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Information about several papers discussed at a conference held April 19-21, 2012 at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut of Freie Universität Berlin in Berlin, Germany, titled "Envisioning Limits: Outer Space and the End of Utopia" is presented. Topics include the history of outer space and space flight during the 1970s, British space culture, and the relationship between U.S. domestic politics and space exploration.

The article reports on the conference "The Transnational Significance of the American Civil War: A Global History," that was held from 9/15/2011 to 9/18/2011. Papers were presented on topics including U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's approach to advocating nationalism, the 1863 founding of the National Academy of Sciences and the total war elements of the American Civil War.

Information about several papers discussed at the conference "The Transnational Significance of the American Civil War: A Global History," held at Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany from September 15 to September 18, 2011, is presented. Topics include the founding of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, U.S. cotton in the global economy, and the impact of the U.S. Civil War on Latin America. Speakers included scholars Nicola Miller, Brian Schoen, and Axel Jansen.

Information is presented about several papers discussed at a conference entitled "Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development," held April 4-9, 2011 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Topics discussed include slavery and economic development in New England, the slave trade and commercial shipping in the U.S., and economic ties between American colleges and Caribbean sugar plantations.

The article reports on the workshop "Regulierung im Telekommunicationssektor: Chancen und Risiken im historischen Prozess" (Regulation of the Telecommunications Industry: Chances and Risks in the Historical Process), held on January 27, 2011, in Bonn, Germany. Papers presented discussed such topics as comparisons between regulatory agencies in Germany and the U.S., telecommunications markets in the 19th century, and the legal and economic rationale for state regulation of telecommunications.

The article reports on the conference "'Bro's, Homes, Dudes': Men and Masculinities in the 20th Century American Family," held at the University of Münster, Germany, from December 2-4, 2010. Papers approached the subject from various angles, including young men's sexualities, the gender politics of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and debates about absent fathers and good fatherhood. Presenters included Isabel Heinemann, Michael Kimmel, and Jürgen Martschukat.

The article reports on the conference "Der Kult des großen Plans um 1910: Gestaltung von Metropolen in historischer Perspektive," held on November 25-26, 2010, at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. The conference discussed philosophies and standards of urban planning in the early 20th century in cross-cultural perspective, with papers focusing on various cities, including Chicago, Illinois, Vienna, Austria, and Canberra, Australia.

The article presents information on several papers discussed at the conference Toward an International History of Lynching at Heidelberg University and the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. Topics discussed include how lynching is a from of extralegal punishment, a comparison of lynching in the American South, Indonesia, South African and Guatemala and why lynching is seen as an example of American exceptionalism.

Information about several papers discussed at the interdisciplinary conference "Green Cultures" sponsored by the Rachel Carson Center and the Bavarian American Academy on subjects of environmental knowledge in the U.S. is presented. Topics include 19th century Progressivism and the environment, the re-introduction of American buffaloes onto the Great Plains, and a historical analysis of agricultural equipment advertising. The conference featured several scholars including Sherry Johnson, Lawrence Culver, and Gordon Winder.

Information is presented about papers delivered at the graduate student history symposium “The European Imagination of the Americas” held October 28, 2010 at the University of Texas, Arlington. Topics include German sailors' writing of the U.S. dating from the 1920s and 1930s, late 19th century interactions between British hunters and American Indians, and the 1829 German travel guide written by Gottfried Duden about the U.S. Papers are by scholars including Pawel Goral, Rachel Ney, and Greg Kosc.

Information about several papers discussed at the RCC September Fellows Workshop held September 14, 2010 sponsored by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC) in Munich, Germany is presented. Topics include the quasi-religious science movement in the U.S., the environmental history of the Carpathian Basin in Hungary, and Romania's forestry policy. The workshop featured several scholars including Lisa Sideris, Stefan Dorondel, and Lajos Rácz.