On 20th September, the Peace History Conference will bring together scholars, activists, and community members to explore the past, present, and future of peace efforts across the globe.
The all-day event continues a series of Conferences that was initiated in 2007 and sponsored by the Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW). The conferences aim to help develop a culture of peace by raising awareness of individuals, movements, ideas and initiatives from all periods of history concerned with promoting peace, overcoming violence, and abolishing war.
Several of the earlier conferences were organised in cooperation with, and hosted by, the Imperial War Museum in London. Last year’s conference was hosted by the Peace Museum in Saltaire. It is most appropriate that this year’s conference is being held at the University of Bradford where the country’s first Chair in Peace Studies was inaugurated more than half a century ago. The conference introduces a variety of peace history topics and offers reflections on the need to remember peace-making and peacemakers at a time when war and conflict are rife.
In a time marked by growing geopolitical tensions, armed conflicts, and environmental crises, the need to reflect on the lessons of peace history has never been more urgent.
