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Yesterday, the editors of the #emdiplomacy handbook, @dorotheegoetze and @LenaOetzel , were invited to the Global #Diplomacy Network seminar to talk about the #BigPinkBook with experts in the field of (hcommons.social)
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Yesterday, the editors of the #emdiplomacy handbook, @dorotheegoetze@scholar.social and @LenaOetzel@historians.social , were invited to the Global #Diplomacy Network seminar to talk about the #BigPinkBook with experts in the field of Global #NewDiplomaticHistory:

https://www.su.se/english/research/research-groups/global-diplomacy-network

It was a great dialogue between different approaches in the field of diplomatic #history, and a rewarding discussion which settled around three main aspects:

  1. How to define diplomacy?
  2. The ratio between actors and structures in the historiography on #emdiplomacy as represented in the handbook?
  3. The relationship of European and Global #emdiplomacy?
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[โ€“] emdiplomacy@hcommons.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  1. THE key feature of #NewDiplomaticHistory is the emphasis of the #diplomatic actor that distinguishes it from traditional approaches in diplomatic #history which have highlighted surrounding structures.

This is also true for more structural perspectives such as the description of the development of #emdiplomacy in different parts of #Europe . Even here the authors have internalised the actor-centred approach.

As the actor-centred approach of new diplomatic history favours microstudies, there is a much greater risk that the field of #NewDiplomaticHistory will remain stuck at the micro level, failing to lift their results to a macro level. The #emdiplomacy handbook attempts to counteract this risk by bringing together the different strands of research on #earlyModern #diplomacy.
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#histodons

@dorotheegoetze@scholar.social @LenaOetzel@historians.social @histodons@a.gup.pe @historikerinnen@a.gup.pe @earlymodern@a.gup.pe @womenknowhistory@historians.social

[โ€“] emdiplomacy@hcommons.social 1 points 2 months ago
  1. The #emdiplomacy handbook deliberately focuses on earlyModern European #diplomacy. It does however not see European diplomacy as a framework for global diplomacy. Therefore, comparisons should not be restricted to the dichotomy of European and global but consider European diplomacy as one form of diplomacy among others.
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#histodons #NewDiplomaticHistory #history

@dorotheegoetze@scholar.social @LenaOetzel@historians.social @histodons@a.gup.pe @historikerinnen@a.gup.pe @earlymodern@a.gup.pe @womenknowhistory@historians.social