Closing Conference: “The ‘Emsland Camps’ as a Conflict Landscape in Transformation” on 24 and 25 September 2026
How do digitally dispersed histories of National Socialist camp sites become legible again? Our closing conference on 24–25 September 2026 presents new research, digital tools, and pedagogical approaches developed around the Emsland Camps ... —…
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…
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…
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…
History@SFB: DOMiD Workshop with Students of History and IMIB
On 27 June, the first test workshop of the SFB 1604 transfer project "Reflexive Migration Research in the Museum" took place. For this purpose, the project staff members Aladin El-Mafaalani, Lale Yildirim, Annika Heyen, Johannes Pufahl and Tim Ott,…
Making History Production ‘Playable’ | The “Osnabrück Peace Chess”. Negotiating Memory in Game Format.
In the context of the interdisciplinary LehrZeit project "Research, mediate, exhibit. Virtual learning spaces in historical studies" at the University of Osnabrück, students together with Imke Selle, Prof. Dr. Christoph Rass, Prof. Dr. Lale Yildirim &…
History@SFB: Projects A3, A5 and T with the DH Team of the University Library as Guests at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
From July 10th to 11th, the team from the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research and the Collaborative Research Centre 1604 "Production of Migration" were guests at the German National Library, together with colleagues from…