The League of Nations

Haakon A. Ikonomou and Karen Gram-Skjoldager

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The League of Nations - Perspectives from the Present is an accessible and richly illustrated edited volume displaying a wide variety of cutting-edge research on the many ways the League of Nations shaped its times and continues to shape our contemporary world. A series of bite-size studies, divided into three thematic parts, investigates how the League affected the world around it and the lives of the people who became part of this 'first great experiment' in international organisation. Recent research has reinterpreted the League as a laboratory of global economic, political and humanitarian governance. Expanding on this, the volume aims to show that the League is an 'academic site', where international history - as a discipline - has re-invented itself by integrating new approaches from social, cultural and media history. With an introduction by Director-General Michael Moller of the United Nations Organisation in Geneva, this work is a timely reminder of the fragile, varied and enduring history of multilateralism, on the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Sujets

• Political Science
• 20th Century
• Modern
• Histoire
• League of Nations
• History
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Aarhus University Press
• Date de parution: 28 juillet 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9788771848380
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 15 Mo

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THE LEAGUE
OF NATIONS
AARHUS UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS – Perspectives from the Present
is an accessible and richly illustrated edited volume displaying
a wide variety of cutting-edge research on the many ways the THE LEAGUE
League of Nations shaped its times, and continues to shape
our contemporary world. A series of bite-size studies, divided
into three thematic parts, investigates how the League OF NATIONS
aƒected the world around it and the lives of the people which
became part of this ‘…rst great experiment’ in international Perspectives from the Present
organisation. With an introduction by Director-General
Michael Møller of the United Nations Organisation in Geneva,
this work is a timely reminder of the fragile, varied and
enduring history of multilateralism, on the centenary of the
signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
”Ikonomou and Gram-Skjoldager’s volume oƒers new
insights into the indelible, intersecting multilateralist,
internationalist, and national ambitions that make up
the League of Nation’s history. The product of a vast
and imaginative research project on the workings of
the League as a bureaucracy, this diverse collection of
essays lets us look inside the …rst global international
organisation, and the many ways it shaped its times and
continues to shape our world”.
GLENDA SLUGA
Professor of International History,
and ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Sydney
a Editors: Haakon A. Ikonomou and Karen Gram-Skjoldager
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OF NATIONS
Perspectives from the Present
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OF NATIONS
Perspectives from the Present
Editors: Haakon A. Ikonomou and Karen Gram-Skjoldager
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110474_league of nations_cc18_r1.indd 4 14/05/2019 10.53Michael Møller Foreword | 9
Haakon A. Ikonomou and Introduction:
Karen Gram-Skjoldager The League of Nations –
Perspectives from the Present | 13CONTENTS
Part 1 Inside the League
Torsten Kahlert and The Men behind the Man:
Karen Gram-Skjoldager Canvassing the Directorship
of the League of Nations Secretariat | 19
Haakon A. Ikonomou An International Language:
The Translation and Interpretation Service | 30
Karen Gram-Skjoldager Taming the Bureaucrats:
The Supervisory Commission
and Political Control of the Secretariat | 40
Marco Moraes Competing Internationalisms
at the League of Nations Secretariat, 1933-1940 | 51
Myriam Piguet Gender Distribution in the League of Nations:
The Start of a Revolution? | 62
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Part 2 The League in Context
The League between Nation States and Empires
Florian Wagner Naturism, the Permanent Mandates Commission
and the Denial of the Violent Nature of Colonialism | 78
Laura Almagor Israel Zangwill on Nationality and ‘The League of Damnations’ | 90
Mads Drange The Untold Story of Erik Colban
and the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange | 102
Haakon A. Ikonomou ‘He used to give me Turkish lessons in Constantinople’:
How to Get a Job in the League Secretariat | 113
The League, Economy and Expertise
Søren Friis The Scandinavian Centre:
Denmark and the Early Years of International Studies
under the League of Nations | 123
Hagen Schulz-Forberg Neoliberals and the League of Nations:
On the Incidental Birth of Neoliberalism
within the League’s Dot-Connecting System | 137
Quincy Cloet ‘A fuller knowledge of the facts’:
The League of Nations’ Endeavours
to Produce International Expertise | 150
Tomoko Akami Beyond the Formula of the Age of Reason:
Experts, Social Sciences,
and the Phonic Public in International Politics | 161
Niels Brimnes Bandung Revisited:
From Rural Hygiene to Primary Health Care | 172
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Part 2 The LeThe League in Contague in Conteext xt Part 3 The League – Projections and Presence
TThe League between Nhe League between Nation Station Statates and Empires and Empireses Narrating the League
Florian Wagner NNaturism, the Paturism, the Permanent Mandatermanent Mandates Commission es Commission Emil Eiby Seidenfaden From the Gallery to the Floor:
and the Denial of the Violent Nand the Denial of the Violent Naturature of Colonialism e of Colonialism | | 7878 The League of Nations and the Combating of ‘False Information’ | 188
Helle Strandgaard Jensen,
Laura Almagor IsrIsrael Zangwill on Nael Zangwill on Nationalitationality and ‘y and ‘TThe League of Damnations’ he League of Damnations’ | | 9090 Nikolai Schulz and Film-Splaining the League of Nations | 201
Emil Eiby Seidenfaden
Mads Drange TThe Uhe Untntold Stold Story of Erik Colban ory of Erik Colban
and the Grand the Greco-eco-TTurkish Purkish Population Exchange opulation Exchange | | 102102 Benjamin Auberer Murder, Intrigue, Sex and Internationalism:
Novels about the League of Nations | 211
Haakon A. Ikonomou ‘‘He used tHe used to give me To give me Turkish lessons in Consturkish lessons in Constantinopleantinople’: ’:
How tHow to Get a Jo Get a Job in the League Secrob in the League Secretetariat ariat | | 113113 Paul Reef Imagining the League of Nations:
Cartoons as a Prism for Perceptions
of International Politics and Organisations | 223
TThe League, Ehe League, Economy and Expertiseconomy and Expertise
Søren Friis TThe Scandinavian Centrhe Scandinavian Centre: e: The League’s Material Existence
Denmark and the EDenmark and the Early Yarly Years of Intears of International Studies ernational Studies
under the League of Nunder the League of Nations ations | | 123123 Karen Gram-Skjoldager ‘A Great Experiment’: Professional Self-Perceptions
and Working Conditions in the Secretariat | 235
Hagen Schulz-Forberg NNeolibereoliberals and the League of Nals and the League of Nations: ations:
On the IncidentOn the Incidental Birth of Nal Birth of Neolibereoliberalism alism Marco Ninno A Modernist in Geneva:
within the Leaguewithin the League’’s Dots Dot--Connecting SConnecting Syyststem em | | 137137 Le Corbusier and the Competition for the Palais des Nations | 246
Quincy Cloet ‘‘A fuller knowledge of the fA fuller knowledge of the facts’: acts’: Torsten Kahlert ‘The League is dead, long live the United Nations’:
TThe League of Nhe League of Nations’ Endeavours ations’ Endeavours The Liquidation of the League and the Transfer of Assets to the UN | 256
tto Pro Produce Intoduce International Expertise ernational Expertise | | 150150
Tomoko Akami BeBeyond the Fyond the Formula of the Aormula of the Age of Rge of Reason: eason: Concluding Essay
Experts, Social Sciences, Experts, Social Sciences,
and the Phonic Public in Intand the Phonic Public in International Pernational Politics olitics | | 161161 Patrick Finney ‘A Living Thing is Born’:
The League of Nations and the Contemporary World | 267
Niels Brimnes Bandung RBandung Revisitevisited: ed:
FFrrom Rom Rurural Hygiene tal Hygiene to Primary Health Caro Primary Health Care e | | 172172
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CONTENTS
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By Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Ofce at GenevaFOREWORD
FOREWORD
The League of Nations
Perspectives from the Present
It gives me great pleasure to pen this foreword for The League of
Nations – Perspectives from the Present, a book of such importance and
timeliness for multilateral diplomacy. A book researched in the
Archives of UN Geneva, where I serve as Director-General, and issued by
the University of Aarhus, where I commenced my journey to become an
international civil servant. A book that recalls the origins of
multilateralism and the legacies of the League of Nations, the organisation which
Lord Robert Cecil called “the great experiment… [without which] the
United Nations could never have come into existence”.
Its publication coincides with the centenary of the Versailles Peace
Treaty, when the League of Nations Covenant was frst signed by the
future members of the organisation. We take this same milestone, the
anniversary of the Covenant, for our own celebrations of “100 Years of
Multilateralism in Geneva”. Over a period of nearly two years spanning
from June 2019 to November 2020, we will be celebrating the
achievements of the League and the continuous development of multilateral
diplomacy over the past century.
A pioneering organisation, the League not only passed to the
United Nations the iconic building that hosts the UN Geneva and which is
fore ord 9
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diplomacy for many years to come. Rather than just this physical
property, we inherited so much more from the League, including the “Spirit
of Geneva”, described by Robert de Traz in his eponymous essay and
inspiring us to this day.
If today we can say that every person on the planet, in any 24-hour
period, is somehow impacted by the work of the UN and the other
international entities in Geneva, this is precisely because of the frst steps
taken by the League, including on issues such as refugee protection,
health and other soci