Institut für Geschichte der Universität Wien; Dorothea Nolde, Julia Gebke und das Forschungsteam „Diplomacy in Conflict“ (Web)
Venue: University of Vienna
Time: 08.-10.02.2018
Conflict management was a genuine task of modern diplomacy, from its very beginnings in the 16th century onwards. In spite of the fact that diplomatic history has undergone an important renewal in the past decades, evolving from a history of institutions towards actor-based and intercultural history, conflicts – if addressed at all – are still regarded as the dysfunctional side of diplomacy.
The conference focuses on conflict management as the constant processes of mediation and negotiation, which included efforts but also resistance, success but also failure. Program … (PDF)