News17 November 2025|NewsPublication: The Holocaust and the Medical ProfessionsPhoto: Public DomainWritten by Ulf SchmidtSince the end of the war, scholars have engaged with the Holocaust’s legacy for the practice of medicine and the reputation of...28 October 2025|NewsPublication: Thanatology and the Nuremberg Doctors' TrialPhoto: National Archives and Records AdministrationWritten by Ulf Schmidt On November 27, 1946, a few days before the Nazi doctors’ trial commenced, the Austrian-Jewish émigré-physician and medical...21 October 2025|Meet the TeamMeet the Team: Deniz InciPhoto: UHH/Haubold Hi, my name is Deniz Inci and I work as the Project Assistant and Secretary at the Center for the Study for Health, Ethics, and Society at University...14 October 2025|NewsPublication: Imagined Immune Communities. Historical Legacies and National Semantics of Health and Society in French and German Covid-19 Vaccination Propaganda VideosPhoto: Ministère de la Santé et de la Prévention, 'À chaque vaccination, c'est la vie qui reprend', YouTube, 14 June 2021. Screenshot reproduced under citation right for the purpose of scholarly analysis. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HONnjrqQA].Written by Peter Banks and Tobias Becker In spring 2021, vaccines against Covid-19 became available in many countries and subsequently led governments...25 September 2025|NewsViolence, Gender, and International Justice in 20th Century EuropePhoto: Public DomainThe Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and Society is delighted to welcome Professor Herbert Reginbogin (Catholic University of America Institute...30 May 2025|NewsEUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL IN PRAGUE: A STUDENT COMPETITIONPhoto: Wikimedia, Creative Commons CC0 1.0We are excited to invite pupils and students to participate in a creative competition about integrated perspectives on health and medicine in post-war...16 December 2024|NewsPublication: Leo Alexander at the Nazi Doctors' Trial: The Nuremberg Diary and CorrespondencePhoto: National Archives and Records AdministrationEdited by Ulf Schmidt, Kate Docking, David Peace, and Andreas Frewer In Leo Alexander at the Nazi Doctors’ Trial: The Nuremberg Diary and...9 December 2024|NewsPublication: 'Ambivalent Allies: Anglo-Polish Relations through Medical and Scientific Exchanges, 1939–1956'Photo: YouTube:UniwersytetMedycznyBy Will Studdert, Edward Corse, and Ulf Schmidt In January 1946, the British Council re-opened its Warsaw Office. The following year, capitalizing on...9 September 2024|NewsPublication: ‘A Child of Misfortune’: Eugenics and Children Reception Centres in Post-War BritainPhoto: Wellcome Collection/SA/EUG/D.51By David Peace This article explores the enduring influence of eugenic ideas on British psychiatry and social policy in the aftermath of the Second...14 March 2024|NewsGDR Goes "Glocal" : Culture, Cooperation, and ConflictPhoto: UHH/FarleyNo single country symbolised the physical and ideological post-war division of Europe as vividly as the German Democratic Republic (GDR). And yet...17 January 2024|NewsGrounding the history of modern warfare: An extended book review of Peter Thompson's The Gas Mask in Interwar GermanyPhoto: UHH/SchmidtBy Ulf Schmidt Ever since Germany's use of chlorine gas on the battlefields of Flanders during the First World War, modern warfare has become...20 November 2023|NewsPublication: From Nuremberg to Helsinki: Historicizing the Codification of Post-War Research EthicsPhoto: UHH/SchmidtBy Ulf Schmidt In 1947, the Nuremberg Doctors’ trial promulgated the ten-point set of principles for the conduct of human experiments known as the...26 October 2023|NewsBody and Mind EntanglementsPhoto: HFBKWritten by Kate Docking and David Peace Introduction The first Imagining Health exhibition in 2022 showcased interpretations of how post-war medical...2 October 2023|NewsGDR goes "Glocal"Photo: UHH/FarleyA workshop organised by the Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and Society, University of Hamburg Thursday 13th – Friday 14th June 2024...7 September 2023|News30 Years of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) ConferencePhoto: UHH/SchmidtThe conference "30 Years of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Histories, Achievements, Challenges" will take place on the 5th and 6th of October 2023...28 August 2023|NewsJob Offer as Project Assistant ERC Synergy Grant "Taming the European Leviathan"Photo: UHH/FarleyOur Team is looking for a new project and administrative assistant working part-time. Application deadline 17.09.2023. You will support the Modern...4 July 2023|NewsBeyond Binaries: Gender, Sexuality, and Medicine in Postwar EuropePhoto: UHH/DockingA Taming the European Leviathan Conference Held at the Warburg Haus on the 9th – 10th June, and organised by Dr Kate Docking and Dr David Peace...30 May 2023|NewsNew UHH Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and SocietyPhoto: UHH/HauboldNucleus Professor of Modern History, Ulf Schmidt, Faculty of Humanities, establishes new Centre to foster transdisciplinary collaboration on the...25 May 2023|NewsImagining Health 2Photo: HFBK Opening: Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 6 p.m. Duration: June 1 to 18, 2023, daily 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. except Mondays. Location: ICAT at HFBK, Lerchenfeld 2A...14 March 2023|NewsOn the Trail of the GDRPhoto: Plattenbauten at the former Stasi headquarters, Image credit: Kate Docking.By Lucy Steenbock and Alexandra Tornow, students at the University of Hamburg, translated by Dr Kate Docking. Many people associate the GDR with high...Show all news
