Conference Opening

Words of Welcome by the rector of Leipzig University, Prof. Eve Inés Obergfell

Video Message by the minister for science and arts of
the Free State of Saxony, Dr. Sebastian Gemkow

Speech by the President of The CISH, Prof. Catherine Horel

Words of welcome by the local organizer, Prof. Matthias Middell

Keynote by the President of the Association of German Historians,
Prof. Antje Flüchter (Bielefeld University):
History Under Pressure: Expertise, Critique, and the Future of the Discipline