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Early Modern Diplomatic Studies
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The Evolution of Diplomacy: From Classical to Modern
Kathakali Ghosh
The paper attempts at a conceptual understanding of diplomacy and traces its very beginning.
A Conceptual History of Diplomacy
Halvard Leira
This chapter deals with the development of the concept of diplomacy. The focus is on how a specific understanding of diplomacy emerged and has developed over the last 250 years. Detailing first the etymological roots, the chapter deals primarily with how “diplomacy” emerged as a derogatory term during the revolutionary period, and how its meaning was immediately challenged by revolutionaries seeking to replace the “old” diplomacy with a “new” one. Calls for “new diplomacy” have been many in the ensuing centuries, but the way in which diplomacy itself has changed content is evident in that the calls are now for reform, rather than for revolution and/or abolishment.
The Continuity of Diplomatic Practice
Eahai Khov
The diplomatic practice has been evolved dramatically because of better technology, infrastructure, and profession. However, there is number of questions whether "Diplomacy is coming to an end?" The paper here attempts to answer this question based upon the three fundamental items which are the "Structure," the "Procedure," and the "Agenda."
Journal of early modern history
A Multitude of Actors in Early Modern Diplomacy
2019 •
Birgit Tremml-Werner, Dorothée Goetze
This special issue has been motivated by the drive to contextualize the role of individuals of various backgrounds in early modern foreign relations. All contributions cover a broad geographic scope and stress the impact of non-European practices and stages for the study of early modern foreign relations. Four thematic articles follow diverse diplomatic actors, ranging from non-elite envoys to chartered companies, Catholic friars and ministers on ships, to foreign courts, and behind their desks. They provide insights into these individual actors' functions and achievements and raise questions about social belonging and knowledge channels. The introduction below portrays the development of an actor-oriented research angle in the field of New Diplomatic History over the past decades and addresses blurring concepts and over-generalizations. It attempts to redefine the heterogeneous group of early modern diplomatic actors as products of their involvement in political and material struggles, both at home and abroad.
Diplomacy and Culture in the Early Modern World, Oxford. 31 July to 1 August 2014
Tracey A Sowerby
The conference builds upon the recent ‘cultural turn’ in diplomatic studies that has seen more innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to a subject that was once viewed in heavily bureaucratic and constitutional terms. Scholars are increasingly appreciating the importance of ritual and other forms of symbolic communication in diplomatic practices and the role of diplomatic processes in cultural exchanges. Diplomats were important political brokers whose actions could have profound implications for international relations, but they played an equally important role in the transfer and adaptation of cultural ideas and artefacts through their activities as cultural agents, authors and brokers. The profound impact of diplomacy on culture in this period is, moreover, seen in the increasing prominence of representations of diplomacy in literature and a range of other media. The aim of this conference is to further our understanding of early modern diplomatic practices, of the dynamics of diplomatic exchanges both within and without Europe, and how diplomatic ideas and practices interacted with other cultural and political processes. The keynote lecture ‘Diplomacy as a Social Practice: Recent Research Perspectives’ was delivered by Professor Christian Windler (Bern). The conference featured two panel discussions: one on the impact of the ‘diplomatic moment’ and another on future directions in diplomatic studies. Papers and panels addressed aspects of diplomatic culture in Europe and the wider world including gender, gifts, material culture, the dissemination of information, archival practices, international law, cross cultural exchanges and translation, as well as the impact of diplomacy on literary writing and representations of diplomacy. The paper abstracts are available at: http://www.textualambassadors.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/abstracts1.pdf
Dr Roberta Anderson
One important way in which society projects influence abroad is through the exercise of diplomacy. This book deals with a particular phase in the diplomatic time scale, a phase which has its own prehistory.
Marks, Ethics for the Prof Diplomat
Arteom Nurov
The Concept and History of Diplomacy The Concept and History of Diplomacy
Useni Audu
EVP JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL SCINCES
THE EARLY CONSUL AND CONTROVERSIES: THE IMPLICATIONS TO MODERN DIPLOMACY
2010 •
CHARLES CHIDI ELEONU Ph.D
This paper investigates the controversies surrounding the institution of the consul in the 19 century and the implications to modern diplomacy. The paper draws on the historical method. The paper explains that controversies existed in area of legitimacy, equality, good governance, signing of treaties, language of diplomacy, fraternity, etc. The paper posited that the congress of Vienna helped in the areas of classification of diplomats, equality of monarchs, authentic language of diplomacy and signing of treaties. It conclude that the extremely disjointed code of diplomatic procedures involving protocol, precedence, question of status prestige and power are laid to rest. The paper recommends that the United Nations should pursue strict compliance by member nations, in matters of diplomacy.
