Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th centuries
Application
Assessment and accreditation
Upon completion of the summer school, participants affiliated with the N.W. Posthumus Institute will receive a certificate of participation. Successful participation will merit 4 ECTS.
Participants
The summer school is open to 10-15 (advanced) Research Master’s/MPhil students, PhD candidates, and early career scholars.
The participants will work and discuss the themes together with at least seven distinguished experts on diplomacy in global settings, affiliated with the Global Diplomacy Network. The experts’ specializations vary from imperial China, to the Ottoman empire, to the Spanish Atlantic, and much more.
Participation is free of charge and refreshments (lunch/coffee/tea/snacks) will be provided. Participants are expected to make their own travel arrangements.
Applications
Precedence will be given to applicants affiliated with the N.W. Posthumus Institute or the Global Diplomacy Network.
Participants are expected to write and present a paper of approx. 5000 words, to be discussed in depth by an expert and the group as a whole. We explicitly encourage contributions of a wide temporal, geographical or type-of-empire spread. We are open to different types of contributions: papers with more empirical or methodological discussions are very welcome too. We aim for publication in the form of a special issue and/or scientific blogs.
Applicants are encouraged to submit a (short) cv and a 500 word abstract of their paper by 15 February 2023. Submissions should be directed to t.w.m.de.boer@hum.leidenuniv.nl. We aim to inform selected participants by the end of February.
Deadlines
- 15 February 2023: deadline for applications
- 28 February 2023: selected participants informed
- 26 May 2023: paper draft due
- 26-28 June 2023: summer school