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The article reports on a conference on material culture and everyday life from the perspective of ethnology, convened in Nuremberg, Germany, from September 26-28, 2013. Topics of discussion included avalanches, earthquakes, and other natural disasters, sustainable technologies and infrastructures, and anonymity.

The article presents a report from a February 21-22, 2013 conference in Tübingen, Germany on the history of natural disasters in Eastern Europe. Topics of presentations given included a proposed dam in Leningrad, Russia, forestry protection measures around the North and Black Seas, and the 1966 earthquake in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

A report is presented from a May 18-20, 2012 conference in Munich, Germany on natural and technological disasters. Topics of discussion included the 1947 nuclear reprocessing facility accident in Tatysh, Russia, chemical spills in Ludwigshafen, Germany in the early 20th century, and mass media depictions of natural disasters.

A report from a June 15-16, 2011 conference in Essen, Germany on the social and cultural impacts of natural disasters is presented. Topics of presentations given included the flooding of Hamburg, Germany in 1962, flooding of the Mekong river delta in Vietnam, and the eruption of the volcano Kuwae in 1453.

The article offers information on "Umweltgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit - Experiment und Perspektive," a conference that focused on the environmental history of Europe during the early modern period. It took place in Munich, Germany from February 17-19, 2011. Papers presented discussed topics such as the study of natural disasters in the early modern period, the environmental history of rivers in Europe, and the agricultural knowledge and use of land during that time period.

The article presents the summary of a conference that focused on natural disasters and catastrophes that was held from May 4-6, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Topics under discussion at the conference included a comparison of the apocalypse as described in the Bible and the natural disasters in the 21st Century, a talk on how to predict a catastrophe, as well as a discussion on the role of the media during a catastrophe.

The article presents the summary of a conference that focused on natural disasters and catastrophes that was held from May 4-6, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Topics under discussion at the conference included a comparison of the apocalypse as described in the Bible and the natural disasters in the 21st Century, a talk on how to predict a catastrophe, as well as a discussion on the role of the media during a catastrophe.

The article presents a report from a February 5, 2014 conference in Kassel, Germany on the medieval history of the environment. Topics of presentations delivered included the lessons to be learned from past natural disasters, the historical geography of human interaction with the environment, and the role of medical research on skeletal remains in determining past environmental and epidemiological influences on humans.