Welcome to the Department of Modern / Contemporary History!
How did the state order of Europe and Germany that we know today develop? How did industrialisation and bureaucratisation change people's living and working conditions? Why did the environment and society change particularly rapidly in certain periods, and what role did science and art play in this process? How did imperialism and colonialism change the world and what effects do they still have on globalisation today? The period between the French Revolution (1792) and the end of the Weimar Republic (1933) raises fascinating historical questions that can be explored using a wide variety of surviving sources, from letters to books, from artefacts to films. It is particularly important to us to convey the rich repertoire of historical methods, from discourse analysis to digital history. We look forward to exploring our questions with you!
Projects
Lecture series in the winter semester
The NNG and ZG departments are organising a lecture series in winter with current research contributions on the history of the 19th to 21st centuries. A total of eight historians from Germany and Europe will give us an insight into their current research projects.
