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Moving Beyond "Beyond Appeasement"? Race and Interwar Peace Debates Reconsidered

Thu, August 29, 10:00 to 11:30am, Marriott, Washington 4

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

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2019 marks the hundred year anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, and the consolidation of one of the most influential yet vilified peace movements in history. It also marks the twenty-year anniversary of the publication of Beyond Appeasement: Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics (Cornell, 2019). In this roundtable, scholars who have explored aspects of the racialized history of international politics, including international law and international relations in general, transnational philanthropy, and League of Nations peace proposals, gather to reflect on the intersections with and racialized implications for interwar peace movements. Cecelia Lynch, the author of Beyond Appeasement, discusses in a recent article how she was disturbed by evidence she uncovered in primary source research for the book but did not incorporate at least some of it, leaving a critical void. In asking this group of prominent experts to assess intersections with their own work, Lynch also asks them to critique her book and suggest constructive reparations for past and future research. This reflection and critique might take several forms, including but not limited to wrestling with peace movements' understandings of colonialism, imperialism, and the commitments to white supremacy within their own ranks as well as outside of them; and foregrounding theorists and activists of color from different parts of the world who challenged these understandings at the time and since.

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