The SFB 1288's annual conference "Vergleichen - interdisziplinär" ('Comparing - interdisciplinary') took place from 20-22 March 2019 in the ZiF Bielefeld.
The international conference "Traveling, Narrating, Comparing. Travel Narratives of the Americas from the 18th to the 20th Century" took place from 31 January - 1 February 2019 at the SFB 1288.
"Comparing Militaries in the Long 19th Century" was the subject of the international workshop which took place from 29 - 30 November 2018 and dicussed both practices of military comparing and their meaning.
Paula Park from Wesleyan University will reinforce the SFB supported by a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers as of March 2019 for 6 months.