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The article presents a report from a November 14-15, 2013 conference in Heidelberg, Germany on the history of the production and usage of paper in the Middle Ages. Topics of presentations delivered included the digitization of Middle Ages manuscripts at the university library in Heidelberg, Germany, the methodology of paper production in the 15th century, and the history of European paper mills.

The article presents the summary of a conference that focused on newspapers in Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. It was held May 12-13, 2011 in Münster, Germany. Topics under discussion included the national history associations and their media publications, the regional online newspaper, called "Rosenland. Zeitschrift für lippische Geschichte," and the regional and historical newspapers being published in Southern Tyrol (Trentino-Alto Adige), Italy.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium held at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum on October 28-30, 2010 on the various roles of cultural brokers between different religions in countries in the general Mediterranean area is presented. It was sponsored by the Center for Mediterranean Studies and topics include the Jewish influence in 13th century Mongolia, a comparison of various monotheistic and polytheistic religions, as well an analysis of interfaith relationships.

The article offers a report from a June 5-7, 2013 conference in Wolfenbüttel, Germany on cultural transfer in the area of Lower Saxony, Germany in the upper Middle Ages. Topics of presentations given included the role of trade as a factor in cultural transfer in the city of Goslar, Germany, the equipment and supplies needed in the production of manuscripts, and the history of the German paper manufacturing industry.

The article discusses various papers presented at the conference "The GDR Today II" on the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), held at the University of Birmingham, England, in January 2014. The conference papers were on topics including latest views on East German literature; the role of Germany's socialist bodies in socialist dictatorship; and Germany's cultural heritage and East German culture.

The article discusses the International Conference of Labour and Social History (ITH) "Commodity Chains and Labour Relations," held between September 15, 2016, and September 17, 2016, featuring presentations of papers composed by several scholars including Andrea Komlosy, Erich Landsteiner, and Ernst Langthaler.

The article discusses papers presented at the conference "At the Margins of the Welfare State: Changing Patterns of Including and Excluding the 'Deviant' Poor in Europe 1870-1933" held in London, England in February 2010. Papers by scholars such as Andreas Gestrich, Christina May, Beate Althammer, and others are discussed.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium "Institutionen der Geschichtspflege und Geschichtsforschung in Schlesien: Von der Aufklärung bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg" held October 1-3, 2015 at Görlitz, Germany is presented. Topics discussed include enlightenment of the past of Silesia, functionality of historical consciousness and the transformations of cultural memory and establishment of Unionism as scientific professionalization process.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium "Die Entwicklung der Hofmusik von der kurfürstlichen Kapelle von Brandenburg zum Hoforchester des ersten Königs in Preußen" held October 16-18, 2015 at Berlin, Germany is presented. Topics discussed include popularity of early modern court chapels in musicological studies, development and the repertoire of the Prussian court orchestra during the reign of King Frederick II and diversity of modern princely courts of Europe.

The article presents a report from a March 16-19, 2015 series of conferences in Tübingen, Germany, Karlsruhe, Germany, Reichenau, Germeany, and Sankt Gall, Switzerland on the differences between European and Japanese politics and ruling during the Middle Ages as reflected in the official documents of the time., Topics of presentations delivered included the role of paper in the rituals surrounding Tennō documents, hierarchical elements of formal styles of Japanese letters, and differences between the letters of Petrus de Vinea and official privileges and mandates.

The article presents a report on a workshop on violence in Communist Eastern Europe in the second half of the twentieth century, held in Potsdam, Germany, on January 24, 2014. Topics of discussion included hormonal contraception, the abuse of psychiatric patients, and violence against children in institutional care. All papers presented drew on the theoretical work of French philosopher Michel Foucault.

The article presents information on papers presented at the conference "Fashion, Consumption and Everyday Culture in the Soviet Union between 1945 an 1985," at Universität Salzburg. Djurdja Bartlett examined differences between Socialist and capitalist fashion, Olga Gurova explored the practice of re-using clothing during the Soviet period and Ulrike Goldschweer discussed how to understand consumption in daily Soviet life.

The article reports on a conference on the history of antisemitism in Eastern Europe from the late nineteenth century until the beginning of World War II, convened in Warsaw, Poland, from May 16-18, 2013. Papers presented included examples of antisemitic political violence, pogroms, and racist propaganda in such countries as Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine.

The article presents a report on a conference on the philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin, held in Berlin, Germany, from September 18-20, 2013. The papers presented revolved around the translation and reception of Benjamin's works in various locales, including in East Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

The article presents a report on a conference on courtly cities and towns in the Holy Roman Empire, held in Neuenstein, Germany, from September 20-22, 2013. The papers presented focused on comparisons between aristocratic life at court and middle-class life, including in such cities as Munich, Germany, Saarbrücken, Germany, and Mainz, Germany.

The article presents the summary of a symposium during which several history and archaeology students from the Universität Bochum, a university in Bochum, Germany, presented their academic papers from June 8-9, 2011. Academic papers presented at the conference included a paper on historical and archaeological sources on roman political and military history, a paper on Matilda of England, the wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, and a paper on antisemitism in the history of the German Empire.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference titled "The European Welfare State in a Global Context," which was held April 11-13, 2013 at the University of Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany, is presented. Topics included the expansion of welfare services in Europe after the end of World War II, the relationship between socialism and welfare in Germany, and how social policies impacted French decolonization.

The article reports on a conference on the connection between sports and nationalism in historical perspective, held in Prague, Czech Republic, from June 28-30, 2012. Papers and discussions revolved around the political aspects of sports, exemplified with such case studies as soccer in Denmark during the German occupation in World War II, the participation of the Soviet Union in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, and international soccer matches between Hungary and Romania from 1936-2009.

The article reports on a conference on the historiography of Jewish history, held in Hamburg, Germany, from June 22-23, 2012. Discussions revolved around the main theme of the meeting, namely the role the study of the history of Jews and Judaism in Germany has played in the development of historiography on Germany more broadly since the 1960s. Detailed papers touched on such subjects as research on the Holocaust in Germany and Austria, Jewish assimilation, and German scholarship on medieval Jewish history.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference held May 10-12, 2012 at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany, titled "Entanglement of Histories, Circulation of Knowledge, and Transfer of Technologies: Dimensions of Transcultural Statehood? (1500-1900)" is presented. Topics include the relationship between state building and law in South Asia, rule of law in British India, and the 1894-1895 war between China and Japan.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference held June 11-13, 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany, titled "Colonial Subjects of Health and Difference: Races, Populations, Diversities," is presented. Topics include the psychological studies done in the 1920s at an Australian mission community, the classification of mixed race Indo-Europeans in the Netherlands, and colonial governance in the Pacific region.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference held May 11-12, 2012 at the Center for Historical Studies and Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, titled "East Central Europe in the Twentieth Century. Roundtable on the State of the Art of Historical Studies," is presented. Topics include regional intellectual history, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and communism in East Central Europe.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference held March 29-31, 2012 at the University of Paderborn in Paderborn, Germany, titled "Conference Media Transatlantic IV: Traffic," is presented. Topics include Canadian professor Harold A. Innis’ concepts of political economy, the effect of determinism on early 20th century science, and cultural perceptions of the polar regions.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference held April 1-4, 2012 in Ascona, Switzerland, titled "Fighting Drink, Drugs, and Venereal Diseases: Global Anti-Vice Activism, ca. 1870-1940" is presented. Topics include the global integration of economics and politics, the attempts to control alcohol consumption in British West Africa, and the history of the transnational regulation of narcotics.

Information on several papers discussed at a workshop held March 23-25, 2012 at the Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague, titled "Environmental histories of the Visegrad countries: Cold War and the environmental sciences," is presented. Topics include the history of environmental science during the Cold War, the cooperation between scientists in the Soviet Union and Scandinavia, and the development of industrial towns in socialist Hungary.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference held April 19-21, 2012 at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut of Freie Universität Berlin in Berlin, Germany, titled "Envisioning Limits: Outer Space and the End of Utopia" is presented. Topics include the history of outer space and space flight during the 1970s, British space culture, and the relationship between U.S. domestic politics and space exploration.

The article reports on an international symposium in honor of the 140th anniversary of the Seminar für Alte Geschichte (Institute for Ancient History) at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, that took place on April 19-20, 2012. Papers presented discussed the lives and works of several classicists and historians who had worked at the institute, including Heinrich Nissen, Eugen Bormann, and Wilhelm Ensslin, and their contributions to the historiography of antiquity.

The article reports on a conference about the transmission of knowledge and cultural misunderstandings in early modern Europe, held in Mainz, Germany, on April 11-12, 2012. The papers discussed such topics as the role of translators and translations in the conduct of European diplomacy, confessional conflict at the Dordrecht synod of 1618-1619, and the German reception of the Peace of Belgrade.

The article reports on a conference on the demographics and statistics of human casualties during World War II, held in Budapest, Hungary, on December 9-10, 2012. Papers addressed case studies and methodological problems regarding the accounting of victims in several belligerent countries in Europe, including Germany, the USSR, and Poland. Research tools, such as various databases, and the political implications of historiography in this field were also discussed.

The article reports on a conference on the Jews in rural areas in Europe in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, held in Trier, Germany, from March 19-21, 2012. Focusing primarily on the Holy Roman Empire, Poland, and Bohemia, Czech Republic, the papers presented discussed such topics as the significance of Jewish merchants and administrators in the economic development of rural areas, the persecution and legal protections of Jews, and the social composition of Jewish communities.

The article reports on a conference on connections between world history and macrosociology, held in Freiburg, Germany, from February 10-11, 2012. Papers presented addressed various issues raised by the book "Die Verwandlung der Welt: Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts" by German historian Jürgen Osterhammel, including European state formation and imperialism as analytical categories, the concept of modernization, and religious aspects of globalization.

The article discusses the conference "Screen Culture and the Social Question: Poverty on Screen 1880-1914," held at the University of Trier in Germany. It particularly comments on lantern slides and lantern shows, exploring papers on the digital slide collection and information database LUCERNA, Victorian author George R. Sims, and the photography of social reformer Jacob Riis. Participating scholars mentioned include Frank Gray, David Francis, and Judith Thissen.

The article reports on the conference "The Transnational Significance of the American Civil War: A Global History," that was held from 9/15/2011 to 9/18/2011. Papers were presented on topics including U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's approach to advocating nationalism, the 1863 founding of the National Academy of Sciences and the total war elements of the American Civil War.

Information is presented about several papers discussed at the conference "Music and Imagined Communities. Articulations of the Self and the other in the Musical Realm," held at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy from October 28 to October 29, 2011. Topics examined include musical theater in Egypt and vernacular Arab theater, the globalization of Islamic pop music, and opera and Italians in New York City. Speakers included scholars Patrick Wood, Linda Braun, and Ryan Weber.

Information about several papers presented at the workshop "The Middle East From Below - Dynamics of Subversion," held December 8 to December 10, 2011 at the University of Marburg in Marburg, Germany, is presented. Topics include the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Damascus in the Syrian Uprising that began in 2011, Internet usage among young people in Cairo, Egypt, and politics and dissent in Arab art. Speakers included Hanan Toukan, Sophie Richter-Devroe, and Ali Sonay.

Information about several papers presented at the European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH)-Congress "Connections and Comparisons," held in London, England from April 14 to April 17, 2011, is presented, focusing on the panels on "Global Hierarchies and Inequalities." Topics include development in Tanzania, South African foreign policy ideals, and Polish scientists in Siberia, Russia. Several scholars spoke, including Emma Hunter, Sara Elmer, and Maria Rhode.

Information about several papers presented at the "State of Nature - Nature&Nation Network Second International Workshop," sponsored by the Nature&Nation Network and held December 2 to December 4, 2011 in Bucharest, Romania, is presented. Topics discussed include nature conservation and national identity in Costa Rica, the management of water resources on the east bank of the Jordan Valley in the Middle East, and access to and use of resources in Romania's national park Piatra Craiului.

Information about several papers discussed at the conference "The Transnational Significance of the American Civil War: A Global History," held at Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany from September 15 to September 18, 2011, is presented. Topics include the founding of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, U.S. cotton in the global economy, and the impact of the U.S. Civil War on Latin America. Speakers included scholars Nicola Miller, Brian Schoen, and Axel Jansen.

Information is presented on several papers discussed at a conference held in Warsaw, Poland November 23-25, 2011 on historical memory in Central and Eastern Europe. Topics include Polish-Russian relations, war memorials, and trauma. The conference featured several scholars including Simon N. Lewis, Agnieska Kudelka, and Dragos Petrescu.

The article reports on a conference about the anti-Nazi movement in the Rhineland, Germany, in the 1930s and 1940s, which was held in Bonn, Germany, from September 26-27, 2011. Papers presented discussed opposition and resistance to the Nazi dictatorship by various groups, including Communists and Catholics. The repression of political dissent by police and the justice system was also addressed.

The article reports on a conference about the role of symbols and the imaginary in legitimizing political order, which was held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on October 21-22, 2011. The papers presented addressed such topics as the representation of absolutism in the fables of French poet Jean de La Fontaine, the illustration of critical moments of the French Revolution by French classicist painter Jacques-Louis David, and the epistemological writings of Dutch philosopher Benedict de Spinoza.

The article offers information on "Letzte Briefe. Neue Perspektiven auf das Ende von/der Kommunikation," a conference that focused on the last letters written by people before their death. It took place in Halberstadt, Germany from June 30 to June 2, 2011. Papers presented discussed topics such as the letters written by Russian soldiers during World War I, the final goodbye letters of the poet Elizabeth Singer Rowe, and the last love letters of the German Duchess Louise von Anhalt-Dessau.

The article offers information on "Inszenierung als Legitimation? Die Monarchie im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert - ein deutsch-englischer Vergleich," a conference that focused on the history of monarchies in Europe, and took place in Coburg, Germany. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such as the influence of Christianity on the German monarchy in the 1800s, the courtly ceremonies during the reign of German Emperor William II., and the role of the British royal family in the media.

The article offers information on ".hist2011 - Geschichte im digitalen Wandel," a conference that focused on the use of digital media in historical studies that took place in Berlin, Germany from September 14-15, 2011. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such as digital libraries with historical sources on World War I, how German libraries are using bibliographic data for shared cataloging, and why certain standards need to be created for historical research data.

The article offers information on "Performing Emotions," a conference that focused on the relationship between emotions and politics in Europe from the early modern period to the modern period. It took place in Berlin, Germany from June 23-25, 2011. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such as the rule of the Spanish Queen Isabella, the political movements in the 17th century, and how the uniforms of German Schutz Staffel (SS) soldiers contributed to their identity.

The article offers information on "Umweltgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit - Experiment und Perspektive," a conference that focused on the environmental history of Europe during the early modern period. It took place in Munich, Germany from February 17-19, 2011. Papers presented discussed topics such as the study of natural disasters in the early modern period, the environmental history of rivers in Europe, and the agricultural knowledge and use of land during that time period.

The article offers information on "Gefährdete Konnektivität - Piraterie im Mittelmeerraum / Endangered Connectivity - Piracy in the Mediterranean," a conference for historians that took place at the Center for Mediterranean Studies in Bochum, Germany in May of 2011. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such as piracy on the islands of Malta and Rhodes during the 15th and 16th centuries, how pirates controlled the Adriatic Sea, and the legal history of piracy and ransom.

The article offers information on "Konservativismus in Russland und Deutschland - Ein internationaler Dialog," a conference that focused on political conservatism in Russian and Germany that was held in Voronezh, Russia from September 15-18, 2011. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such as the origins and development of political conservatism in Germany and Western Europe, "conservative socialism" during the 19th century, and German right-wing political activists in Russia.

The article offers information on "Erinnern und erinnert werden. Das Türkengedächtnis und seine Funktion in Zentral-und Osteuropa," a conference that focused on the collective memory of and about the Turkish people in European history that took place in Krakow, Poland. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such the memories of the Siege of Vienna, Austria by the Ottoman Empire, visual representations of Turks in art, and how Turks were portrayed in Hungarian literature.