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Information on Historische Kriminalitätsforschung in landesgeschichtlicher Perspektive, a conference that was held at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Erlangen, Germany from October 14-16, 2015 is presented. Topics discussed include historical criminology, poverty in Hamburg, Germany and authoritarian crime. The symposium featured several historians including Gerd Schwerhoff, Dirk Brietzke and Ulrich Hausmann.

The article presents a report from a panel on the modern history of pathologization of poverty and homelessness, convened during the Historikertag, the annual congress of the Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (VHD) and Verband der Geschichtslehrer Deutschlands (VGD) professional associations in Göttingen, Germany on September 20-23, 2016. Topics discussed included the British Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded, victim-blaming and the willingness to work in services for homeless Germans in the late 19th century, and regional differences in services for the poor between East and West Germany.

The article reports on a conference on poverty and social inequality in Germany after the Second World War, held in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, from October 11-13, 2012. Topics of discussion included debates about social policy and social justice, rural poverty, and the effect of poverty on children and the ill.

The article discusses the Schwerter Arbeitskreis Katholizismusforschung (Schwerte Working Group for Catholic Studies) conference, titled "Katholizismus transnational? Über Chancen und Grenzen eines neuen Ansatzes" ("Catholicism Transnational? About the Opportunities and Limitations of a new Approach"), that was held in Schwerte, Germany in 2010. Topics discussed include Catholic gender roles, the discourse on poverty in Catholic newspapers, and the history of the Pax Christi organization.