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  • We’re celebrating 75 years of the Leibniz Institute of European History!

    The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz is marking its 75th anniversary this year. On November 6, the institute will celebrate this milestone with a ceremony at the Staatstheater Mainz, attended by distinguished guests from academia, politics, and society.

  • International Conference in November 2025

    Event language is English.
    Contact at the IEG: Constanze Buyken, buyken@ieg-mainz.de

     

  • On this blog, the IEG will regularly publish contributions by its researchers and guests.
    The IEG wishes you much fun exploring the various topics!
     
     
     

     

  • We are looking for innovative proposals for thematic issues. 

    Please contact the Series Editors: 

    reinhardt@ieg-mainz.de

    j.paulmann@ieg-mainz.de

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  • 06.11.2025
    10 years of mainzed – a milestone for digitalization in the humanities and cultural studies!

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  • 05.11.2025
    Celebrating 75 Years of the Leibniz Institute of European History

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  • 03.11.2025
    Welcome Paolo Broggio!

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  • 27.10.2025
    Celebrating 75 Years of the Leibniz Institute of European History

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  • 24.10.2025
    New Publication: «Religious Transformations in Europe. Individual Life Paths between Secularism and (New) Religiosity in the 19th Century»

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  • 16.10.2025
    New Publication "Devout and Defiant – How Pilgrims Shaped the Franco-German Borderlands in the Age of Revolutions"

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  • 01.10.2025
    Prof. Dr. Till van Rahden is new Senior Reserch Fellow at IEG

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  • 29.09.2025
    Article on Malin Wilckens' research published in GEO

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  • 29.09.2025
    Malin Wilckens appointed as Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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  • 18.09.2025
    "Writing European History" – The new IEG blog

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  • 10.11.2025 - 12.11.2025
    International Conference on "Data Ethics for Historical Research in a Digital Era: Critical Reflections and Best Practices”

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  • 20.11.2025 18:00 Uhr
    Presentation »Urban Life in the Age of Cybernetic Governance: Power and Control in the Socialist City«

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  • 25.11.2025 16:00 Uhr
    Public research colloquium with Rahel Schär and Till van Rahden

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  • 02.12.2025 16:00 Uhr
    Public research colloquium with Paolo Broggio

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  • 03.12.2025 - 04.12.2025
    HERMES-Workshop »Datenkompetenz für die Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften Arbeiten mit Linked Open Data (LOD)«

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  • 09.12.2025 18:00 Uhr
    Public colloquium: Challenges and Opportunities of a Handbook Project in the Digital Age. Book Presentation of the Third Volume of the ‘Handbuch zur Geschichte Südosteuropas’

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  • 15.04.2026 - 17.04.2026
    Technological Optimism in 1970s and 1980s Popular Culture: Innovation, Creativity, Prosperity, and Freedom

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