'Conflicts everywhere' - new source studies on the Brunswick Stratum of 1374 and on economic standardisation efforts in Hanseatic trade

4th International Workshop for Young Researchers on Hanseatic History, Whitsun 2016 in Braunschweig

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Since 2010, an international workshop for young researchers on the history of the Hanseatic League has been organised every two years in the run-up to the Whitsun Conference of the Hanseatic Historical Association. The next workshop will take place on 15 and 16 May in Braunschweig

The fourth workshop on Hanseatic history, organised by doctoral and graduate students themselves, pursues the central aim of stimulating academic exchange on Hanseatic research topics across national borders.

The programme

15 May 2016: On the first day, interested participants will present their own work projects (seminar papers, Bachelor's or Master's theses, essays or ongoing dissertation projects, etc.) in a short presentation (max. 10 minutes). The projects are then discussed in the plenary session for around five minutes. The aim is to help the contributors with their work through constructive suggestions and to gain a small insight into the current Hanseatic research landscape.

16.05.2016: The second day is dedicated to the two working groups. After a keynote speech, the questions of the two workshops will be explored in separate small groups. The first group will focus on the topic of The Great Shift of Brunswick (1374) and the Hanseatic League. The second group will focus on standardisation efforts in Hanseatic trade. At the end of the day, the workshops will present their results to each other. These will also be presented at the Whitsun Conference.

Further information on the workshops

• Workshop 1
• Workshop 2

Target group

The workshop is aimed at students and doctoral students of history and related disciplines from all countries. The conference language is German or English - at least good passive German language skills are required.

Information and registration

To participate, please submit a letter of motivation and a brief CV (college/university, study status/degree, language skills in German or English) by 29 February 2016. A presentation on a current project is desirable, but not a mandatory requirement for participation in the workshop. If applicable, please submit a project outline of max. 600 words about your project.

Please also indicate in which working group you would like to participate and whether you agree to your contact details being passed on to the other workshop participants. All registered participants are expected to receive a confirmation of registration with further information in mid-March.

Accepted participants should submit an abstract (German or English) of max. 350-400 words outlining their own research topic for the workshop by 15 April 2016. We kindly ask you to send the applications and abstracts by email to in the usual document format (.docx, .odt, *.pdf).

We will endeavour to provide support for travel expenses.

Organising team

We (Maartje A.B., Anna Binde, Michael Meichsner, Lena Mühlig, David Weiss) are ourselves former participants of the young talent workshops. We liked the idea, the realisation and the interdisciplinary framework for young researchers. Spread across Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany, we are working on being able to experience exciting and hopefully fruitful days with you in Braunschweig in 2016.

Everything at a glance

What is it about: Participation in the 2016 workshop for young researchers on Hanseatic history

When will the workshop take place? On 15 and 16 May 2016 - as part of the Whitsun Conference of the Hanseatic Historical Society

Where exactly will the workshop take place? At the Braunschweig City Archive

How to take part: Send an application to the email address hanseworkshop@t-online.de by 29 February. This should include a concise CV, a letter of motivation with a short project outline (600 words) if applicable, and an abstract (350-400 words) if you would like to present a project.

The event is aimed at young academics who are working directly on "Hanseatic topics" in seminar papers, Bachelor's or Master's theses, in ongoing dissertation projects and in essays, as well as academics whose work has links to Hanseatic history.

What are the workshops about? Further information on the workshops can be found here and here