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Centre for British Studies

The GBZ Turns 30 in 2025!

The Centre for British Studies celebrated its 30th anniversary on June 4th. Read all about the highlights of the celebration here.
Events Summer Semester 2025

LECTURE: British Colonialism and the Taming of the Foreshore and Littoral Societies in Early Colonial Madras, Vidyha Raveendranathan, 16 June 2025
GBZ-Blog

Looking Towards the Future: The Centre for British Studies Turns 30 in 2025

Welcome to the Centre for British Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

News

Same place, new name!

From the 23rd of August, Mohrenstraße will be renamed to Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße. Please keep this in mind for future correspondence.

Die Mohrenstraße wird ab dem 23. August offiziell in Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße umbenannt. Wir bitten Sie, das für Ihre zukünftige Korrespondenz zu beachten.

Job Advertisement

The GBZ is seeking a Researcher and Lecturer in British History to start in October 2025. Applications are to be sent to miles.taylor@hu-berlin.de by 5 September 2025. See here for more information.

Information for our new students (starting October 2025)

Congratulations on your admission to the MA British Studies programme. Please contact us directly at your earliest convenience by sending an email to Catherine Smith: catherine.smith@hu-berlin.de.

You will then be sent further information, such as first day details, visa advice, class contacts etc.

Best wishes,

Centre for British Studies / Großbritannien-Zentrum (GBZ)

Events

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News of our many different projects can be found below and in our blog.

Please click here for an account of our 30^th anniversary.

The Centre for British Studies

New Publications

The Oxford Berlin Partnership

The Centre for British Studies is an interdisciplinary research institute at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The institute, the first of its kind in Germany, conducts comprehensive research and offers teaching, lectures and conferences on a broad interdisciplinary agenda focusing on the United Kingdom.

Our interdisciplinary research projects, PhD projects, research colloquia, working papers, as well as lists of publications by the Centre’s staff, can be found on this website.

The Centre teaches the international, interdisciplinary and practice oriented M.A. British Studies course. Students from all over the world and with different academic backgrounds study British history, culture and literature, as well as law, politics, business and economics. Detailed information about the programme can be accessed under M.A. British Studies.

With its series of conferences on topical aspects of society, the Centre for British Studies intends to encourage debates on current issues concerning both Britain and Germany. The Centre also organises public lectures and panel discussions, such as the popular "Monday Lectures". Listings of current and future lectures can be found below and under Events. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Our current Annual Report provides information on the various activities we pursued, the courses offered, the respective students, our research activities, news and events of the previous year.