The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) awards 6-12-month fellowships for doctoral students from Germany or abroad with research projects on European history. Further information and the call for applications.

Application deadline: February 15, 2026

 

With the decision of the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1482 “Human Differentiation” at JGU and the IEG will be extended until June 2029. More information.

International Conference on Technologial Optimism

International Conference “Technological Optimism in 1970s and 1980s Popular Culture: Innovation, Creativity, Prosperity and Freedom”

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Lunch Break@4Memory Incubator Funds

The Lunch Breaks@Incubator Funds feature presentations of this year’s NFDI4Memory Incubator Funds projects. The Incubator Funds have been awarded annually since 2024 and serve to promote innovative and experimental project ideas. No registration is required to participate in the Lunch Breaks.

Information about March 10 is available here.
Information about March 17 is available here.
Information about March 24 is available here.
Link to all three dates on BBB

Fresh from the press is the edited volume “Inquisitions, Iconography, and Memory (13th–19th century).” Published in the series “Inquire – International Centre for Research on Inquisitions” by the Rome-based publisher Viella, it contains eleven essays and an introduction. The editors are Irene Bueno, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Bologna, Vincenzo Lavenia, Professor of Modern History at the University of Bologna, José Pedro Paiva, Professor at the University of Coimbra with a focus on the early modern Portuguese world, and Nicole Reinhardt, Director of the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz. We asked Nicole Reinhardt five questions about the new book.

The DHd2026 conference will take place from 23-27 February 2026 in the University of Vienna. The annual motto is Not Only Text, Not Only Data. To register for the conference, please follow this link. To get to the Conference Tool, please follow this link.The conference will take place in the Main Building of the University of Vienna.

With contributions from IEG colleagues Cindarella Petz, Fabian Cremer and Thorsten Wübbena. The fill program can be found here.

Contact of the IEG: digital@ieg-mainz.de

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06.01.2026

New translation of the EGO Article: “Sephardic Jews in the Early Modern Era” by Predrag Bukovec

The EGO article "Sephardic Jews in the Early Modern Era" by Predrag Bukovec has been translated into English by Joe P. Kroll and is now available on European History Online (EGO).
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19.12.2025

Our anniversary year at the IEG is now coming to a close. It has been a remarkable year filled with encounters, new ideas, innovative research, and shared experiences. We would like to express our gratitude and look forward to another year with you at the IEG.

The Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz wishes you a joyous festive season and a happy New Year!
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DigitalitätTagung

Annual Conference of the DHd 2026

23.02.2026
The annual conference of the Association for Digital Humanities in German-speaking Countries will take place in 2026 under the motto "Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten" from February 23 to 27 at the University of Vienna. The IEG will again be represented with numerous contributions this year.
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Kolloquium

Public Research colloquium with Prof. Dr. Andrew Laird

14.04.2026
18:00 Uhr
The IEG cordially invites you to participate online in the public research colloquium with Prof. Laird.
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DigitalitätGesellschaftTagung

Technological Optimism in 1970s and 1980s Popular Culture: Innovation, Creativity, Prosperity, and Freedom

15.04.2026
This conference seeks to explore the cultural and intellectual roots of technological optimism in the 1970s and 1980s. These decades – while marked by significant technological advancements, many of which had their roots in the more optimistic 1960s – were marked by pervasive undercurrents of technological pessimism.
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Research Agenda

“Society”, “religion” together with “digitality” – and, in perspective, “environment” – form the principal foci of the IEG’s research. The connection between these areas is maintained above all by the Europe Forum.
Research group "Society"
Research group "Religion"
Research group "Digitality"
Europe forum

Fellowship and Guest ProgrammeFellowship and Guest Programme

The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) awards fellowships to doctoral students and postdocs from Germany and abroad for research projects on European religious, political, social, and cultural history, as well as in the field of digital humanities.

IEG Fellowship Programme

The Senior Research Fellowship Programme is aimed at renowned researchers from abroad. The IEG also accepts visiting researchers who receive grants from other funding organizations or who are self-financed.

Guest Programme

01.12.2025

IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students

Application deadline: 15.02.2026
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The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz is an independent research institute within the Leibniz Association.

It conducts and supports research on European history from the early modern period to the contemporary era and is actively involved in the advancement of the digital humanities.

The Institute is committed to promoting gender equality in the workplace, to diversity, and to facilitating the reconciliation of professional and family life.

15.01.2026
Stellenausschreibung

Postdoctoral Position (research associate) (m, f, x) – Digitality of Historical Research

Application deadline: 09.03.2026
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Publications of the IEGalle anzeigen

Gregor Feindt, Baťas Menschen (2026) (IEGV 275)
Gregor Feindt
Gregor Feindt, Baťas Menschen (2026) (IEGV 275)
Gesellschaft

Baťas Menschen

Rationalisierung, social engineering und Differenzierung in der tschechoslowakischen Unternehmensstadt Zlín, 1918–1948
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz, 275
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,2026
ISBN: 978-3-525-37109-1

Das Schuhunternehmen Baťa produzierte in Zlín preisgünstige Schuhe für den Weltmarkt – und leistungsfähige Menschen. Baťa lockte seine Beschäftigten mit einem Leben in Wohlstand, mit modernen Annehmlichkeiten und einem Ausblick in die weite Welt – und drang weit in ihren Alltag ein. Dabei übertrug das Unternehmen das in der Produktion eingeübte Prinzip der Rationalisierung auf die Personalverwaltung und den Alltag in Zlín, formte seine Belegschaft und differenzierte sie. Die Arbeit analysiert Sozialreform und Personalpolitik im Schuhunternehmen Baťa und stellt die Beschäftigten der Schuhfabrik in den Mittelpunkt, von der Ausbildung an der Werkbank über die Karrieren erfolgreicher Männer und einiger weniger Frauen bis hin zum Privat- und Familienleben. Dabei verfolgt das Buch die Entwicklung und Überformung des Sozialexperiments von seinen Anfängen in der Habsburgermonarchie über die demokratische Tschechoslowakei bis zur deutschen Herrschaft im Zweiten Weltkrieg und den Anfängen des Staatssozialismus.

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Religion

Religious Transformations in Europe

Individual Life Paths between Secularism and (New) Religiosity in the 19th Century
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz: Beihefte, 144
Cristiana Facchini (ed.)Alessandro Grazi (ed.)
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,2025
ISBN: 978-3-525-57148-4
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Gesellschaft

Revolutionäre Familien

Die transatlantischen Leben der "Achtundvierziger / Forty-Eighters", 1848/49–1914
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz, 274
Sarah Panter
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,2025
ISBN: 978-3-525-31166-0
Awarded the Wolf-Erich-Kellner-Prize 2025
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Zwischen Heimatfront und Schlachtfeld

"Kriegsbilder" in protestantischen Predigten und Andachtsschriften des Ersten Weltkriegs
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz, 273
Andrea Hofmann
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,2025
ISBN: 978-3-525-31162-2
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Weibliche Handlungs­macht und Mobilität

Kommerzielle Schönheitskonkurrenzen in Deutschland, 1909-1933
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz, 271
Corinna Schattauer
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,2024
ISBN: 978-3-525-30282-8
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IEG blog "Writing European History"

The blog "Writing European History" presents the historical research conducted at the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz. The researchers and guests of the Institute present their research topics and results in various sections, including interviews, reports, new publications, commentaries, and the "Research in Focus" series, which presents current research at the IEG.
The editorial team hopes you enjoy exploring the various topics!

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