European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford

Online Seminar

Tuesday 19th January

12:00 pm to 1:15 EST (5pm to 6:15pm GMT)

Ruin and Renewal: Civilising Europe after the Second World War

In 1945, Europe lay in ruins - its cities and towns destroyed by conflict, its economies crippled, its societies ripped apart by war and violence. In the years that followed, Europeans tried to make sense of what had happened - and to forge a new understanding of civilisation that would bring peace and progress to a broken continent.  As they wrestled with questions great and small - from the legacy of colonialism to workplace etiquette - institutions and shared ideals emerged which still shape our world today. Drawing on original sources as well as individual stories and voices, Ruin and Renewal is a new account of how Europe rebuilt itself from the wreckage of the Second World War.  

Speaker: Paul Betts (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Discussants: Margaret MacMillan (Toronto, and former Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford), Steve Smith (All Souls College, Oxford) and Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

Chair: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College, Oxford) 

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