The thematic collection of papers WAR, PEACE AND NATION­BUILDING (1853–

1918) aims to explore the processes unfolding during peacetime, wartime and

conclusion of agreements, when individuals, nations and empires were forming

their identities. The intention is to present, through a scientific

perspective, the social, political, diplomatic and cultural changes in European

societies from the start of the Crimean War until the Versailles Peace Conference,

which marked the end of the First World War.