The conference provided answers to the question of to what extent the post-war states were able to define that symbolic "starting" line and (not) use it to further transformations inside the European or world society. Welcomed weree papers that approach the legacy of the Versailles Peace Treaty in broader methodological and conceptual perspectives, and would present the specific consequences and effects of the so-called Versailles Peace System, whether in the political, social, economic or cultural areas.