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The article presents a report from a July 10-12, 2017 conference in Erfurt, Germany on the modern history of confidence tricksters, charlatans, and swindlers. Topics of presentations delivered include exiled Bohemian preacher Georg Holík, the social construction of Swedish history within the process of group identity formation, and a 1725 scam by pretender to the Lebanese crown Spaada Habaisci.

The article reports on a conference on Slavic civilization, held in Prague, Czech Republic, from March 14-16, 2013. Topics of discussion included the history of Panslavism, the history of geographical perceptions of Eastern Europe, and the relationship—or lack thereof—of Slavic languages and nationalism.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference entitled "Human Rights / Social Rights. The Twentieth Century Predicament," held December 2-4, 2010 in Potsdam, Germany and sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam, is presented. Topics include concepts of rights and citizenship in South Africa, welfare rights in the Soviet Union, and Chinese intellectuals' ideas about human rights. Speakers included Ryan Irwin and Paul Betts.