Governance, Memory and History

Historical Knowledge for Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention and Resolution

(Potsdam; June 1-3rd, 2026)
Prof. Dr. Birgit Schäbler
Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Erfurt
Prof. Dr. Catalin-Stefan Popa
Interim Director-General, Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilization
Prof. Dr. Dalibor Jovanovski
Professor of History, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Donato Kiniger Passigli
Vice President, World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)
Dr. Erkki Tuomioja
Founder, Historians Without Borders; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland (2000–07 and 2011–15)
Prof. Dr. Frank Bösch
Director, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF), Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Berghoff
Director, Institute of Economic and Social History, University of Göttingen
Karl Erik Norman
Founder, European Cultural Parliament
Mikael Kinanen
Secretary-General, Historians Without Borders
Prof. Dr. Jörg Hackmann
Professor of Eastern European History, University of Szczecin
Prof. Dr. Pertti Grönholm
Member of the Board, Historians Without Borders; Adjunct Associate Professor | European and World History; School of History, Culture and Arts Studies University of Turku
Prof. Dr. Ralf Roth
Professor of Modern History, Goethe University Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brückner
EU Jean Monnet Professor, Stanford University in Berlin
Dr. Vivek Arunachalam
Managing Director, German Indian Trade Advisory Services (GITA)
Willem Noë
Former European Commission Official & Senior Policy Advisor on EU Enlargement
Dr. Yossi Beilin
Former Israeli Minister of Justice and Former Deputy Foreign Minister