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The article offers information on "Inszenierung als Legitimation? Die Monarchie im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert - ein deutsch-englischer Vergleich," a conference that focused on the history of monarchies in Europe, and took place in Coburg, Germany. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such as the influence of Christianity on the German monarchy in the 1800s, the courtly ceremonies during the reign of German Emperor William II., and the role of the British royal family in the media.

The article offers information on "Repräsentationsformen des Anderen. Migranten in Westeuropa und den USA im 20. Jahrhundert," a workshop that focused on migrants in Western Europe and the United States during the 20th century that took place in Berlin, Germany in 2011. Papers presented discussed topics such as migration policies in the Atlantic Ocean region, the social discourse on multiculturalism in Great Britain since the 1960s, and the research on minorities in Austria.

The article reviews the conference, "Herrschaft und Verwaltung in der Frühen Neuzeit," on the subject of political administration in early modernity, held from October 19th to October 20th, 2012, in Essen, Germany. Topics discussed include the constitutional function of the church in the monarchy of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in the region of southern Holland (1706-1720), the relationship between local and regional rulers with their subjects in the Hessen-Kassel region of Germany around 1668, and a comparison of Court-Parliament relations in England, Sweden and Prussia in the 18th century.