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Information about several papers discussed at the workshop "Professionelle und Experten" held January 28-29, 2011 in Bielefeld, Germany, by the section Sociology of Professions of the DGS, the German Society of Sociology, is presented. Topics include access points to professional expertise or configuration of abstract expert systems, differences between professions and experts and aspects of standardization.

The article announces a call for papers for the 35th congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS), being held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from October 11-15, 2010.

The article offers information about a sociology of architecture workshop held on February 8-9, 2008 at the technical university in Darmstadt, Germany on the subject of materiality and representativeness in architecture. Three contributions to theory were presented, along with methodical reflections and practical architectural examples regarding media representations of architecture. Calls for papers examining architecture and city planning were also given.

The article announces a sociology of media conference to be hosted by the sociology department at the Universität Bielefeld, Germany on January 30-31, 2009. A call for papers is also given.

The article announces that the annual conference of the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology will be held in Naters, Switzerland on April 1-2, 2009. A call for papers is also given.