Event Details

End: May 15, 2024
Contact: buildingpeaceconference@gmail.com

Transitional justice, defined by the UN as the ‘processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempts to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice, and achieve reconciliation’, has become a ubiquitous concept for understanding peacebuilding in the modern world. 

This conference approaches the early modern period as a particularly productive field for the study of peacebuilding and transitional justice. How did post-war societies before the modern age deal with the challenge of peacebuilding? What particular transitional justice strategies did they develop? How effective were they in achieving peace and reconciliation? This conference aims to evaluate how the study of transitional justice can reshape our understanding of the early modern world – not just as a period of incessant conflict, but also as a laboratory for peacebuilding efforts.

We welcome proposals covering any aspect of peacebuilding and transitional justice in the early modern world, both in Europe and beyond. We have funding available to help cover the transport and accommodation of PhDs and early career researchers. All proposals should include a brief CV and an abstract of no more than 300 words.

Please submit your documents by email before 15 May 2024 to buildingpeaceconference@gmail.com