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The article examines establishment of church structures in the Saxon mission area in Central Germany during eight century. Topics discussed include document of Louis the Pious for the monastery Visbek, and role of Princely Abbey of Corvey is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in in the integration of Saxony into the Franconian Empire and with the Christianization of the Saxon population during ninth and tenth centuries.

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The article presents a report on a conference on the medieval and early modern nobility of Saxony, Germany, and Bohemia, Czech Republic, held in Dresden, Germany, from November 28-29, 2013. Topics of discussion included the internationalism and cosmopolitanism of the medieval nobility, cultural, social, and economic relations between noble families in the Saxon-Bohemian borderlands, and the histories of various noble families such as the Salhausens, Schönbergs, and Watzdorfs.

The article presents a report from a February 16-18, 2012 conference in Plauen, Germany on the history of relations between Saxony and the current Czech Republic. Topics of presentations given included the architecture of the "Saxon Renaissance," the history of various levels of the nobility of Bohemia, and 19th-century Bohemian immigration to Saxony.

The article reports on a conference on the history of Chemnitz, Germany, and the surrounding region of Saxony in the 15th century, which was held in Chemnitz from October 27-29, 2011. Topics discussed included historiography of Saxony and Central Germany in the late Middle Ages, the Saxon Fratricidal War of 1446-1451, and the charter and laws of the city of Chemnitz in the 15th century.

The article presents a discussion on questions regarding the heritage of dukes from the Northeim family line. The author responds to a critique of his theories about the Northeim family's origins in the aristocratic house of Luxembourg, which was made by historian Eduard Hlawitschka in 1999 and 2007. Discussion focuses on the geographical territories associated with the historical geographic term "Saxonia/Saxones," questions of inheritance and succession in the Luxembourg duchy, and the identity of several noblemen named Siegfried, who might belong to the Luxembourg line or another aristocratic family.

The article examines the work and writings of David Friedländer, a merchant and Jewish enlightenment philosopher who lived in Berlin, Germany from 1750-1834. It discusses his renowned friends, such as philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, and focuses on his friendships with artists including Adrian Zingg and Julius Hübner, whom he met during business travels to Saxony, where Jews had limited rights to settle. The article attempts to show how this situation influenced Friedländer's writings.

The article presents a report from a July 10, 2015 conference in Chemnitz, Germany on the end of World War II in Saxony, Germany hosted by the department of 19th- and 20th-century history at the Technische Universität Chemnitz university. Topics of presentations delivered included World War II in German collective memory and culture, the postwar integration of displaced and persecuted persons into Saxon society, and the effects of violence committed against Saxon civilians by the Soviet Army on public perception of the Soviet government.

The article reviews the book "Sächsische Lebensbilder," edited by Gerland Wiemers.