The Wealth of Nations | 10-Year Project
History, Philosophy, Literature, Ethics, Culture and Economic Thought: The Intellectual, Moral and Cultural Foundations of Modern Society
250 Years of The Wealth of Nations »
Potsdam 1740–1780: From Enlightenment Culture towards European Modernity
(Berlin, December 14-17th, 2026)
Narratives of Power »
"Memory Politics in Europe and the Contemporary World"
Overview
“Centuria Sapientiae”: Monumental Books That Shaped Modern History »
An Annotated Corpus of Social, Political, Historical and Intellectual Thought
(Berlin, December 14-17th, 2026)
Women’s Leadership in Political and Intellectual History »
The Development of Women’s Modern Political Culture
(Berlin; December 14-17th, 2026)
The 14th World Congress of Syriac Studies »
& The 12th Conference on Christian Arabic Studies
(Romanian Parliament, Bucharest; August 3-7th, 2026)
Governance, Memory and History »
“Historical Knowledge for Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention and Resolution”
(Potsdam; June 1-2nd, 2026)
Narratives of Power – January 2026 »
“Memory Politics in Europe and the Contemporary World”
(London; January 15th, 2026)
Narratives of Power – October 2025 »
“Memory Politics in Russia, Germany, and the Contemporary World” Contemporary World?"
(Potsdam; October 28th, 2025)
“Work and Purposes of Historians Without Borders”
Erkki Tomojua (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland 2000-2007 & 2011-2015)
“The Central Place of Narrative in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and a Proposed Joint Narrative”
Yossi Beilin (Minister of Justice of Israel, 1999-2001; Leading “Architect”, Oslo & Geneva Accords)
“On the Value of Area Histories for the Present: The Case of West Asia (Middle East)”
Birgit Sch?bler (Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Erfurt)
"Dealing with Dictatorships: German Relations with Autocracies"
Frank Bösch (Professor, Director, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam)
“Germany’s Place in the World Economy: Achievements and Challenges, 1990–2026”
Hartmut Berghoff (Director, Institute of Economic and Social History, University of Göttingen)
“Christians and Religious Others in the Middle East: What Is Different Today and What Remains from the Past in Terms of Peace?”
Catalin-Stefan Popa (Director-General, Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilisation)
“Presentation of HWB’s History in Exile Project”
Pertti Grönholm (Member of the Board, Historians Without Borders; Professor of European History and Director of the John Morton Center for North American Studies, University of Turku)
"History as a Source of Conflicts and Resource of Transnational Reconciliation. What can We Learn from German-Polish Relations?"
Jörg Hackmann (Professor of Eastern European History, Department of History, University of Szczecin)
"Memory and Culture – the Case of the Jews of the Banking City Frankfurt am Main in 19th and 20th Century"
Ralf Roth (Professor of Modern History, Historisches Seminar, Goethe University Frankfurt)
“The World Academy and the Peace Offensive: Memory, Legacy and the Way Forward in Peacebuilding”
Donato Kiniger Passigli (Vice President, World Academy of Art & Science WAAS)
“Between Power and Dialogue: Historical Narratives and Conflict Prevention in the Balkans”
Dalibor Jovanovski (Historian, University of Skopje)
Governance, Memory and History
Uli Brückner (Jean Monnet Professor For European Studies, Stanford University Berlin)
