Conferences

In cooperation with German and international partner institutions, we regularly organize contemporary history conferences. The focus was and is not only on important topics and aspects related to Willy Brandt’s political work, but also on important historical events and central questions of contemporary historical research. Since 1998, numerous conferences have taken place in Germany, Europe, the USA and Asia, which were organized by our foundation or in which it was involved.

As part of the program clebrating the 50th anniversary of Willy Brandt as Chancellor, the foundation carried out a comprehensive scientific program between 2019 and 2024. The anniversaries of drastic events and decisions in the Brandt era offered a variety of opportunities to analyze and historicize the politics of the time and their medium and long-term effects.

On April 25th and 26th, 2024, the conference Kanzlerwechsel 1974 – Die Bundesrepublik zwischen Reformpolitik und Krisenmanagemen took place in Berlin. The scientific conference was organized together with the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung and marked the end of the anniversary program. The conference contributions will be published in 2026 in a conference volume in the “Willy Brandt – Studies and Documents” series by Campus Verlag

»Summary and video documentation of the conference
»Conference report

Past Conferences

Digital International Scientific Symposium
Frieden stiften? Nobelpreisträger*innen der 1970er Jahre
Thursday, December 9, 2021, in Lübeck
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Digital Conference: Versöhnungspolitik – Ein Weg zur Wiederannäherung nach zwischenstaatlichen Konflikten?
Thursday, December 1o, 2020, in Warsawa
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Digital Conference: Innere Einheit – Ein (un)erreichbares Ziel?
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, in Erfurt
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