In research and teaching, the Chair of International History and Historical Peace and Conflict Research focuses on international and transnational history in a broad sense from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. Our expertise ranges from the history of human rights, humanitarianism and international humanitarian law to questions of war and peace in international relations more generally. For the 20th century, our main research concentrates on (but is not limited to) the history of the world wars, the history of decolonization and the history of the Cold War.

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The Chair of International History and Historical Peace and Conflict Research is actively involved in the recently founded Cologne/Bonn Academy in Exile.

The Academy in Exile aims to support the work of researchers who had to flee their home countries in light of the Russian war on Ukraine and invites researchers from Ukraine to continue their projects in Cologne and Bonn. Furthermore, the Academy provides assistance to researchers from other countries affected by this war, e.g. from Belarus or Russia, who face prosecution due to their opposition to the Russian attack.

Francis Langley's opening keynote Challenging Leadership? Crisis, Courage and the Opportunity to Change How We Lead NGOs to the Herrenhausen Conference Governing Humanitarianism – Past, Present, and Future of Global Equity and Social Justice and the first dialogue panel Humanitarianism as Global Networks and Activism with Mike Aaronson (University of Surrey), Julia Irwin (University of South Florida), Elisabeth Piller (Universität Freiburg), and Fabian Klose are now available as video recordings and podcasts.