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The German Geophysical Society was founded in 1922 as the Deutsche Seismologische Vereinigung. One of the 24 founders of this society was Karl Friedrich Almstedt. Born in 1891 and deceased in 1964, Almstedt represents a generation of academics and scientists who grew up during the decline of the European empires, experiencing the devastations of the two World Wars and the cruelties of the Nazi era as well as the resurrection of academic and cultural life in post-war Germany. A detailed biographical sketch of Karl Almstedt's life is presented through historical notes on his social, political, and scientific environment.

Profesor Henryk Lesiński to jeden z twórców szczecińskiego środowiska akademickiego. Od 1956 roku jako dyrektor archiwum państwowego brał udział w pracach licznych towarzystw i organizacji naukowych zarówno w mieście, jak i w regionie. Znaczącą rolę odgrywał między innymi w: Szczecińskim Towarzystwie Naukowym (główny redaktor wydawnictwa), Instytucie Zachodnio-Pomorskim (przewodniczący rady naukowej) czy też w szczecińskim oddziale Polskiego Towarzystwa Historycznego (prezes oddziału). Przez całe dziesięciolecia prof. Henryk Lesiński skupiał wokół siebie i wzmacniał szczecińskie środowisko historyczne. Zaangażowany w działalność wydawniczą STN czy IZP kreował w dużym stopniu rozwój kadr akademickiego Szczecina. Gdy w latach 1969–1981 pełnił funkcje rektora – na początku Wyższej Szkoły Nauczycielskiej, a potem Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej – przyczynił się w decydującym stopniu do wzmocnienia szczecińskiego ośrodka naukowego, co umożliwiło w 1985 roku powołanie do życia w mieście u ujścia Odry Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. W tym ostatnim prof. Henryk Lesiński, aż do śmierci w 1994 roku, pełnił funkcję dziekana Wydziału Humanistycznego oraz Dyrektora Instytutu Historii.

Adalbert Stifter's edited collection Wien und die Wiener is relevant for memory studies research on nineteenth-century Austria due to its generic and narrative form. As a contemporary Viennese publication that focuses on the recent past, Stifter's "St. Stephansthurm" and Perger's "Eine Partie nach der Lobau" suture the reader into prosthetic memory of the Battles of Aspern and Wagram through battle reenactments. These scenes suggest that continuity in nature is greater than the historical narratives of the Habsburg Empire.

Roberta (Robbie) Jaffe grew up in New York in the 1950s, and moved to Florida when she was sixteen. She attended the University of Florida and University of South Florida, and graduated with a degree in sociology. During and after college she was deeply involved in the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement as a field organizer and boycott organizer for the state of Florida. Jaffe first came to the Santa Cruz area with her then-husband, Jerry Kay, who was also active in the sustainable agriculture movement. They farmed ten acres near Elkhorn Slough, and in 1976, Jaffe helped start the first farmers' market in Santa Cruz County, at Live Oak School. After that marriage ended, Jaffe studied horticulture at Cabrillo College with Richard Merrill, and took a position with a CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) program called Project Blossom. As part of that program, she co-founded a school garden at Green Acres School in Live Oak, a semi-rural area near Santa Cruz, California. This was the genesis of the Life Lab Science Program, which grew into a groundbreaking nonprofit organization that works with schools throughout the United States to develop school gardens and curriculum for teaching science and nutrition. Jaffe served as founding executive director of the program for many years. Jaffe earned a second master's degree in education from UC Santa Cruz, with an emphasis in agroecology. She met and married Steve Gliessman (also the subject of an oral history in this series). In 2001, they co-founded the Community Agroecology Network (CAN). CAN defines its goals as, "to help a network of rural, primarily coffee-growing communities in Mexico and Central America develop self-sufficiency and sustainable growing practices, and direct market coffee to consumers in the United States." Jaffe is the co-author of "From Differentiated Coffee Markets Towards Alternative Trade and Knowledge Networks," in Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Sustaining Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America, and many Life Lab publications, including The Growing Classroom. Ellen Farmer interviewed Robbie Jaffe on May 5, 2007, at Jaffe's house in Santa Cruz, California. Farmer's MA thesis (in public policy) at California State University at Monterey Bay focused on the coffee crisis. As a graduate student, she worked with Jaffe at CAN, and brought her knowledge of the economics and politics of coffee growing in Latin America to the interview.

Roberta (Robbie) Jaffe grew up in New York in the 1950s, and moved to Florida when she was sixteen. She attended the University of Florida and University of South Florida, and graduated with a degree in sociology. During and after college she was deeply involved in the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement as a field organizer and boycott organizer for the state of Florida. Jaffe first came to the Santa Cruz area with her then-husband, Jerry Kay, who was also active in the sustainable agriculture movement. They farmed ten acres near Elkhorn Slough, and in 1976, Jaffe helped start the first farmers' market in Santa Cruz County, at Live Oak School.After that marriage ended, Jaffe studied horticulture at Cabrillo College with Richard Merrill, and took a position with a CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) program called Project Blossom. As part of that program, she co-founded a school garden at Green Acres School in Live Oak, a semi-rural area near Santa Cruz, California. This was the genesis of the Life Lab Science Program, which grew into a groundbreaking nonprofit organization that works with schools throughout the United States to develop school gardens and curriculum for teaching science and nutrition. Jaffe served as founding executive director of the program for many years.Jaffe earned a second master's degree in education from UC Santa Cruz, with an emphasis in agroecology. She met and married Steve Gliessman (also the subject of an oral history in this series). In 2001, they co-founded the Community Agroecology Network (CAN). CAN defines its goals as, "to help a network of rural, primarily coffee-growing communities in Mexico and Central America develop self-sufficiency and sustainable growing practices, and direct market coffee to consumers in the United States."Jaffe is the co-author of "From Differentiated Coffee Markets Towards Alternative Trade and Knowledge Networks," in Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Sustaining Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America, and many Life Lab publications, including The Growing Classroom.Ellen Farmer interviewed Robbie Jaffe on May 5, 2007, at Jaffe's house in Santa Cruz, California. Farmer's MA thesis (in public policy) at California State University at Monterey Bay focused on the coffee crisis. As a graduate student, she worked with Jaffe at CAN, and brought her knowledge of the economics and politics of coffee growing in Latin America to the interview.