Russian/Eurasian Studies Program and Historical Studies Program, Economics Program, Political Studies Program, Levy Economics Institute, Center for Civic Engagement, and Eugene Meyer Lecture Series Present

The Treaty of Versailles at 100: The Consequences of the Peace

Join us as a distinguished roster of historians, IR scholars, and economists discuss the legacy of the Versailles Treaty of 1919, which brought an end to World War I. Far from ending the “war to end all wars,” Versailles saddled the world with debts, imbalances, and festering geopolitical problems that helped lead to the Second World War, many of which are still with us today.

Speakers include:

• The Lord Skidelsky, Baron of Tilton, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Warwick University, and Member of the House of Lords, UK Parliament
• Dr. Nick Lloyd, King’s College London, and author, Passchendaele and Hundred Days
• Sean McMeekin, Francis Flournoy Professor of European History, Bard College
• Nur Bilge Criss, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Bilkent University
• David Woolner, Professor of History, Resident Historian of the Roosevelt Institute
• Richard Aldous, Eugene Meyer Professor of British History and Literature, Bard College
• Pavlina Tcherneva, Economics Program Director and Associate Professor, Bard College
• Jan Kregel, Director of Research, Levy Economics Institute
• L. Randall Wray, Professor of Economics, Bard College, and Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute
• Jörg Bibow, Professor of Economics, Skidmore College, and Research Associate, Levy Economics Institute

Please click on this link to register for the event by April 29th: Registration form
 

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Schedule:

10:15 AM
Welcome Remarks from Dimitri Papadimitriou, President of the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College 

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The First World War and the Versailles Treaty

Dr. Nick Lloyd
“The Hundred Days.  How World War I Ended.”
Sean McMeekin
“Unfinished Business.  1918 on the War’s Eastern Fronts.”

David Woolner, Nur Bilge Criss, and Richard Aldous
Panel Discussion

12:00 - 12:30 PM 
Lunch

12:30 PM
Eugene Meyer Lecture by Lord Robert Skidelsky
“Could Germany have paid? John Maynard Keynes’s lesson for Britain and the Eurozone. ” 
with an introduction by Pavlina R. Tcherneva

1:30 - 2:00 PM
Coffee break and student poster presentations

2:00 - 3:15 PM
The Economic Consequences
Moderator: Pavlina R. Tcherneva

Jan Kregel
“Keynes on International Relations: Gunboat Diplomacy, Free Trade and Capital Controls”
L. Randall Wray
“How To Pay for the War (against neoliberalism)”
Jörg Bibow
“Learning the Wrong Lessons: How Germany’s anti- Keynesianism has brought Europe to its knees”

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Blithewood

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