The new and sophisticated system of collective security created space for shared economic activity and the invention of technologies. "The peace agreement of 1648 was the beginning of far-reaching cooperation between the major European powers in terms of technology, trade and administration, and this became the basis for inter-imperial expansion", says de Graaf. At the Historians' Convention in Hamburg in 2016, the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier initiated a debate on precisely this question. The panel will also discuss whether the Peace of Westphalia can serve as a model for today's peace processes in the Middle East. Beatrice de Graaf and Tübingen historian Renate Dürr are organizing at the Convention the panel "Peace in Westphalia 1648/2018", which aims to close "the divide between European, Imperial and Global History" on the Peace of Westphalia. "With the peace agreement, there gradually emerged a collective European security culture and polity that made attacks by neighbours on the continent less likely, but also made it possible to expand outside of Europe". Its global historical dimensions have long been overlooked by historians", says the Dutch historian Beatrice de Graaf from the University of Utrecht in the run-up to the 52nd Historians' Convention in Münster, which will discuss new historical evaluations of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia. "While the successful diplomatic negotiations in Osnabrück and Münster brought to the people of Europe the peace that they had long waited for, the newly pacified states turned their attention to the outside world, expanded their empire, and founded new colonies. view moreĬredit: Milette Raats, Universität Utrecht Reinhold Eckstein, Universität MarburgĪccording to historians, the Peace of Westphalia 370 years ago also had its dark side. Christoph Kampmann (Photo: Reinhold Eckstein, Universität Marburg). Beatrice de Graaf, (Photo: Milette Raats, Universität Utrecht), Prof.
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