Die Gegenwart der Imperien. Kolloquium aus Anlass des achtzigsten Geburtstags von Klaus Schwabe.

The article reports on a conference on the history of empires, held in Aachen, Germany, from March 26-27, 2012. Topics of discussion included the changing semantics and terminology of empires and imperialism, nationalism and imperialism in Russia, and the connection of social problems and foreign policy in the United States.