In 2008 the Kommission für Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien (Berlin) planned three international conferences on the subject of ‘parliamentary cultures in Europe’. The first of these conferences, which dealt with 'parliament as communicative space', took place in Berlin, in November 2010.

The second is scheduled for 26-27 October of this year and will take place in Prague. It is organized by KGParl (Berlin) in cooperation with the Tomáš Masaryk Institute and will deal with the 'Lifestyle and Professional Experiences of Parliamentarians in Europe'.

The third conference, which will concern itself with 'Parliamentarism in Europe: Perception, Interpretation, Remembrance' will take place in November 2012 in The Hague and will be organized by KGParl and the Montesquieu Institute.

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The Commission for the History of Parliamentarianism and Political Parties (KGParl) was founded in Bonn in 1951 by a group of renowned historians, jurists and political scientists. Since then its main objective has been basic research in the historical development of parliamentarianism and political parties. Recently the Commission has put a new focus on comparative research in the development of European parliamentarianism and the relationship between parliament, media and the public sphere.

With more than 250 publications since 1952 it has made fundamental contributions to the knowledge and understanding of political and parliamentary development during the nineteenth and twentieth century especially in Germany.