Organizer: Katalin Szende, Central European University
Chair: Patrick Geary, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Baghdad, City of Peace, Capital of Caliphate (Maaike van Berkel, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Kiev and Cahokia: A Comparison and Contrast, 900−1300 (Don Ostrowski, Harvard University)
Esztergom – Kraków/Gniezno – Prague: Seats of the New Monarchies of East Central Europe After the First Millennium (Katalin Szende, Central European University)