There and Back Again | Excursion to the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial
An excursion report by Leonie Güneri On January 16, 2026, a day excursion to the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial in Hamburg took place under the leadership of Imke Selle. In preparation, the students had already received an initial thematic…
Out Now | Two New IMIS Working Papers on the ‘Production of Migration
'Guest workers' in the Nazi press (1933–1945) The IMIS Working Papers series has been expanded by two contributions that examine a common question from different perspectives: How do language, knowledge and categories produce those social orders or…
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…
Out Now | Karya 1943. Forced Labour and Holocaust – The Catalogue for the German-Greek Travelling Exhibition
With the publication of the exhibition catalogue Karya 1943. Forced Labour and Holocaust in German and English, a publication is now available that documents a multi-year German-Greek collaborative project on the reappraisal of a long-forgotten chapter…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Osnabrücker Mitteilungen Vol. 130 published | NGHM team represented once again
In December, the Association for History and Regional Studies of Osnabrück reported on its blog about the publication of the latest volume of the Osnabrücker Mitteilungen. In this year's edition, the Research Group Contemporary History and Historical…
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…
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…
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…
