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Event Report: Jazz - the Classical Music of Globalization

On May 21 the German Historical Institute hosted, in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington DC, an “informance” –…

Jazz - the Classical Music of Globalization

The German Historical Institute and the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington DC are excited to collaborate on this event which will feature a lecture by Reinhold Wagnleitner and a musical performance by jazz musician Tom McDermott.

Exhibition opening of “Search For a New Sound: The Blue Note Photographs of Francis Wolff”

On Saturday, May 3, the exhibition “Search For a New Sound: The Blue Note Photographs of Francis Wolff,” co-organized by…

Search for a New Sound: The Blue Note Photographs of Francis Wolff

May 3, 2014, 6:00-8:00 pm Exhibition opening at the Goethe-Institut (see below for details) Opening reception with concert by Jason…

Immigrant Entrepreneurship Panels at the Society of German-American Studies’ 38th Annual Symposium

The Immigrant Entrepreneurship project was the focus of two panels at the Society of German-American Studies’ 38th Annual Symposium, held…

Panel Report: Business and Wartime Patriotism

A Panel organized by the Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project at the Business History Conference in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, March 2014 “Virtues and…

Exhibition opening of “Visions of Beauty: Arnold Genthe and the Art of Photography”

In conjunction with an article on Arnold Genthe’s pioneering work and prominent career as portrait photographer published on the Immigrant Entrepreneurship…

Visions of Beauty: Arnold Genthe and the Art of Photography

February 25, 2014, 6:00-8:00pm Exhibition Opening, Dance Performance, and Lecture at the GHI Exhibition: February 13, 2014 - April 2014…

Conference Report: Los Angeles as a Site of German-American Crossings

German Immigrants and German-American Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Comparison Where is Heimat? Can Germans find a new one even in the American…

GHI's Exhibit on Arnold Genthe featured in the Washington Post

The upcoming exhibition at the GHI, "Visions of Beauty. Arnold Genthe and the Art of Photography," was featured in a Washington…

Los Angeles as a Site of German-American Crossings: A Symposium

February 7-8, 2014 Max Kade Institute, USC The Immigrant Entrepreneurship project is co-sponsoring a symposium on "Los Angeles as a…

German-American Entrepreneurs as Agents of Globalization, 1850-1930

Panel at the 128th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association If you are planning on attending the 128th annual…

Immigrant entrepreneurship project presented in German language "Jahrbuch der historische Forschung"

General editors Uwe Spiekermann and Hartmut Berghoff presented the goals, organization and challenges of the GHI’s Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project in…

"Marketing Milwaukee: Schlitz and the Making of a National Beer Brand" published in GHI Bulletin

The latest Bulletin of the German Historical Institute includes an article presenting some recent research related to the Immigrant Entrepreneurship project. In an…

Immigrant Entrepreneurship at the Social Science History Conference

The Challenges of Biography: Questions, Reflections, Possible Solutions The Immigrant Entrepreneurship project has organized a panel at the 38th Annual…

Immigrant Entrepreneurship on Twitter

Immigrant Entrepreneurship has now joined twitter as @ImmigrantBios. Please feel free to follow the project there. We'll tweet links to our…

Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project Presentation at GACC South

The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. and the Goethe-Zentrum invited general editor Hartmut Berghoff and project manager Jessica Csoma to…

Volume-editor Giles R. Hoyt honored with the SGAS Outstanding Achievement Award

Volume-editor Giles R. Hoyt honored with the SGAS Outstanding Achievement Award Dolores and Giles Hoyt, the latter of whom is…

Cristina Stanca-Mustea interviewed on SWR TV about her recently published book on Carl Laemmle

Cristina Stanca-Mustea, author of a biographical article on Carl Laemmle for the Immigrant Entrepreneurship project, was recently interviewed on the program Besser Lesen on SWR TV…

Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project Presented at RGIT 25th Anniversary

Immigrant Entrepreneurship was among the few initiatives and projects presented and discussed at the 25th anniversary of the Representative of Germany…