Professor em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinz Duchhardt, full member of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, was Director of the Universal History Department at the Institute for European History in Mainz until 2011. He was President of the Max Weber Foundation until February 2015. Until March 2015, Dittmar Dahlmann was professor of Eastern European history at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Professor em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinz Duchhardt, full member of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, was Director of the Universal History Department at the Institute for European History in Mainz until 2011. He was President of the Max Weber Foundation until February 2015. Prof. Dr. Jan Kusber ist Leiter des Arbeitsbereichs Osteuropäische Geschichte an der Universität Mainz. Dr. Diana Ordubadi ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin fÃ"r Osteuropäische Geschichte am Geschichtsinstitut der Universität Bonn.