Impact

We expect that the impact of such a network could be threefold: it would encourage, foster and intensify transnational cooperation and exchange amongst historians in Europe who are interested in historical peace research; it would stimulate and support peace history in those European countries where it is just about to develop; it would co-ordinate and thus strengthen activities in historical peace research not only in intellectual terms, but would also facilitate the practical work of all of its members, not least with regard to applications for conference or research grants. We hope and anticipate that the network could lead to a broad variety of joint research activities, but also expect that the members of the network, via the means of electronic communication, will share and distribute information about ongoing research activities, upcoming conferences and workshops, new publications and book reviews, newly released archival collections etc., and will also be able to find partners and collaborators for planned research activities and conferences.

The following academics from thirteen European countries have signed and supported this proposal:

Dr. Laurie Cohen, University of Innsbruck
Dr. Massimo De Giuseppe, Università Iulm, Milano
Dr. Peter van den Dungen, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
Dr. Idesbald Goddeeris, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Professor Marcel van der Linden, International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam
Head Librarian Anne Cecilie Kjelling, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo
Professor Alan Kramer, Trinity College, Dublin
Professor Johnny Laursen, Aarhus Universitet
Professor Renato Moro, Università Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Studi Internazionali
Dr. Holger Nehring, University of Sheffield
Dr. Olav Njølstad, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo
Professor Leopoldo Nuti, Macchiavalli Center for Cold War Studies, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università Roma 3
Dr. Nicolas Offenstadt, Maître de Conférences, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Professor Helge Pharo, Forum for Contemporary History, University of Oslo
Dr. habil. Thomas Schneider, Erich Maria Remarque-Friedenszentrum/Universität Osnabrück
Professor Matthias Schulz, Université de Genève
Professor Xosé M. Núñez Seixas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Professor Dimitrios Tsakiris, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus
Professor Maurice Vaïsse, Sciences Po, Paris
Professor Giorgio Vecchio, Università di Parma
Dr. habil. Benjamin Ziemann, University of Sheffield

If you are interested in becoming involved in the network, have queries, or suggestions for future activities, please contact the founding members of the network at peacehistorynet@googlemail.com