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The Historikertag, 16 to 19 September 2025 in Bonn
We are delighted to welcome the 55th General Conference for Historians, the Historikertag, to the University of Bonn from 16 to 19 September 2025. The congress takes place every two years and, with around 2,500 participants, is one of the largest specialist humanities congresses in Europe. It is now being held in Bonn for the first time.
Over 100 individual events and an accompanying programme will be offered under the motto ‘Dynamics of Power’.
The congress is organised by the Association of German Historians (VHD), the Association of German History Teachers (VGD) and the local committee of the Institute of History (Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kießling/Speaker, Prof. Dr. Krüger/Speaker, Prof. Dr. Martin Aust, Prof. Dr. Matthias Becher, Prof. Dr. Carsten Burhop, Prof. Dr. Konrad Vössing, Managing Director: PD Dr. Yaman Kouli). Further information can be found here.
If you would like to support the Historikertag 2025 financially, please send an email to Bonner Universitätsstiftung Sparkasse Köln-Bonn, IBAN DE13 3705 0198 1902 6271 48, reference ‘50942 Historikertag 2025’. We would be delighted and thank you very much!
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