The conference „Lives Beyond Borders. Toward a Social History of Cosmopolitans and Globalization, 1880-1960” pointed out the need for new methods of biographical research with regards to international individuals. The three variants of methodological approaches to transboundary lives – transcultural entanglement, territoriality, and performativity – could be applied to most of the biographies presented at this conference.

During the joint ceremony President Putin acknowledged Poles' sense of hurt over Katyn, and added that the two countries should jointly remember the crime. The unprecedented ceremony may be a step towards healing the wound caused by Katyn, says the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw.

Review of the book „Impulses for Europe. Tradition and Modernity in East European Jewry”, edited by Ray Brandon, Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel, Anna Lipphardt.

History is always changing its shape and that is why it is endlessly fascinating – declares Margaret Macmillan professor of history at the University of Oxford. Same facts can be looked at in a variety of ways.