| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, September 21, 2016 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place M5S 3K7 |
Recent research interprets southeastern Europe as a learning site for ethnic cleansings. In contrast to this view, the paper argues that besides being a classic laboratory for ethnic cleansing this region is also a learning site for the development of modern international minority protection. In the course of the state-building processes in this region, it was understood that the aggressive propensity toward violence of the modern nation-state needed to be contained if the nation-state was to fulfill its promises of participation and integration for all nationals. The result was the prohibition of discrimination of certain minorities. In the course of the long nineteenth century, this prohibition was gradually developed into an internationally embedded general system of minority protection.
Dr. Mathias Beer is head of the Department of Contemporary History at and managing director of the Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies (IdGL) in Tübingen, Germany, as well as a lecturer in the department of history of the University of Tübingen. He is a member of the advisory board of the Foundation “Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung.” His many publications on refugees, forced migration, and minority issues include his 2011 book, Flucht und Vertreibung der Deutschen. Voraussetzungen, Verlauf, Folgen.
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