The scholars at the IGdJ are currently working on the following research projects, each of which can be assigned to one or more of the current research emphases:

Latest Research Projects

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The Long Nineteenth Century, Migration History

»Enemy Aliens«. The Status and Treatment of Foreign Civilians in Modern War

Dr. Kim Wünschmann
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National Socialism and the Shoah in Terms of History and Impact

After They Left – The Private Perception of the Holocaust

Dr. Carolin Dorothée Lange
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Migration History, National Socialism and the Shoah in Terms of History and Impact

Foreign Jews in Nazi Germany

Dr. Beate Meyer
National Socialism and the Shoah in Terms of History and Impact, Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies

Blind Spot – The Holocaust in Ukraine and German-Jewish Memorial Culture

Dr. Karen Körber, Dr. Alexandra Klei, Jana Matthies M.A.
Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies, Jewish Religious History

Kosher Slaughtering and Kosher Slaughtering Debates in West Germany/ the Young Federal Republic, 1945/49 to 1965/1972

PD Dr. Andreas Brämer, Dr. Fabian Weber
Enthüllung einer Bronzetafel
Jewish Religious History, Migration History

Fritz Pinkuss: A Modernizer on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Dr. Björn Siegel
Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies, #DigitalJewishHistory

In/Between... Public History in the International Virtual Classroom

Dr. Kim Wünschmann in Kooperation mit Dr. Lina Nikou

Interviewprojekt „Jüdisches Leben in Hamburg“

Dr. Karen Körber, Dr. Anna Menny
History of Education and Science, The Long Nineteenth Century

Joel Bri’l Löwe: The Breslau School Reports in Context (1791–1801)

Dr. Uta Lohmann in Kooperation mit Dr. Kathrin Wittler
Jewish Construction

Constructions of Jewish Cultural Heritage in Theoretical-Critical and Literary Texts on Architecture and Space

Dr. Sonja Dickow-Rotter, Dipl.-Ing. Mirko Przystawik
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National Socialism and the Shoah in Terms of History and Impact, Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies

Legitimate Passions. Reflections on Revenge in post-Shoah Jewish literatures

Dr. Sebastian Schirrmeister
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Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies

Living the German Revolution 1918/19. Expectations, Experiences, Responses

Dr. Kim Wünschmann in Kooperation mit Dr. Christopher Dillon (King's College London)
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National Socialism and the Shoah in Terms of History and Impact, Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies

Graphic History. Oberbrechen. A German Village Confronts its Nazi Past

Dr. Kim Wünschmann in Kooperation mit Dr. Stefanie Fischer (TU Berlin)
Teppichlager Freihafen
Migration History, Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies, Jewish Life Worlds in the Hamburg Area

Persian Jews in Hamburg (1950–2000)

Dr. Karen Körber
Ehemalige Talmud-Tora-Schule
Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies, History of Education and Science, Jewish Religious History

Religiously Coded Constructions of Difference – Jewish Perspectives

Dr. Karen Körber, Susanna Kunze, M.A.
Stolpersteine
Jewish Life Worlds in the Hamburg Area, National Socialism and the Shoah in Terms of History and Impact, Contemporary History and Contemporary Studies

Stumbling Blocks in Hamburg – Biographical Search for Traces
The Long Nineteenth Century, Migration History, National Socialism and the Shoah in Terms of History and Impact

Vor dem Pogrom. Antizipierte Gewalt in der modernen jüdischen Geschichte

Dr. Kim Wünschmann in Kooperation mit Prof. Dr. Monica Rüthers, Ilay Halpern M.A. (Universität Hamburg)
das Schiff Tel Aviv
Migration History

“Between Europe and Palestine: The Ship as Place in Jewish Migration History (1920–1939)”

Dr. Björn Siegel