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The article presents a report from an October 15, 2026 conference on church history and biography after 1945 hosted in Bonn, Germany by the Förderverein für Neuere Geschichte an der Universität Bonn e.V. historical society. Topics of presentations delivered include the history of the Catholic weekly periodical "Publik", politician and theologian Karl Forster's role in West German Catholicism, and a biography of German Catholic politician Rainer Barzel.

The article presents a report from a September 15-17, 2016 conference on the modern history of the papacy hosted in Weingarten, Germany by the Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart academy and the historical society of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese. Topics of presentations delivered include ceremonies at the pontificate in the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical depictions of papal deaths in news media, and self-depictions and other depiction of Pope Pius X.

The article reports on a conference on social aspects of the mass media, held in Potsdam, Germany, from October 19-20, 2012. Topics of discussion included feminism in the U.S. television series "Star Trek," German film in the National Socialist and postwar eras, and photojournalism about crime in Germany and the United States in the 20th century.

The article reports on a conference on the Second Vatican Council, held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from September 21-22, 2012. Topics of discussion included the role of such theologians as Cardinal Julius Döpfner, Heinrich Fries, and Henri de Lubac, the effect of the council on Catholic churches in Germany, and the German Catholic weekly newspaper "Publik."

The article reports on a conference on German communist activist and publisher Willi Münzenberg, held in Berlin, Germany, from October 12-13, 2012. Topics of discussion included international Communist organizations founded by Münzenberg such as Internationale Arbeiterhilfe (Workers International Relief, IAH/WIR) and the League Against Imperialism, the use of film, photography, and other visual media in Communist propaganda, and Münzenberg's experience as an anti-fascist and anti-Stalinist exile in the 1930s.

The article presents the summary of a conference that focused on natural disasters and catastrophes that was held from May 4-6, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Topics under discussion at the conference included a comparison of the apocalypse as described in the Bible and the natural disasters in the 21st Century, a talk on how to predict a catastrophe, as well as a discussion on the role of the media during a catastrophe.

The article presents the summary of a conference that focused on natural disasters and catastrophes that was held from May 4-6, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Topics under discussion at the conference included a comparison of the apocalypse as described in the Bible and the natural disasters in the 21st Century, a talk on how to predict a catastrophe, as well as a discussion on the role of the media during a catastrophe.

The article reports on the conference "Die nationalsozialistische Okkupationspresse in den besetzten Gebieten der Sowjetunion, 1941-1944" (The National Socialist Press in the Occupied Territories of the Soviet Union), held at the University of Heidelberg from November 5-8, 2010. Papers discussed various aspects of press politics and propaganda in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, including their institutional organization, content, reception, and audience, as well as biographical questions.

The article reports on a March 2010 conference at the Center for Anti-Semitism Research at the Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, on the topic "The Emergence and Development of Anti-Semitism As a Political Movement in European Comparison 1879-1914." Discussions covered such issues as the use of the press and public media to promote anti-Semitism and the differences between anti-Semitism as practiced in Germany and other European countries.