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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 presents a report from an October 12-13, 2017 conference in Berlin, Germany on the history of "nerves" in German war psychology from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of World War II. Topics of presentations delivered included the collective psychological impact of World War I on the nerves of the German population, the political symbolism of "strong nerves", and the 1913 paper "Krieg und Geistesstörung" by psychiatrist Gustav Specht.

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.

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.

A conference paper on the hermeneutical approaches to the dignity and fallibility of man in the context of the anthropology of the Quran. Topics discussed include anthropological conceptions of Jewish and Christian theology, Islamic theology, contributions of Islamic anthropology to cultivation and perfection of the individual self as well as to social humanisation and human dignity between secular universalism and religious legitimacy.

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 cultural aspects of the Cold War, particularly the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) anti-Communist organization, which was organized by the Lasky Center for Transatlantic Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians University and Leiden University and held in Munich, Germany, on October 24, 2014. Participants presented papers on the cultural journals edited and published by the CCF, including "Encounter," "Der Monat," and "Tempo Presente."