E-Mail aktuelle Beiträge aus dem wissenschaftlichen Geschehen. Zugleich können sie selber fachrelevante Informationen aus ihrer laufenden Arbeit über die Mailingliste publizieren.
http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/
Other Links
http://www.ghi-dc.org/links/weblists.html
IV: PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR HISTORIANS WHO WORK ON GERMAN HISTORY
The Conference Group for Central European History
To express a common professional interest in central European history, to encourage scholarship and interest therein, to represent such scholarly interest in relation to other organizations and to further collaboration with scholars and institutions abroad having similar interests.
http://www.historians.org/affiliates/conf_group_central_eurpn_his.htm
Frühe Neuzeit Interdisziplinär
Frühe Neuzeit Interdisziplinär is a conference group dedicated to promoting interdisciplinary work on the culture, politics, and society of German-speaking Central Europe during the early modern period. The group sponsors a triennial conference organized around a theme intended to explore and integrate current research interests in the disciplines of literature, history, the history of science and medicine, music, art history, and historical theology and the history of religion.
The German Studies Association
The German Studies Association is the multi- and interdisciplinary association of scholars in German, Austrian, and Swiss history, literature, culture studies, political science, and economics.