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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 3d

Prof. Enrique García Riaza and his team are eager to engage with scholars about this topic: you can find more information and contact them via their website (in Spanish and English) at proyectoianua.com

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 3d

They focus on the matter of spaces and environment within Republican Rome's diplomacy (509-27 BCE), both within and outside the Urbs itself. The team recently edited an English-language book on material diplomacy, available here:
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The Materiality of Diplomacy in the Hellenistic-Roman Mediterranean

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 3d

Compared to later periods, ancient European diplomacy can be an under-studied topic. This makes the IANVA (Environments for dialogue: the spaces of diplomacy in the Roman provincial sphere during the Republic) international research project even more relevant.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · 7d

Can someone kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social @ndh-network.bsky.social @greekhistory.bsky.social?

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 15d

Finally, also available on our website since this summer is an appeal by Wiebke Denecke for a new form of diplomatic intelligence, that can renew the status quo and be up to the challenges of our time.
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The World Needs New Forms of Intelligence: New Diplomatics and the Power of DQ

by Wiebke Denecke A government bombing the capital of another state. A national delegation leaving the UN General Assembly protesting a resolution against an aggressive state. A church community ex…

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 15d

The second is of Serhii Plokhy's wide-ranging study of "The Nuclear Age. An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival", available here: newdiplomatichistory.org/the-nuclear-.... Both essays are starkly relevant.

The Nuclear Age. An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival

Serhii Plokhy, The Nuclear Age. An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival, London: Allen Lane, 2025 Reviewed by Jeremy Black A major work that richly deserves attention and begins not in 1945 but r…

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 15d

The website has also been enriched by two new book reviews by Jeremy Black. The first is of T. Burnard and A. O’Shaughnessy's "Republic and Empire. Crisis, Revolution, and America’s Early Independence" (2025), a general-public retelling of the US's birth: newdiplomatichistory.org/republic-and...

Republic and Empire. Crisis, Revolution, and America’s Early Independence

Trevor Burnard and Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Republic and Empire. Crisis, Revolution, and America’s Early Independence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025 Reviewed by Jeremy Black Books like this a…

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 15d

For those who missed it, the summary of last May's #NDH6 conference in Aix is now available on our website, including announcements about the next installment(s): newdiplomatichistory.org/aix/

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NDH Aix-en-Provence Program Sciences po AixAix-en-Provence22, 23, 24 May 2025 The World and Europe: Diplomatic Transfers, Networks, Representations and Practices 6th Conference of the New Diplomati…

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jul 11

A new contribution on the "Discussions" section of our website: Kenneth Weisbrode explores what "place" means to diplomats thinking and writing about themselves.
You can find the full text here:

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Thinking in Place

by Kenneth Weisbrode After sharing an essay I recently wrote about diplomatic memoirs, I heard from a reader who pointed out that I had written explicitly about setting but not so about place. He w…

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 25

CFP: Diplomatic Interiors: Spaces, Practices, and Infrastructures in Historical Perspective
19-21 Nov. 2025
ETH Zurich-Geneva Graduate Institute
Organizers: Andreas Kalpakci, Charlotte Rottiers, Davide Rodogno
Deadline: July 31, 2025

For details: delbeke.arch.ethz.ch/news/calls-f...

Call for Papers: Diplomatic Interiors International Conference: November 19-21, 2025

International conference, November 19-21, 2025, hosted at the gta Institute (ETH Zurich) and CDHM (Geneva Graduate Institute). Organised by Andreas Kalpakci, Charlotte Rottiers, and Davide Rodogno.

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 25

Another contribution by our very own Jeremy Black is now online. Have a look at his essay exploring whether today's geopolitical situation can be approached under the prism of a "Second Cold War". A very useful read!

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The Geopolitics of the Present – A Second Cold War?

by Jeremy Black The pace of change of the present is scarcely unprecedented, with 1945 and 1989 both seeing changes (and continuities) that were more transformative than those so far this year. Yet…

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De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 Call for Manuscripts!
East and West: Culture, Diplomacy and Interactions (EWCD) welcomes proposals for monographs, edited volumes, and translations.

Submit your proposal to @iuliaivana.bsky.social at [email protected].

Link: brill.com/display/seri...

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 17

Now online: Jeremy Black's review of Hanna Diamond's "Josephine Baker's Secret War" (Yale UP, 2025), about the star's activities during World War Two. Find it here:
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Josephine Baker, diplomat-activist

Josephine Baker’s Secret War by Hanna Diamond. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2025. xvii + 326. Reviewed by Jeremy Black This study of the wartime role of the entertainer Josephine Baker …

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 5

Join us online tomorrow (10-11:30 AM EDT) for the 3rd GHI Forum on Global Governance in Bad Times, discussing the project "Comparative Diplomacies for Global Governance". Please register at the following link:
mit.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The poster for the event. It reads:
2025 MIT Global Humanities
Forum Series

Good Governance in Bad Times

"What makes political systems last and, more importantly, what enables them to support human flourishing and social justice? And when they falter, as many do, how can we understand their failutes and imagine their repair?"

June 6, 10-11:30 AM EDT

Michael Puett (Harvard University)
Johannes Makar (Harvard University)
Wiebke Denecke (MIT)
Special Guests:
Minjee Baek (Consul of the Republic of Korea)
Giles Scott-Smith (Dean of Leiden University College The Hague; Founding Editor of Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society)

New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 3

Written by Tessa de Boer, @elineceulemans.bsky.social, @emmaforsberg.bsky.social, Juliette Françoise, Mathias Istrup Karlsmose, Benjamin Khoo Jun Qi, Pichayapat Naisupap, @annapytlowany.bsky.social, @sebjrose.bsky.social, and Sean Silvia.

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 3

Here is a long-anticipated manifesto for New Diplomatic History! Written by young researchers of the network, it aims at questioning and defining the aims, nature, and purpose of the discipline.
If you have ever wondered what NDH could stand for, this is an important read!

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 3

CFP: Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958
10–11 Nov. 2025
Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
Organizers: Erica Moretti, Jacopo Pili, Simon Unger
Deadline: June 10, 2025

For details:

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Calls for Papers

26 May 2025 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo Organizers: Erica Moretti, Jacopo Pili, Simon Unger Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958 10–11 Nov.…

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 3

As a reminder, the list of books available for review for our journal, Diplomatica, can be found here:
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Books for Review

Diplomatica – Review List – May 2025 Anna Popkova (ed.), Disruption and Dissent in Public Diplomacy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). Hendrik W. Ohnesorge (ed.), Soft Power and the Future of US Foreign P…

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · Jun 3

A new book review is online on the NDH website, that of Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons. How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One", written by Jeremy Black. You can find it here: newdiplomatichistory.org/a-new-book-b...

A New Book by Andrew Lambert

No More Napoleons. How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One Andrew Lambert Yale University Press, 2025. £25.00, 571 pp Reviewed by Jeremy Black Bold in its thesis, self-confidence,…

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Jonathan Harris @jonathanaharris.bsky.social · May 27

Great time last week attending @ndh-network.bsky.social in the Provence sunshine with the www.diplotraining.org #dreamteam @drruthcraggs.bsky.social & Fiona McConnell 😇

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Eline Ceulemans @elineceulemans.bsky.social · May 26

Wonderful to present my research on 'Translating (Belgian) Empire' (@uantwerppohis.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social) at the #NDH6 conference in Aix!

Big shout-out to the organisers, participants & everyone involved for again turning it into a thought-provoking event! @ndh-network.bsky.social

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Carlos Sanz @carlossanz.bsky.social · May 24

Thank you NDH for trusting the Spanish team to organize the 7th conference of this network in Bilbao! We looking forward to welcoming you there in 2027 #NDH7

New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · May 24

And with that, #NDH6 has come to an end, and participants will finally be able to enjoy Aix-en-Provence and some well-deserved rest! Thank you again to the organisers at Sciences Po Aix (especially Nicolas Badalassi and the MESOPOLHIS team), and see you all in two years for #NDH7 in Bilbao!

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · May 24

And with that, #NDH6 has come to an end, and participants will finally be able to enjoy Aix-en-Provence and some well-deserved rest! Thank you again to the organisers at Sciences Po Aix (especially Nicolas Badalassi and the MESOPOLHIS team), and see you all in two years for #NDH7 in Bilbao!

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · May 24

One of the last panels of the conference featured Malika Dekkiche, Guido van Meersbergen, and Birgit Tremml-Werner offering valuable insights into early modern Tools of Power in Global Diplomacy, from the Mamluks, to the Mughal Empire, to the Sulu Sultanate.

Three academics sitting at a table, with Malika Dekkiche's Powerpoint behind them.

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Carlos Sanz @carlossanz.bsky.social · May 24

Loving every moment of the 6th Conference of the New Diplomatic History Network here in beautiful Aix-en-Provence! Thrilled to present with Noé Cornago our research on Equatoguinean diplomats in Spain.
Huge thanks to the organizers for such a perfectly run event! #NDH6 @ndh-network.bsky.social

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