09/07/2025 08:30
- 17:30
HALL: Lecture Hall 01
Proponent:
Bandeira Jerónimo M.,
Sergio M.
Chair:
Bandeira Jerónimo M.
Speaker:
Bandeira Jerónimo M.,
Bouwman B.,
Brunner M.P.,
Cerny-Werner R.,
Dissegna M.,
Dores H.,
Ercolani S.,
Maligot C.,
Nowak K.,
Núñez Bargueño N.,
Sergio M.
Bringing together scholars from various European academies and research centres, this international panel is interested in exploring the interrelated but understudied histories of religion and international relations and politics in the twentieth century, from the League of Nations to the United Nations and their respective specialised agencies, bringing different themes, geographies and historiographies into dialogue. Focusing primarily on Catholic and Protestant actors - and the associated institutional dynamics, languages of universalism and internationalism, and interpretations and proposals on a wide range of social, economic and cultural issues, from education and church-state relations to development and welfare -the panel will address colonial and non-colonial contexts, without neglecting the dynamics of the Cold War. Accordingly, it will offer rich and varied case studies that demonstrate the need to further explore the plural and meaningful ways in which international organisations and organised religions have interacted and influenced each other, competed and collaborated in many social spheres, and thus played a crucial role in shaping many of the key historical processes of the twentieth century, from the implementation of educational models and welfare and aid policies to the contested definition of colonial policies and the imagination of self-determination.