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The Leibniz Institute of European History is the only research institute worldwide dedicated to studying the social and religious foundations of European since 1500, making it a key institution in both the national and international research landscape. The Institute conducts and supports research that examines European developments in global contexts, or applying transnational and comparative approaches. It has also established itself as a hub for research in the field of Digital Humanities. Through its renowned fellowship and guest programme, the IEG supports young international scholars who, during their stay in Mainz, become full members of the Institute’s research community.

The institute is headed by its directors, Prof. Dr. Nicole Reinhardt and Prof. Dr. Johannes Paulmann.

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28.08.2026
Digitality

Call for Papers: Between Big Data and Obsolescence – Born-Digital Sources, Contemporary History, and the Politics of Access

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27.08.2026

Register now for the NFDI4Memory Community Forum!

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17.08.2026

Collecting, Measuring, Comparing: Skulls, ‘Race’, and the Order of the World in German, American, and French Anthropology (1780–1880)

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Open Monument Day 2026 at the Leibniz Institute of European History

13.09.2026
11:00 Uhr
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Public Research Colloquium with Dr. Ina Merdjanova

15.09.2026
16:00 Uhr
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A Conversation with Witness Hasan Nuhanović: The Srebrenica Genocide and the Struggle for Justice

17.09.2026
18:00 Uhr
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