Baker Peace Conference
About the Baker Peace Conference
The Baker Peace Conference is an annual event that brings together a diverse group of leading experts to discuss a significant national or international issue related to peace.
The first Baker Peace Conference took place in 1988, six years after the late Dr. John C. Baker, the University's president from 1945-62, and his wife, Elizabeth, established the John and Elizabeth Baker Peace Studies Endowment to encourage the education of students and the general public in the means by which peace can be established and maintained throughout the world. The Baker Conferences are jointly sponsored by the Contemporary History Institute and the Baker Peace Studies Program.
All events are free and open to the public. Institute students participate in these conferences and are involved in helping to organize them.
Conferences
- 2019 Baker Peace Conference: Temple of Peace? International Cooperation and World Order since 1945
- 2018 Baker Peace Conference: Populism, the Press, and Election
- 2017 Baker Peace Conference: "Communism: Reflections on a Violent Century"
- 2016 Baker Peace Conference: "History, War, and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East"
- 2015 Baker Peace Conference: "The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective"
- Past Conferences
Recent News about Baker Peace Conference
Stavridis Discusses National Security Risks, Opportunities at Baker Peace Conference
Adm. (ret.) James Stavridis opened the 2019 Baker Peace Conference with the keynote address “21st Century: Risk and Opportunities.” Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe from 2009 to 2013, Stavridis discussed the security challenges facing the United States and highlighted what opportunities exist for the nation to create security. In the category […]
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Read More2019 Baker Peace Conference To Focus on International Cooperation and World Order Since 1945
By Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer Associate Professor of History & Director of the Contemporary History Institute The Contemporary History Institute hosts the 2019 Baker Peace Conference on March 28-29, 2019. Our theme this year is “Temple of Peace? International Cooperation and World Order since 1945.” The keynote is at 7:30 pp.m. […]
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Read More2019 Baker Peace Conference To Focus on International Cooperation and World Order Since 1945
By Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer Associate Professor of History & Director of the Contemporary History Institute The Contemporary History Institute hosts the 2019 Baker Peace Conference on March 28-29, 2019. Our theme this year is “Temple of Peace? International Cooperation and World Order since 1945.” With this conference, we hope to […]
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Read MoreOHIO Today Quotes Trauschweizer on Baker Peace Conference’s 30 Years
OHIO Today marked the 30th anniversary of the Baker Peace Conference with a story headline “Daring to dialogue.” The theme for the 2018 Baker Peace Conference on March 22 and 23 was “Populism, the Press, and the Election of 2016.” The keynote speakers and panelists examined the upsurge of populism […]
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Read MoreBaker Keynote Speaker Argues for More Meaningful Political Conversations
The 2018 Baker Peace Conference dealt with the subject of modern populism and how the media, academics, and other analysts have interpreted its role in the U.S. election of 2016 and world politics in general. Keynote speaker Ken P. Stern discussed his book Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal […]
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Read MoreBaker Peace Conference: Populism, the Press, and Election, March 22, 23
The theme for the 2018 Baker Peace Conference on March 22 and 23 is “Populism, the Press, and the Election of 2016.” The keynote speakers and panelists will examine the upsurge of populism during the 2016 presidential election in the United States as well as elsewhere in the world. The […]
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Read MoreBaker Peace Conference | Communism: Reflections on a Violent Century, March 23-24
The Contemporary History Institute and the Baker Peace Studies program present the 2017 Baker Peace Conference, “Communism: Reflections on a Violent Century,” on March 23 and 24. This conference will examine what we have learned from Communism during the century since the Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia in 1917. […]
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Read More2016 Baker Peace Conference Focuses on Middle East, March 24-25
The 2016 Baker Peace Conference at Ohio University “History, War, and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East” is March 24 & 25. The conference focuses on the Middle East, from World War I to the present time. These events are free and open to the public. Keynote Address Thursday March […]
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Read MoreBaker Peace Panel | Making Sense of Today’s Middle East, March 25
The 2016 Baker Peace Conference features a panel on Making Sense of Today’s Middle East on Friday, March 25, at 3 p.m. in Baker Ballroom A, The theme of the 2016 conference, held March 24 and 25 at Ohio University, is “History, War, and the Shaping of the Modern Middle […]
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Read MoreBaker Peace Panel | Iraq, Saudi Arabia, & the U.S. During the Cold War, March 25
The 2016 Baker Peace Conference features a panel on Iraq, Saudi Arabia, & the U.S. during the Cold War on Friday, March 25, at 1 p.m. in Baker Ballroom A, The theme of the 2016 conference, held March 24 and 25 at Ohio University, is “History, War, and the Shaping of […]
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