Two-Day Conference, 27-28 June 2019
To mark the centenary of the signature of the Treaty of Versailles, this two-day conference explored the peace making process after the First World War and explored other treaties that marked the formal end of hostilities: Saint-Germain (Austria), Neuilly (Bulgaria), Trianon (Hungary), Sèvres (Ottoman Empire) and Lausanne (Turkey). Organised by the National Archives, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Historians, the University of Strathclyde, the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the British International History Group, the conference included keynote lectures by Professor Michael Cox (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS) and Professor David Stevenson (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ International History), and an exhibition of The National Archives’ unique collection of certified copies of all the treaties. The first day of the conference was held at The National Archives and the second day at Lancaster House.
is Director of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. He has published extensively on international relations and international history, and is now researching on J. M. Keynes.
Professor David Stevenson is Stevenson Professor of International History at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. He has published extensively on the causes, course, and consequences of the First World War.
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