Lecture | 7th ENIUGH congress
Opening ENIUGH congress and Keynote Speech
- Date
- Friday 30 June 2023
- Time
- Address
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Schouwburgstraat
Schouwburgstraat 2
2511 VA The Hague - Room
- 2.01
Opening
Hester Bijl, Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, will open the seventh ENIUGH Congress. The opening will be followed by a keynote speech by Giles Scott-Smith.
Keynote Speech
Can citizens be diplomats? This talk addresses this question through the lens of New Diplomatic History (NDH), which moves beyond the simple assumption that diplomacy is purely an official state-to-state activity. NDH re-investigates the social and physical settings that enable diplomacy to take place, and gives attention to the wide range of actors who populate - often unseen or unrecognised - the diplomatic stage. Focusing on the role of citizens as diplomats challenges neat understandings of the state-based international system, but also enriches the notion of diplomacy as a necessary practice to avoid conflict.
Giles Scott-Smith is Professor of Transnational Relations and New Diplomatic History at Leiden University, and Dean of Leiden University College. He is a coordinator of the New Diplomatic History network, co-editor of Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society (Brill), and one of the series editors for the Key Studies in Diplomacy book series with Manchester University Press.
To attend the keynote speech and participate in the conference, please register here.
Website European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH)