This international conference sits at the intersection of two burgeoning fields of historical inquiry: the history of humanitarianism and international justice, on the one hand, and the history of political violence and radical political ideology in the interwar period, on the other. It aims to explore how these contrasting movements were affected by the atrocities of World War I and by the Treaties that ended the war (from Versailles to Lausanne), and what part they eventually played in political thinking in Europe.

This conference is part of the project “Ideas & their Consequences: Genocide and International Justice after 1919″, co-funded by the European Union through its programme “Europe for Citizens”. The project is carried out by AGBU Europe in partnership with the Lepsiushaus in Potsdam, the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) and the Roma NGO Phiren Amenca.