German-French Historians' Committee
Deutsch-französisches Historikerkomitee | Comité franco-allemand des historiens
About
The German-French Historians' Committee (DFHK | CFAH) is an association of German and French historians as well as scholars from related fields working with historical methods. The aim of the association, which was founded in 1988, is to promote research into Franco-German relations, the history of the neighboring countries, and the two countries in comparison in the 19th and 20th centuries. Based on these objectives, the DFHK sees itself as a binational association and promotes cross-border cooperation between German and French colleagues.
The committee was founded in 1988 with a special organizational structure that makes it a truly binational and largely integrated association. The committee is recognized in Germany as a registered association under the name "Deutsch-Französisches Komitee für die Erforschung der deutschen und französischen Geschichte des 19. Und 20. Jahrhunderts e.V.”." and is based in Hamburg (register of associations of the Hamburg District Court under No. 12 604). In France, the committee operates as the "Comité Franco-Allemand de recherches sur l’histoire de la France et de l’Allemagne aux XIXème et XXème siècles" based in Paris. In keeping with the goal of encouraging the closest possible binational cooperation between German and French colleagues, the board, which is elected every two years, consists of three French and three German historians.
The initiators and “founding presidents” of the committee were Professors Raymond Poidevin (Strasbourg, † 2000) and Josef Becker (Augsburg). Their terms as presidents were followed by Professors Klaus-Jürgen Müller (Hamburg, † 2011), Georges-Henri Soutou (Paris), Rainer Hudemann (Saarbrücken), Louis Dupeux (Strasbourg, † 2002), Beatrix Bouvier (Darmstadt), François Roth (Nancy ), Stefan Fisch (Speyer), Chantal Metzger (Nancy), Hartmut Kaelble (Berlin), Jean-Paul Cahn (Paris), Dietmar Hüser (Kassel), Jean-François-Eck (Lille) and Wilfried Loth (Duisburg-Essen).
Management Board
President | Président
Prof. Dr. Anne Kwaschik
Universität Konstanz
Secretary General | Secrétaire général
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Droit
SciencesPo Strasbourg/Université de Strasbourg
Treasurer (German fund) | Trésorier
PD Dr. Silke Mende
Institut für Zeitgeschichte
Treasurer (French fund) | Trésorier (Caisse française)
Dr. Valérie Dubslaff
Centre Marc Bloch Berlin
Members | Membres
Prof. Dr. Jörg Requate
Universität Kassel
Prof. Dr. Catherine Maurer
Université de Strasbourg
Dissertation Award
The DFHK awards a dissertation prize every 2 years.
Award winner 2018:
Dr. Valérie Dubslaff | Les femmes et l’extrême droite politique en République fédérale d’Allemagne. Le Parti national-démocrate d’Allemagne (NPD) à l’épreuve du genre, 1964-2017.
International Conferences
The DFHK organizes an international conference every two years.
The DFHK conference originally planned for 2020 with the theme "France, Allemange, Afrique: représentations, transferts, relations" of the DFHK has been moved to November 2021 due to the current health situation and travel restrictions.
The event will instead take place from November 18th-20th, 2021 at the Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin.
The call for papers is closed.
14th Colloquium / 14e Colloque:
11th October - 13th October 2018, Universität Straßburg | Solidarität denken und praktizieren: Frankreich, Deutschland, Europa und die Welt im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert | Penser et pratiquer la solidarité: France, Allemagne, Europe et le monde, XIXe et XXe siècle.
Further Informationen
Further information on the website of the DFHK