Luiz Estevam de Oliveira Fernandes, Luísa Rauter Pereira, and Sérgio da Mata are Professors of History at the University of Ouro Preto, Brazil.

• Contents: Luiz Estevam de Oliveira Fernandes/Luísa Rauter Pereira/Sérgio da Mata: Introduction: Historiographies in Dialogue – Estevão de Rezende Martins: Brazil, Germany: Historiographies and Identities – Helmut Galle: «Aesthetical Representation of Natural History Objects»: Narrative Strategies in A. v. Humboldt’s Ansichten der Natur – Vera M. Kutzinski: Facts and Fictions: Alexander von Humboldt in Brazil – Luiz Estevam O. Fernandes: Humboldt and the Writing of New Spain’s History – Arthur Alfaix Assis: Schemes of Historical Method in the Late 19th Century: Cross-References between Langlois and Seignobos, Bernheim, and Droysen – Leopoldo Waizbort: Erich Auerbach - Conditio humana – Gunter Scholtz: What is Conceptual History and to What End Do We Use It? – Valdei Lopes de Araujo: The History of Concepts and the History of Historiography: a Brazilian Trajectory – Moshe Zimmermann: History as an Instrument Use and Misuse of German History - An Israeli Perspective.