Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau

Name

Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau

Legal name

Fundacja im. Maxa Webera – NIH w Warszawie

Website

https://dhi.waw.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau is a publicly funded humanities research institute in Warsaw that studies the history of Poland, Central-Eastern Europe, and Polish-German relations, serving academic researchers, visiting fellows, and the scholarly public through research programs, a specialized library, publications, and events.

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Product category

Academic historical research services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHABAI

International & Global Research Universities (Multi-Campus/International Footprint)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Private Research Universities

SECONDARYMPAJABAJ

Research Monographs & University Press Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYMPAJABAC

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

Keywords

• Historical research services
• Academic library services
• Scholarly publishing programs
• Academic conference hosting
• Central european studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional public funding: The institute is a research institution of the Max Weber Foundation (Fundacja im. Maxa Webera), financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It does not generate commercial revenue but operates as a publicly funded academic institution.

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Core offering

Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau is a publicly funded academic research institute that conducts scholarly research on the history of Poland, Central-Eastern Europe, and Polish-German relations. It delivers four thematic research programs (Memory Culture, Violence, Mobility, Space), maintains a specialized multilingual academic library, publishes monographs and journals through dedicated series, and hosts lectures, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and the Joachim Lelewel Talks. The institute also runs fellowships, internships, summer schools, and grant-funded research projects. All services are offered free of charge.

Product overview

Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau (DHI Warsaw) is a research institution operated by the Max Weber Foundation, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The institute conducts scholarly research on Polish history, Central and Eastern European history, and Polish-German relations within European and global contexts. Its primary offerings include: (1) a specialized multilingual academic library with 50 reading seats, providing free on-site access; (2) four thematic research programs covering Memory Culture, Violence, Mobility, and Space; (3) grant-funded research projects on Holocaust mass graves, Pius XII's pontificate, heritage transformation, and memory infrastructures; (4) publication series including Poland: Transnational Histories, Bibliothek des deutschen historischen Denkens, Quellen und Studien, Klio in Polen, Klio w Niemczech, and Bulletins; (5) academic events including lectures, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, Joachim Lelewel Talks, book presentations, and film screenings; (6) fellowship and internship programs; and (7) online publications including monographs, collective volumes, and scientific blogs. The institute maintains branch offices in Vilnius and Prague.

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Products and services

• Academic Library Services A specialized multilingual academic library with 50 reading seats offering free on-site access to collections, including electronic media, specialist databases, bibliographic services, reprographic services, and book acquisition suggestions, targeted at researchers studying the history of Poland and Central-Eastern Europe.
• Thematic Research Programs Four thematic research programs: Memory Culture (practices toward the past), Violence (social practices and power structures), Mobility (migrations and global social networks), and Space (regionality and material culture), conducted by the institute's research staff for the academic community.
• Publication Series Multi-series academic publication program including Poland: Transnational Histories, Bibliothek des deutschen historischen Denkens, Quellen und Studien, Einzelveröffentlichungen, Klio in Polen, Klio w Niemczech, and Bulletin, providing publishing platforms for scholarly work in history.
• Online Publications and Blogs Digital publications including monographs, collective volumes, the 1914-1918 series, and scientific blogs available through the institute's online platforms, targeted at academic readers interested in Polish and Central-Eastern European history.
• Academic Events Program Regular academic events including lectures (Wykłady), seminars (Seminarium), conferences (Konferencje), exhibitions (Wystawy), Joachim Lelewel Talks (Debaty Lelewelowskie), panel discussions, book presentations, and film screenings, organized for researchers and the broader interested public.
• Grant-funded Research Projects Externally funded research projects including Holocaust Mass Graves, The Global Pontificate of Pius XII, Transformation of Heritage, and Infrastructures of Memory, producing scholarly outputs for the academic and public audiences.
• Fellowships and Internships Scholarship and internship programs for researchers, including positions for research assistants and visiting fellows, supporting scholars conducting work on Polish and Central-Eastern European history.
• Summer Schools Educational programs such as the Asynchronous Histories Summer School, exploring regions and moments in history marked by asynchronous sociopolitical tendencies, targeting early-career scholars and PhD students.

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Max Weber Foundation (Fundacja im. Maxa Webera)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe institute is a research institution of the Max Weber Foundation, financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The foundation operates more than 10 German historical institutes worldwide.
• Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of WarsawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the Asynchronous Histories Summer School (2026), exploring asynchronous sociopolitical tendencies in history. Also part of the organizing institutions.
• Gabriel Narutowicz Institute of Political ThoughtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the Asynchronous Histories Summer School (2026).
• Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of SciencesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner institution in the Asynchronous Histories Summer School (2026) and co-organizer of the 'Measuring the Nation' conference.
• History of Concepts GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Asynchronous Histories Summer School (2026).
• Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in WarsawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the international conference 'Intimate Memory, Institutional Memory: Reframing Holocaust Commemorations' (November 2026) alongside the German Historical Institute Warsaw.
• Max Weber Foundation (Stiftungskonferenz)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizer of the foundation conference 'Border Matters: Embodiment, Environment, and Infrastructure of Border Spaces' (May 2026), a Max Weber Foundation-level event.
• NordOst-InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the conference 'Transnational Approaches to the Long 19th Century History in East-Central Europe' with the GHI Vilnius branch.
• Lithuanian Institute of HistoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the conference 'Transnational Approaches to the Long 19th Century History in East-Central Europe' with the GHI Vilnius branch.
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, WashingtonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the workshop 'Aspects of the Holocaust in Visual History' in Vilnius (November 2025) and the #LastSeen project.
• Arbeitsgruppe Cinematographie des HolocaustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the conference 'Un|Covering: Visibility, Denial, and Ambiguity in the Cinematography of the Holocaust' (November–December 2026) in Łódź.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• German Historical Institute Rome (Deutsches Historisches Institut Rom): Max Weber Foundation institute focused on German-Italian history. Operates the same model of library access, fellowships, conferences, and multi-series scholarly publications in a different but comparable European host country.
• Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw: Warsaw-based historical research institute focused on Jewish and Holocaust history, and co-organizer with DHI Warsaw of the Intimate Memory, Institutional Memory conference. Operates a comparable library, archive, publication, and event model with overlapping research themes.
• Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO): German publicly-funded research institute focused on the history and culture of Eastern Europe. Directly comparable in subject matter (Eastern European history), funding source (German public sector via Leibniz Association), and research/publishing model.
• Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe (Marburg): German research institute specializing in the historical-cultural heritage of Eastern Central Europe, with a major research library, archival collections, and publication program. Highly comparable in subject matter, scale, and public funding model.
• Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Polish Academy of Sciences institute conducting historical research on Poland and partner of DHI Warsaw on the Asynchronous Histories Summer School and Measuring the Nation conference. Directly comparable in humanities research scope and academic publishing, with national rather than German funding.
• German Historical Institute London (GHI London): Another Max Weber Foundation institute focused on German-British history with parallel library, fellowship, and publication infrastructure. Closely analogous in mission, funding structure, and product mix to DHI Warsaw.
• German Historical Institute Washington (GHI Washington): Sister institute within the Max Weber Foundation network operating under the same funding and organizational model, conducting historical research and hosting scholarly events. Directly comparable as a German-government-funded humanities research institute with library, fellowship, and publication programs.

Emerging players

• Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM): Vienna-based independent institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. Comparable as a small publicly-supported humanities research institute hosting visiting fellows, conferences, and publications, with similar scale and Central European orientation.

Broad incumbents

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM): Larger federal institution focused on Holocaust documentation, research, and education, and a partner of DHI Warsaw on visual history and the #LastSeen project. Comparable in Holocaust research and archival scope but with broader public-museum mandate and significantly larger scale.
• Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center: Israeli national institution for Holocaust research, documentation, and commemoration. Comparable in Holocaust and memory-culture research mission, though it operates at substantially larger scale and includes a museum/education mandate beyond DHI Warsaw's research focus.

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