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Joachim Lelewel Talk: Violent Conflict and Reconciliation Practices in Early Modern Europe
Wed 11 Nov, 18:00
VU Istorijos fakultetas, Universiteto g. 7 · Universiteto gatvė 7, LT-01131 Vilnius, Lietuva
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Vilnius branch of the German Historical Institute Warsaw, Research Centre Ukraine / Max Weber Stiftung, and Vilnius University Faculty of History invites you to the 𝟐𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, this time devoted to the history of violence, entitled 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡-𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡. German Historical Institute Warsaw holds a discussion forum several times a year named after the renowned historian Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861). The aim of these scholarly exchanges is to invite researchers from Eastern and Western Europe to discuss mutually important historical topics. This will be the 28th Joachim Lelewel Talk organized by the German Historical Institute in Warsaw, and the second discussion to be held in Vilnius. 🗣️Please note that this event will be held in English. 📝𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Historical imaginaries abound with images of brutal violence raging throughout the early modern period. Broadly conceived, the era between the "discovery" of the Americas and the French Revolution produced theatrical punishments, zealous religious persecution, and the first truly global conflict. Classical political history interpreted this period as the protracted birth of the modern state, which eventually claimed a monopoly on legitimate violence and thereby set interpersonal conflict on a trajectory of steady decline. Historically minded social-scientific research has lent support to this thesis by demonstrating, convincingly, a fall in homicide rates since the Middle Ages. Quantitative perspectives, however important in their own right, capture only one side of the story. Qualitative …