The Civilianization of War

On 24 July 1923, the last treaty officially ending hostilities of the Great War was signed in Lausanne, Switzerland. That treaty closed a decade of violence. It established the borders of present-day Greece and Turkey and marked the beginning of a new phase in their history.

Jay Winter is emeritus professor of history Charles J. Stille at Yale University, and in his lecture

The Civilianization of War
and the Lausanne Treaty of 1923

he talks about what really happened that day. Indeed, the establishment of the Greek-Turkish border was accompanied by the compulsory population exchange of almost two million civiliians. In doing so, it introduced in international law a definition of citizenship that was no longer determined by language or history or ethnicity, but by religion. That a war could be ended with the exchange of citizens would later in the 20th century - and again today - set a precedent for 'purges' and so for new violence.

program

• welcome and introduction by Pieter Trogh
• lecture by Jay Winter
• reception

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12 October 2023
at 7.30pm
Museumcafé

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