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Online Now | Two New NGHM Exhibitions
What can we learn about local history when we read administrative files, index cards, and survey forms not merely as carriers of information, but as sources that were themselves involved in the production of knowledge about population, belonging, and exclusion? Two new digital exhibition projects by students from the Research Group Modern History and Historical…
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NGHM Tracker (1-2/26)
The monthly newsletter of the Working Group Modern History and Historical Migration Research at the University of Osnabrück By Benjamin Look & Jessica Wehner After a brief winter break, the Tracker editorial team is back in service for public outreach. In December and January, Team-NGHM together with students and colleagues used the time to present…
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There and Back Again | Voice of History – Commemoration and Historical Scholarship in Ibbenbüren
On 27 January 2026 – the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz – the Catholic School Pastoral Care Ibbenbüren invited to the commemoration event “Voice of History – Remembering for our Future” at the Cultural Centre. At the centre was the encounter with Anna Strishkowa, a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, who was…
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NGHM Students Present Their Research | Holocaust and Occupation in Belarus and Greece.
On 30 and 31 January 2026, the University of Osnabrück will host the concluding conference of two courses in which students analysed primary sources on the history of the Holocaust during the winter semester 2025/26. The conference brings research on crime sites in Belarus and Greece into comparative dialogue. In the winter semester 2025/26, two…
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There and back again | Film Screening “Black Sugar – Red Blood” and Meeting with Anna Strishkowa
On 19 January 2026, students from the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research attended a film screening at the Bürgerhaus Ibbenbüren. The documentary film “Black Sugar – Red Blood” by Luigi Toscano about the life of Auschwitz survivor Anna Strishkowa was shown. The excursion formed the first part of a two-part event series,…
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Digital Teaching and Learning | Contribution to the Lecture Series of the UOS Centre for Teacher Education
History × Digital History × AI On January 20, 2026, Christoph Rass spoke as part of the lecture series “Teaching and Learning in the Digital World” at the University of Osnabrück about the potentials and challenges of Artificial Intelligence for historical studies. The central thesis of the contribution: AI does not change what history is.…
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NGHM WebApp Slam | Students Present Historical WebApps
On 21 January 2026, the first NGHM WebApp Slam took place at the Department of History at the University of Osnabrück. Eleven students presented their WebApps on historical topics developed during the winter semester 2025/26 in short pitches. The event concluded the seminar “Digital History Workshop: AI & Personal Information Management for Historians” and simultaneously…
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NGHM reads | A knowledge graph with literature recommendations for studying at the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research at UOS
Reading as Critical Practice: The NGHM Reading List and its Digital Exploration. Studying Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research means more than just familiarising oneself with methods, facts and data. It is about developing critical thinking, questioning analytical categories and understanding the construction processes of history itself. This is precisely where the NGHM reading list…
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NGHM WebApp Slam on January 21, 2026
How can historical questions be reconceptualised using digital tools? Students from the History Department engaged with this question during the winter semester 2025/26 in the NGHM Digital History Workshop. At the NGHM WebApp Slam, the students will now present their experimental WebApp prototypes – developed with historical questions, critical reflection and AI-supported tools. We cordially…
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Announcement: Tiny Desk Colloquium on 29 January 2026: The Holocaust and its Consequences – Regional and International Perspectives
On January 29, 2026, the fifth edition of the NGHM Tiny Desk Colloquium will take place. Once again, young historians from the University of Osnabrück will have the opportunity to present outstanding thesis papers, and our guests will have the chance to present and discuss their research on the topic “The Holocaust and its Consequences…
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Inside.NGHM | Eduard Usov
With the series Inside.NGHM, we regularly provide insights into research and teaching at the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research at the University of Osnabrück, but above all we introduce the scholars who work behind the scenes. In the second issue, Eduard Usov reports on his studies at UOS and his activities as…
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There and Back Again | Excursion to the Esterwegen Memorial
An excursion report by Leonie Schwiers and Greta Petersen On November 28, an excursion to the Esterwegen Memorial, which has existed since 2011, took place under the leadership of Imke Selle and with support from Ilka Schwerdtfeger. In the preparatory session, participants received an initial overview of the history of the 15 former ‘Emsland camps’,…
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NGHM engaged | The Day of Teaching and the Relevance of Historical Studies.
December 3, 2025, was dedicated to two central aspects of university work for the Research Group Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research: innovative teaching and critical reflection on the social role of historical scholarship. In the afternoon, the NGHM team presented two LehrZeit projects at the University of Osnabrück’s first “Day of Teaching”, which exemplarily…
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3D Digitization Hands-On Workshop on 10.11.2025
On 10 November 2025, the Research Group on Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research — including Lukas Hennies, Imke Selle, Tim Ott and Johannes Pufahl — together with Henning Wellmann, staff member in the Education Department of the Arolsen Archives, conducted a practical workshop on 3D digitisation of small objects. The occasion for this project…
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Research Revisited: NGHM Publications on the Production of Figures of Migration 2024/25
In the section Research Revisited, the NGHM team presents completed research projects and publications in an irregular series. This issue provides insights into four internationally published journal articles from the academic year 2024/25: Transatlantic conceptual history and the critical analysis of migration policy categories How are people transformed into specific “figures” through migration policy categories…
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NGHM Tracker (12/25)
The monthly newsletter of the Working Group for Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research at the University of Osnabrück By Benjamin Look & Jessica Wehner In November, Team NGHM had the opportunity to welcome several guests to our professorship to exchange ideas about our academic methods and projects. On the other hand, fieldwork – including…
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