Historically, conflicts, wars and peace agreements have been central in shaping our perceptions and experiences. The approach of a "history-oriented" conflict transformation attempts at investigating various recent crises and conflicts through the intersection of historical analyses to make motivations that are often deeply rooted in the past graspable. In an historically profound open dialogue, conflicts can be identified, reflected and finally understood from the perspectives of all parties involved. Through such a collaborative dialogue, conflicts could ideally be transformed into viable, future-oriented solutions. The following article first addresses the fundamental relation between historical studies and conflict transformation using the example of Johan Galtung's Transcend-method. Galtung's conception of violence and his theorems of “deep culture” and “deep structure” receive special attention before the practice of the dialogue is presented as a fundamental method of conflict transformation.