Negotiating Europe. Practices, Languages, Ideology in Diplomacy (13th-16th centuries)
2012, Sep 16 -- Sep 22
Organizers:
I. Lazzarini (Durham, UK - Molise, Italy)
S. Péquignot (EPHE, France)
J. Watts (Oxford, UK)
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INSTITUTIONAL INFO
The beginnings of permanent diplomacy and the emergence of resident ambassadors between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries have traditionally been associated by European scholars with the process of state-building, but their consistency and rationality have been considerably exaggerated, in the search for a rather anachronistic continuity in diplomatic practices between Renaissance and modern nation-states.
The most recent research is moving away from diplomacy as an institutional tool and a political narrative, and is increasingly looking at diplomacy as a social and cultural practice that enabled Europeans and non-Europeans to engage with each other in formal and informal, state and non-state contexts, through the elaboration of common languages, shared practices of communication, and political cultures.
The objectives of the International Workshop “Negotiating Europe. Practices, Languages, Ideology in Diplomacy (13th-16th centuries)” are to gather together the leading scholars in this field to examine the full extent of diplomatic practice, languages and ideology in order to provide an interactive forum for discussion and to foster further collaborations.
Organisation
The workshop will be organised in seven sessions that will host three short papers each, commented by a discussant. An introductory session and the conclusive remarks and general discussion will open and close the week.
The workshop activities will be resumed in a web-publication that will gather together the main points of the discussion, and will provide links to the participants and their publications.
Invited participants
| Christina Antenhofer (Innsbruck) Barbara Bombi (Kent) Nadia Covini (Milano Statale) Dejanirah Couto (EPHE, Paris) Stefano Cracolici (Durham) Sylvio De Franceschi (Limoges) Paul Dover (Kennesaw) Serena Ferente (King’s College, London) Daniela Frigo (Trento) Patrick Gilli (Montpellier) Benoît Grévin (CNRS, Paris) Timothy Hampton (Berkeley) Armand Jamme (CNRS, Lyon) Michael Jucker (Münster) |
Isabella Lazzarini (Molise/Durham) Oren Margolis (Oxford) John Watkins (Minnesota) Toby Osborne (Durham) Klaus Oschema (Heidelberg/Bern) Viorel Panaite (Bucarest) Stéphane Péquignot (EPHE, Paris) Eva Pibiri (Lausanne) Joan-Pau Rubiés (LSE, London) Roser Salicrú i Lluch (CSIC, Barcelona) Marie-Karine Schaub (Paris-Est) Francesco Senatore (Napoli Federico II) Óscar Villarroel González (Complutense, Madrid) John Watts (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) |
Bus Transportation
The center provides free buses with depart:
From Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647
(metro: Palau Reial, green line) at 15:00h with a stop at the
airport (at the entrance of Car Park A, next to the Police Office, on your left from terminal T2 A) at 15:30h.
Return buses:
From Benasque to Barcelona airport will depart at 7:00 h.
The trip by bus to Barcelona
takes 6h.
The trip by car only takes 3h 30m.
Bus trajectories and dates:
- Barcelona - Benasque, September 16.
- Benasque - Barcelona, September 22.
Registration & accommodation
Application deadline is May 27
- Application form (closed on May 27)
- Check your registration data (for registered participants only)
- Check accommodation rates (online reservations open from June 10 to July 22).
Further Information.
- List of participants.
- Scientific program.
- Pictures
This session has received financial support from the following institutions:
Conference Data
Application deadline for this conference is May 27.
