Thank you for your interest in Potsdam’s History Academy!
We are currently planning to deliver the program on site in Potsdam with in-person classes. To ensure a safe instruction mode, we will closely monitor the situation as summer approaches . If the pandemic does not allow for an on-site program, we will shift to online classes as an alternative.
The summer school covers the major events and themes of modern German history through the lens of one city: Potsdam – the capital of the federal state of Brandenburg.
The city, located close to Berlin, has hosted the Prussian court since the 18th century, when Prussia became one of the European Great Powers, and was the residential city of the German Kaiser from 1871 to 1918. Its role might be compared to that of Versailles in France.
Potsdam’s historical trajectory offers the unique possibility of simultaneously reflecting on macro-levels of German history and gaining insight knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of a micro-level perspective - all while being on the scene.
The focus on learning locations and original encounters outside the classroom in the form of field trips and the interactive lecture design provides an excellent way to explore the German past in depth.
Orientation
Classes
Scholarships available for our EDUC partner universities (earlier deadline!). Please look below.
If you have any questions about the program, please contact us via mail.
International Office
Campus Am Neuen Palais
Am Neuen Palais 10, D-14469 Potsdam
House 9, Room 0.18