Program reframing deplomacy

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REFRAMING DIPLOMACY: 

NEW DIPLOMATIC HISTORY 

IN THE BENELUX AND BEYOND 

Friday 6 and Saturday 7 September 2013 

Leiden University

Friday 6 September 2013 

Venue 

ACADEMIEGEBOUW, KLEIN AUDITORIUM 

RAPENBURG 67-73 

09.00-09.30 Registration 

09.30-09.35 Opening 

09.35-10.30 Keynote 

Klaus Kiran Patel (Maastricht University), 

Unofficial Diplomacy and the New Deal: America’s Global History during the 1930s 

10.30-11.00 Tea/Coffee 

Venue 

Lipsius building 

11.00 – 12.30 Panel I: WW I and the Interbellum 

Room: Lipsius 003 

Chair: Kees van Minnen 

Samuël Kruisinga (University of Amsterdam) 

'Business-like” Diplomacy: The Trade Negotiations 

of the Netherlands Overseas Trust Company (1914-1919) during the First 

World War' 

Michael Jonas (Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg) 

'’It is not good with these private politici, particularly not during these times”: 

Activism, Diplomacy and Swedish-German Relations during the First World 

War’ 

Bertrand Herremans (CEESAG) 

'Belgian Non-Official Diplomacy on National and 

Religious Issues 1918-1940' 

Panel II: Expertise and Diplomacy 


Chair: Jan-Henrik Meyer 

David Burigana (Universita di Padova) & Leonard Laborie (CNRS, Paris) 

'Who are the Diplomats? Negotiating in Techno-Political Areas' 

Jorrit van den Berk (University of Leiden / Radboud University, Nijmegen) 

‘The Interamerican: Highway Building and New Diplomatic History’

Jennifer Kesteleyn (University of Ghent) 

‘Business Diplomacy and Corporate Political Activity: A New Paradigm?’ 

Panel III: Embassies 


Chair: Johan van Merriënboer 

Simon Rofe (Centre for Diplomacy, SOAS) 

'US Embassies in Europe in War and Peace 1940-1948' 

Idesbald Goddeeris (KU Leuven) 

'Diplomacy or Intelligence? The Polish Embassy in Brussels during the Cold 

War' 

Jacob Eder (Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena) 

'Perception Problems: West German Diplomacy, American Television, and the 

Nazi Past' 

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch 

Venue 


14.00 – 15.30 Panel IV: Unofficial Diplomacy and Political Activism 


Chair: Louis Clerc 

Anne Marie Wilson (University of Leiden) 

'From Boston to The Hague: American Women and “Humanitarian 

Diplomacy” at the Turn of the 20 th Century' 

Anne-Isabelle Richard (Utrecht University) 

'The “Avant-Garde” of the League of Nations: The International Federation of 

League of Nations Societies and their Part in Governing the World' 

Laurence Badel (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) 

'Conflicting Identities: Diplomats facing Economic Challenges in the 20 th 

Century' 

Panel V: Diplomacy beyond the West 


Chair: Peter Meel 

Roberto Duran (Catholic University of Chile) 

'New Challenges for Latin American Diplomacy: Multilateralism and 

Preventive Diplomacy' 

Stefan Hübner (Bundeswehr University, Munich / Jacobs University, Bremen) 

'Building Asian Nations through Sports Events: The Transnational 

Communication of 'Modernization' and Development through the Asian 

Games and its Predecessors' 

Frank Gerits (European University Institute, 

Florence)

'The Methodological Basis for a New Field of Study: Africa and International 

History' 

Panel VI: Ceremony 


Chair: Michael Auwers 

15.30 – 16.00 Tea / Coffee 

Andreas Rathberger (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 

'Correspondents, Lobbyists and Confidential Informers: Informal Diplomacy 

in the late 19 th and early 20 th century Ottoman Empire' 

Houssine Alloul (University of Antwerp) 

'What is 'Oriental Ceremonial'? Belgian Diplomats at the Ottoman Court 

1876-1914' 

Daniëlle de Vooght (Vrije Universiteit, Brussels) 

'Dining with Kings: Culinary Diplomacy in the Low Countries' 

Venue 


16.00 – 17.30 Panel VII: 'Cultural Ambassadors' 


Chair: Anne Marie Wilson 

Tity de Vries (University of Groningen) 

'When Reporters cross Professional Borders: The Case of Sal Tas and his 

Diplomatic Activities in Africa' 

Jonathan Rosenberg (Hunter College / CUNY Graduate Center) 

'Travels with Lenny: Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic, and the 

Cold War' 

Kenneth Marcus (University of La Verne, Los 

Angeles) 

'The International Relations of Thomas Mann in Early Cold War Germany' 

Panel VIII: Changes in Diplomatic Practice 


Chair: Karen Gram-Skjoldager 

Carlos Sanz (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) 

'Diplomatizing Democracy, Democratizing Diplomacy? Continuity and 

Change in the Spanish Foreign Service after Franco, 1975-1982' 

Vincent Delcorps (University of Louvain) 

'The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emerging Multilateralism 1944- 

1979' 

Haakon Andreas Ikonomou (European University Institute, Florence) 

'Caught in the Middle: Connecting 'Europe' and 'Norway' through Informal 

Diplomacy'

Panel IX: Diplomatic Identities 


Chair: Michael Jonas 

Michael Auwers (University of Antwerp) 

'The Illusion of Diplomacy: To Become a Diplomat before the First World War' 

David Woolner (Roosevelt Institute / Marist College / Bard College) 

'The Private Diplomacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt' 

Constant Hijzen (University of Leiden) 

'Dutch Intelligence and Diplomacy: The Problem of National Interest and 

Informal Influence' 

18.30 Faculty Club, Academiegebouw 

Buffet Dinner for all speakers and board members of New Diplomatic History 

Network 

Saturday 7 September, 2013 

Venue 


9.00 – 10.30 Panel X: Integrating Europe 


Chair: Angela Romano 

Thomas Gijswijt (University of Tübingen) 

'Transnational Networks and Informal Governance: The Case of the Monnet 

Committee and European Integration' 

Mathieu Segers (Utrecht University) 

'“A World that Existed but Never Was”: European Market Integration and the 

Atlantic Community in the Making 1958-1962' 

Alexander Reinfeldt (Universität Hamburg) 

'Europeanized Diplomats? Belgian Foreign Policy and European Political Cooperation 

in Perspective' 

Panel XI: Private Networks and Peace Promotion 


Chair: David Woolner 

Allen Pietrobon (American University, Washington 

DC) 

'The Role of Norman Cousins and Citizen Diplomacy in the Breakthrough to 

the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty' 

Giles Scott-Smith (Roosevelt Study Center / University of Leiden) 

'A Dutch Dartmouth: Ernst van Eeghen's Private Campaign to Defuse the 

Euromissiles Crisis' 

Chris Parkes (London School of Economics)

'“Queer in everything he did”: Sumner Welles and the Art of Non-Traditional 

Diplomacy 1933-1943' 

Panel XII: Interpreting the Ambassadors 


Chair: Simon Rofe 

10.30 – 11.00 Tea / Coffee 

Venue Lipsius 003 

11.00 – 12.30 Roundtable: 

Amit Das Gupta (Jacobs University, Bremen) 

'Subimal Dutt: Three Stages of Indian Diplomacy 1941-1974' 

Johan van Merriënboer (Radboud University, 

Nijmegen) 

'Supranational Diplomacy from Within: The Private Papers of the European 

Ambassador to Japan (1987-1990) and the United States (1990-1995), the 

former Dutch Prime Minister Andreas van Agt' 

Rimko van der Maar (Utrecht University) 

'“The Ultimate in Ambassadors”: Herman van Roijen 1905-1991' 

American Labor's Global Ambassadors: The International History of the 

AFL-CIO during the Cold War 

Robert Waters (Ohio Northern University) 

Geert van Goethem (AMSAB / Ghent University) 

Larissa Rosa Corrêa (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam) 

Dustin Walcher (Southern Oregon University) 

Quenby Olmsted Hughes (Rhode Island College) 

Mathilde von Bülow (University of Nottingham) 

Alessandro Brogi (University of Arkansas) 

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch 

Venue 


14.00 – 15.30 Panel XIII: CSCE and Multilateral Diplomacy 


Chair: Ken Weisbrode 

Martin Brown (Richmond American International University, London) & Angela 

Romano (Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies) 

'The Diplomatic Culture of the CSCE 1969-1975' 

Sara Lamberti Moneta (University of Trento) 

'Official and Unofficial Diplomacy in the Netherlands in the 1970s: Working 

Together for Human Rights?' 

Jan-Henrik Meyer (Ludwig-Maximillian-University, Munich) 

'Informal Diplomats across International Organizations? Networks of

Environmental NGOs in the 1970s' 

Panel XIV: Transnational Networks 


Chair: Dario Fazzi 

Aaron Bell (American University, Washington DC) 

'Salvadorean Elites, Transnational Allies, and the Influence of Non-State Actors 

during the Salvadorean Civil War' 

Kim Christiaens (KU Leuven) 

'Relationships and Exchange: Cuban Public Diplomacy and Solidarity Activism 

in Belgium during the Cold War 1960s-1980s' 

Alessandro Brogi (University of Arkansas) 

'The United States and the International Network of the West European 

Communists 1964-1979' 

Panel XV: Private Diplomatic Networks 


Chair: Tity de Vries 

Mariano Alvarez (University of Leiden) 

'Paradiplomacy: The Evolution of Non-Central Governments in Foreign 

Affairs' 

Albertine Bloemendal (University of Leiden) 

'Ernst van der Beugel (1918-2004): Private Diplomat for an Atlantic 

Community' 

Johannes Grossmann (University of Tübingen) 

'Anti-Communism, Informal Diplomacy and Transnational Socialization: The 

Example of Jean Violet' 

16.00 GRANDCAFE DE KOETS, DOELENSTEEG 8 

Closing Drinks

E-mail Addresses Participants: 

Houssine Alloul 

Mariano Alvarez 

Michael Auwers 

Laurence Badel 

Aaron Bell 

Jorrit van den Berk 

Albertine Bloemendal 

Alessandro Brogi 

Martin Brown 

Mathilde von Bülow 

David Burigana 

Kim Christiaens 

Louis Clerc 

Larissa Rosa Corrêa 

Vincent Delcorps 

Roberto Duran 

Jacob Eder 

Frank Gerits 

Thomas Gijswijt 

Idesbald Goddeeris 

Geert van Goethem 

Karen Gram-Skjoldager 

Johannes Grossmann 

Amit Das Gupta 

Bertrand Herremans 

Constant Hijzen 

Stefan Hübner 

Quenby Olmsted Hughes 

Haakon Andreas Ikonomou 

Michael Jonas 

Jennifer Kesteleyn 

Samuël Kruizinga 

Leonard Laborie 

Rimko van der Maar 

Kenneth Marcus 

Johan van Merriënboer 

Jan-Henrik Meyer 

Klaus Kiran Patel 

Chris Parkes 

Allen Pietrobon 

Andreas Rathberger 

Alexander Reinfeldt 

Anne-Isabelle Richard 

Simon Rofe 

Angela Romano 

Jonathan Rosenberg 

Carlos Sanz 

Mathieu Segers 

Daniëlle de Vooght 

Tity de Vries 

Dustin Walcher 

Robert Waters 

Ken Weisbrode 

Ann Marie Wilson 

David Woolner 

houssine.alloul@ua.ac.be 

m.alvarez@hum.leidenuniv.nl 

michael.auwers@ua.ac.be 

laurence.badel@univ-paris1.fr 

aaron.bell1@gmail.com 

jhhvdberk@hotmail.com 

a.bloemendal@gmail.com 

abrogi@uark.edu 

brownm@richmond.ac.uk 

mathilde.von_bulow@nottingham.ac.uk 

david.burigana@unipd.it 

kim.christiaens@arts.kuleuven.be 

loucle@utu.fi 

larissarosacorrea@hotmail.com 

vincent.delcorps@uclouvain.be 

rduran@uc.cl 

jacob.eder@uni-jena.de 

gerits.frank@gmail.com 

thomas.gijswijt@uni-tuebingen.de 

idesbald.goddeeris@arts.kuleuven.be 

geert.vangoethem@amsab.be 

hiskgs@hum.au.dk 

johannes.grossmann@uni-tuebingen.de 

amitrdasgupta@gmx.de 

bertranderasmus@hotmail.com 

c.w.hijzen@cdh.leidenuniv.nl 

s.huebner@jacobs-university.de 

qhughes@ric.edu 

haakon.ikonomou@eui.eu 

mjonas@hsu-hh.de 

Jennifer.Kesteleyn@UGent.be 

s.f.kruizinga@uva.nl 

leonard.laborie@gmail.com 

rimkovandermaar@gmail.com 

kmarcus@laverne.edu 

j.vanmerrienboer@let.ru.nl 

jhmeyer@gmx.de 

k.patel@maastrichtuniversity.nl 

c.parkes@lse.ac.uk 

ap0755a@student.american.edu 

arattachberg@gmx.at 

alexander.reinfeldt@uni-hamburg.de 

a.richard@uu.nl 

sr56@soas.ac.uk 

a.romano1@lse.ac 

jonathan.rosenberg@aol.com 

carlos.sanz@ghis.ucm.es 

m.l.l.segers@uu.nl 

danielle.devooght@vub.ac.be 

t.de.vries@rug.nl 

walcherd@sou.edu 

rawatersjr@yahoo.com 

weisbrode@gmail.com 

a.m.wilson@luc.leidenuniv.nl 

dwoolner@rooseveltinstitute.org

Sponsors: 

- Ernst van der Beugel Chair in the Diplomatic History of Atlantic Cooperation 

- Institute of History, Leiden University, The Netherlands 

- Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg, The Netherlands 

- Leids Universiteitsfonds 

- Department of Political Studies, University of Turku, Finland 

New Diplomatic History Network: 

http://toynbeeprize.org/network-for-the-new-diplomatic-history/ 

Conference Organizer: 

Giles Scott-Smith, Roosevelt Study Center and Leiden University 

gp.scott_smith@zeeland.nl 

Roosevelt Study Center 

P.O. Box 6001 

4330 LA Middelburg 

The Netherlands 

tel. 00-31.118-631459 or 00-31.118-631590

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