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The history of disasters is no longer a new area of research. In the last two decades several new studies have been published in contexts of environmental, cultural and social history. Yet most of these approaches did not draw much attention and remained in the shadow of their own fields. Therefore, this article focuses on the most recent studies and tries to examine their connectivity to broader areas of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article reports on a conference on the comparative social history of Italy and West Germany in the second half of the twentieth century, held in Como, Italy, from November 6-9, 2011. Topics of discussion included the applicability of the term postmodernism to the history of this time period, trends toward greater individualization in society, and secularization.