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SpeakersErez Manela (Harvard University),Carole Fink (Ohio State University),Dominiek Dendooven (In Flanders Fields/University of Antwerp),Jaclyn Granick (Oxford University),Machteld Venken (University of Vienna),Panikos Panayi (De Montfort University),Gershon Bacon (Bar Ilan University),Mehmet Polatel (Boğazi&#231;i University),Hamit Bozarslan (EHESS),Maciej G&#243;rny (Imre Kert&#233;sz Kolleg Jena, DE),Pieter Lagrou (ULB),Yasmina Zian (Technische Universit&#228;t Berlin),Corinne Triolet (ULB)Practical informationThe colloquium will be entirely in English. Questions in French or Dutch may be accepted, depending on the language skills of the session chairs and the speakersAudience members must register online on the webpage or via email (at georgia@mjb-jmb.org) to attendFree entranceVenue&#160;: Royal Library of Belgium, Mont des Arts &#8211; 1000 BrusselsInformation and registration: georgia@mjb-jmb.orgOrganisersJulie Bal&#233;riaux is a Curator at the Jewish Museum of Belgium since 2016 as well as a Scientific Collaborator at the Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles. She holds a PhD in ancient History from the University of Oxford (2016), a Master of Arts in Classics from Stanford University, where she was a Hoover Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation, and a Master of Arts in History from the Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles.Pascale Falek Alhadeff is a Curator at the Jewish Museum of Belgium since 2014. She obtained a PhD in History and Civilization at the European University Institute in Florence (2011), a Master of Arts in European Studies at the College of Europe in Warsaw, a Master of Studies in Jewish Studies at Oxford University and a Master of Arts in contemporary history at the Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles.Nico Wouters coordinates the Academic Activities Section of CEGESOMA. He holds a PhD in contemporary history (University of Gent). He is a guest lecturer at the Brussels School of International Studies (Kent University) and at the University of Antwerp, as well as a steering member of the Institute for Public History (University of Ghent) and of the Belgian Association for Contemporary History.Scientific committeeBruno Benvindo (CegeSoma &#8211; State Archives of Belgium)Dominiek Dendooven (In Flanders Fields Museum &#8211; University of Antwerp)Peter Gatrell (Manchester University)Chantal Kesteloot (CegeSoma &#8211; State Archives of Belgium)Martin Kohlrausch (Catholic University of Leuven)Pieter Lagrou (Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles)Pierre-Alain Tallier (State Archives of Belgium)Antoon Vrints (University of Ghent)Laurence Van Ypersele (Universit&#233; Catholique de Louvain)Contacts for the pressChouna Lomponda, Head of Communication and Spokeswoman at the Jewish Museum of Belgium0032 (0)2 500 88 35lchouna@mjb-jmb.orgIsabelle Delvaux, Assistant Public History &#38; Academic Activities at CegeSoma &#8211; State Archives of Belgium0032 (0)2 556 92 57isabelle.delvaux@cegesoma.beProvisional programmeThursday 09/03KBR, Royal Sky Room 19.00 Registration9.15 Welcome address9.30 session 1: Minority groups on the international stageChair: Peter Gatrell (University of Manchester, UK)9h.30 : Carole Fink (Ohio State University, USA), Ethnic violence and International politics&#160;10.00 : Panikos Panayi (De Montfort University, UK) A Culture of Complaining? Germans Internees and US and Swiss Consular Visitors in the British Empire, 1914-191910.30 Dominiek Dendooven (In Flanders Fields Museum/University of Antwerp, BE) White, or not quite? The issue of skin colour in the British armies on the western front, 1914-192011.00 coffee break11.20 Session 2&#160;: LegaciesChair: Laurence Van Ypersele (Universit&#233; Catholique de Louvain, BE)11.20 Corinne Triolet (Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles, BE) History and evolution of minority rights until the First World War&#160;11.50 Hamit Bozarslan (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, FR) War and minorities in the former Ottoman Empire : 1914-192212.20 Pieter Lagrou (Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles, BE) Learning from failure: reappraisals of minority protection, 1933-194812.50 Lunch break14.00 Session 3&#160;: Legal protection and minority rightsChair: Pieter Lagrou (Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles, BE)14.00 Gershon Bacon (Bar-Ilan University, IL) Great Achievement, Toxic Heritage: the Minorities Treaties and Polish-Jewish Relations, 1919-193914.30 Machteld Venken (University of Vienna, AT) Language Learning policies in Interwar European Borderlands (1919-1925)15.00 Jaclyn Granick (University of Oxford, UK) Jews under Nansen, or the Incompatibility of the Interwar Minority and Refugee Regimes15.30 Coffee break16.00 Keynote lecture16.00 Erez Manela (Harvard University, USA) Empires, Nation-States, and the Problem of Difference in International Society circa World War I17.00 End of the first dayFriday 10/03KBR, Royal Sky Room 19.00 Venue opens9.30 Session 4: Cultures of violenceChair: Antoon Vrints (University of Ghent, BE)9.30 Mehmet Polatel (Boğazi&#231;i University, TK) Engineering Majority: Mass Violence, Territoriality and Nationality in the Context of the Armenian Genocide10.00 Yasmina Zian (Technische Universit&#228;t Berlin, DE &#8211; Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles, BE) Violence towards Jewish foreigners in the post-World War I period in Belgium10.30 Maciej G&#243;rny (Imre Kert&#233;sz Kolleg Jena, DE) Being minority in theory and practice: East Central Europe, 1914-192311.00 Coffee break&#160;11.20-12.20 Plenary discussion12.20-12.45 Closing remarks