Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network

This was a brilliant conference last year. Hoping that this year's iteration will be even more successful.

Wonderful to see that we have already started receiving abstracts for our upcoming conference this summer.

If you are an early modernist studying violence from any discipline, do consider this opportunity to share your research with our network, and please help us spread the news! ⬇️

I'm excited to share the Call for Papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World conference is here. This year's theme is 'Beyond the Battlefield' encouraging a vast array of interdisciplinary discussion about these themes from various social viewpoints. Please do share.

Please help us share the call for papers for this exciting conference I am co-organising this summer! 📜

We welcome submissions from anyone looking at any aspect of early modern violence, particularly those looking beyond military history, and those who would not call themselves historians at all 🗡️⚓

We're back! Building on the success of our inaugural conference last year, we are delighted to announce its return with the new theme: Beyond the Battlefield🗡️

The conference will take place at the University of Exeter on 2-3 September. Deadline for abstracts is 22 May.

Please circulate widely!

After a year of work, the conference on Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World @earlymodernwar.bsky.social could not have gone better. Thank you again to all speakers and attendees, to my fellow organisers and our sponsors @exeter.ac.uk and @swwdtp.bsky.social for making it happen! 🗡️

Once again, we thank you all for your support. And especially the organisers, Dylan Neill Andrés @dylanneill.bsky.social , Teoni Passereau @teonipassereau.bsky.social, Tom Gayton and Padmanabha Reddy Addula. We hope to see you all again in future editions of the conference! 🗡️⚓⚔️🏴‍☠️

The two keynotes were representative of our wide variety of topics, from land and maritime warfare to the boundaries of legitimacy surrounding early modern violence and the impact and representation of such violence in its various forms. All through a range of excellent panels!

We would like to thank our two keynote speakers, Mark Stoyle and Jo Esra. While Mark took us back to Civil War Exeter with a talk and guided walk along the city walls, Jo made us think about the emotional consequences of such violence by looking into the experiences of pirate captives ⚔️🏴‍☠️

What an incredible couple of days! It was a real pleasure to host such amazing speakers on a wide variety of topics relating to conflict and violence in the early modern period 🗡️

Thank you to everyone who spoke, attended and supported us, and especially to our sponsors @swwdtp.bsky.social !

Really looking forward to this!

Just two days to go! If you haven't already, remember that you can still register to attend as a non-speaker - it's free, and you can join us online or in-person and for as many or as few panels as you like ⚔️ Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just finished preparing my paper for this - after a full year of working on this conference, I can't wait to finally to see it happen in a couple of days! 🗡️

I was invited to co-organise this upcoming conference being held later this month at the University of Exeter. With two days of exciting talks and panels, plus a walking historical tour of Exeter and a group dinner, I'd highly recommend coming along if you can!

This conference has been so long in the making, and the day's finally almost here!

We're very excited to see everyone in just a couple of weeks - check out the final programme below, along with the registration link for anyone wishing to attend (it's free!) 🗡️

Registration: Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World 30-31 October 2025, University of Exeter

The conference is free to attend for all, so if you would like to join us, either in person or online, do register using the following link. We look forward to seeing you all very soon! 🗡️⚓🏴‍☠️🌍

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We will continue with more representations of violence, this time on the early modern stage, before returning with some more pictures of maritime violence with naval accounts and concluding by discussing England's conflicting relations with its neighbours in the late 17c 🌍

On Day 2, we'll be adding a maritime flavour by looking at unlawful violence at sea ⚓ Starting with Dr Jo Esra's keynote on North African pirates and interpreting interdisciplinary approaches to violence before moving on to the transformation of privateering during the 18c 🏴‍☠️

On Day 1, we'll be discussing early modern representations of violence and relations between armies and civilians, before delving into the English West Country's experience of Civil War, concluding with a keynote and guided tour by Professor Mark Stoyle 🗡️

Our jam-packed programme is ready to go! Keep reading for more ⬇️

Conference poster - Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World, 30-31 October at the University of Exeter

Registration is now open! Join us this Halloween for a conference full of (historical) blood, conflict and violence 🩸We're hugely grateful to all who have submitted proposals and can't wait to see you all soon! 🗡️

Keep an eye out for the full programme, and register here: forms.gle/be4TAxmG9SVX...

Thank you very much to our generous sponsors, the University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk and the South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership @swwdtp.bsky.social, without whom this would not have been possible! 💫

Conference poster - Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World, 30-31 October at the University of Exeter

Registration is now open! Join us this Halloween for a conference full of (historical) blood, conflict and violence 🩸We're hugely grateful to all who have submitted proposals and can't wait to see you all soon! 🗡️

Keep an eye out for the full programme, and register here: forms.gle/be4TAxmG9SVX...

We're excited to say that we have an excellent lineup and are actively working on finalising the programme today! Registration will be open to the public very soon - keep an eye out for updates here 👀

Don't forget that today is the last day to submit your abstracts! 🙌🏻

Thank you very much to all who have already submitted. We aim to review all abstracts shortly, so please bear with us, and we'll be in touch very soon 🗡️

One week to go... Remember to submit your abstracts before next Friday, Sept 5! 👀🗡️

I don't think I can make this work personally because of the clash with school half term but this 👇 looks like it will be a really great conference and I'm excited to see what comes out of it.

Thanks Sarah! We are very keen to make the conference as accessible as possible and will provide hybrid options for anyone who can't come in person. If you're interested and think this might work for you, please do submit an abstract, or consider attending online - more info tbc at registration!

Just over two weeks before our CfP closes! Remember to submit your abstracts before Friday 5th September ⚔️

Thank you for sharing!