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Thinking in Place by Kenneth Weisbrode After sharing an essay I recently wrote about diplomatic memoirs, I heard from a reader who pointed out that I had written explicitly about setting but not so about place. He w…

A new contribution on the "Discussions" section of our website: Kenneth Weisbrode explores what "place" means to diplomats thinking and writing about themselves.
You can find the full text here:

newdiplomatichistory.org/thinking-in-...

Call for Papers: Diplomatic Interiors International Conference: November 19-21, 2025 International conference, November 19-21, 2025, hosted at the gta Institute (ETH Zurich) and CDHM (Geneva Graduate Institute). Organised by Andreas Kalpakci, Charlotte Rottiers, and Davide Rodogno.

CFP: Diplomatic Interiors: Spaces, Practices, and Infrastructures in Historical Perspective
19-21 Nov. 2025
ETH Zurich-Geneva Graduate Institute
Organizers: Andreas Kalpakci, Charlotte Rottiers, Davide Rodogno
Deadline: July 31, 2025

For details: delbeke.arch.ethz.ch/news/calls-f...

The Geopolitics of the Present – A Second Cold War? by Jeremy Black The pace of change of the present is scarcely unprecedented, with 1945 and 1989 both seeing changes (and continuities) that were more transformative than those so far this year. Yet…

Another contribution by our very own Jeremy Black is now online. Have a look at his essay exploring whether today's geopolitical situation can be approached under the prism of a "Second Cold War". A very useful read!

newdiplomatichistory.org/the-geopolit...

📢 Call for Manuscripts!
East and West: Culture, Diplomacy and Interactions (EWCD) welcomes proposals for monographs, edited volumes, and translations.

Submit your proposal to @iuliaivana.bsky.social at iulia.ivana@degruyterbrill.com.

Link: brill.com/display/seri...

@degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Josephine Baker, diplomat-activist Josephine Baker’s Secret War by Hanna Diamond. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2025. xvii + 326. Reviewed by Jeremy Black This study of the wartime role of the entertainer Josephine Baker …

Now online: Jeremy Black's review of Hanna Diamond's "Josephine Baker's Secret War" (Yale UP, 2025), about the star's activities during World War Two. Find it here:
newdiplomatichistory.org/josephine-ba...

The poster for the event. It reads: 2025 MIT Global Humanities Forum Series Good Governance in Bad Times "What makes political systems last and, more importantly, what enables them to support human flourishing and social justice? And when they falter, as many do, how can we understand their failutes and imagine their repair?" June 6, 10-11:30 AM EDT Michael Puett (Harvard University) Johannes Makar (Harvard University) Wiebke Denecke (MIT) Special Guests: Minjee Baek (Consul of the Republic of Korea) Giles Scott-Smith (Dean of Leiden University College The Hague; Founding Editor of Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society)

Join us online tomorrow (10-11:30 AM EDT) for the 3rd GHI Forum on Global Governance in Bad Times, discussing the project "Comparative Diplomacies for Global Governance". Please register at the following link:
mit.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Written by Tessa de Boer, @elineceulemans.bsky.social, @emmaforsberg.bsky.social, Juliette Françoise, Mathias Istrup Karlsmose, Benjamin Khoo Jun Qi, Pichayapat Naisupap, @annapytlowany.bsky.social, @sebjrose.bsky.social, and Sean Silvia.

Here is a long-anticipated manifesto for New Diplomatic History! Written by young researchers of the network, it aims at questioning and defining the aims, nature, and purpose of the discipline.
If you have ever wondered what NDH could stand for, this is an important read!

brill.com/view/journal...

Calls for Papers 26 May 2025 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo Organizers: Erica Moretti, Jacopo Pili, Simon Unger Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958  10–11 Nov.…

CFP: Pius XII and Decolonization: Catholicism in North Africa and the Levant, 1939-1958
10–11 Nov. 2025
Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
Organizers: Erica Moretti, Jacopo Pili, Simon Unger
Deadline: June 10, 2025

For details:

newdiplomatichistory.org/calls-for-pa...

Books for Review Diplomatica – Review List – May 2025 Anna Popkova (ed.), Disruption and Dissent in Public Diplomacy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). Hendrik W. Ohnesorge (ed.), Soft Power and the Future of US Foreign P…

As a reminder, the list of books available for review for our journal, Diplomatica, can be found here:
newdiplomatichistory.org/books-for-re...

A New Book by Andrew Lambert No More Napoleons. How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One Andrew Lambert Yale University Press, 2025. £25.00, 571 pp Reviewed by Jeremy Black Bold in its thesis, self-confidence,…

A new book review is online on the NDH website, that of Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons. How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One", written by Jeremy Black. You can find it here: newdiplomatichistory.org/a-new-book-b...

Great time last week attending @ndh-network.bsky.social in the Provence sunshine with the www.diplotraining.org #dreamteam @drruthcraggs.bsky.social & Fiona McConnell 😇

Wonderful to present my research on 'Translating (Belgian) Empire' (@uantwerppohis.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social) at the #NDH6 conference in Aix!

Big shout-out to the organisers, participants & everyone involved for again turning it into a thought-provoking event! @ndh-network.bsky.social

Thank you NDH for trusting the Spanish team to organize the 7th conference of this network in Bilbao! We looking forward to welcoming you there in 2027 #NDH7

And with that, #NDH6 has come to an end, and participants will finally be able to enjoy Aix-en-Provence and some well-deserved rest! Thank you again to the organisers at Sciences Po Aix (especially Nicolas Badalassi and the MESOPOLHIS team), and see you all in two years for #NDH7 in Bilbao!

Three academics sitting at a table, with Malika Dekkiche's Powerpoint behind them.

One of the last panels of the conference featured Malika Dekkiche, Guido van Meersbergen, and Birgit Tremml-Werner offering valuable insights into early modern Tools of Power in Global Diplomacy, from the Mamluks, to the Mughal Empire, to the Sulu Sultanate.

Loving every moment of the 6th Conference of the New Diplomatic History Network here in beautiful Aix-en-Provence! Thrilled to present with Noé Cornago our research on Equatoguinean diplomats in Spain.
Huge thanks to the organizers for such a perfectly run event! #NDH6 @ndh-network.bsky.social

Vineet Thakur presents in front of his Powerpoint bearing the title of his presentation

We kick off the last day of #NDH6 with Vineet Thakur's keynote lecture on Indian Diplomacy and the Global Reproduction of Caste!

Various academic members of the NDH sitting at a desk together

The NDH Networking Session is in full swing! Featuring @luikki.bsky.social, Giles Scott-Smith, Laurence Badel, Fiona McConnell, @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social and Vineet Thakur.

6th New Diplomatic History Conference, @ndh-network.bsky.social. Privileged to be a part of this network, through which I've learned an awful lot. Great to meet friends, make some new, test ideas, sip grenache in a lovely Provencal ambient. W/ @karenskjoldager.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social

The second day of #NDH6 has started! This morning, I am attending a panel on "Fictions and Diplomacy", with very promising contributions by Sylvia Tongyan Qiu, Alice Xiang and Luciano Cesar Da Costa! Panels are also on about consuls, water and imperialism, and the legal aspects of diplomacy.

Just presented my paper on US democratic alliance building at the New Diplomatic History conference in Aix-en-Provence. Great conference with an outstanding location. Thanks to the organizers! @ndh-network.bsky.social

Greetings from Aix-en-Provence, where I just presented my work at #NDH6, the biannual conference of the New Diplomatic History Network @ndh-network.bsky.social.
Thank you to the organizers for putting together such a great event.

Merci @ndh-network.bsky.social for having a panel on food and diplomacy! I’m always glad to be able to present my side research project.

Do feel free to send photos and reports on how good your panels are!

Academics queuing for a badge at the entrance to the NDH6 conference in Aix en Provence

The moment you've all been waiting for! #NDH6 starts today at Sciences Po Aix!

Books for Review Diplomatica – Review List – May 2025 Anna Popkova (ed.), Disruption and Dissent in Public Diplomacy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). Hendrik W. Ohnesorge (ed.), Soft Power and the Future of US Foreign P…

The list of books available to review for Diplomatica has been updated! You can find it here:
newdiplomatichistory.org/books-for-re...

If one of them catches your eye, please feel free to write us at diplomatica.bookreviews@gmail.com. There's something for everyone!

In case you haven't done so already, a reminder that there is only one day left to sign up to our conference in Aix en Provence!
Everything is explained on the website:
ndh2025.sciencesconf.org

The editors Matthew Phillips & Naoko Shimazu (neither of whom are on Bluesky) have asked me to share news of this new book: A visual history of diplomacy in Cold War Asia. I'm very pleased to have contributed a chapter #HistIR @ndh-network.bsky.social #diplomacy @cambridgeup.bsky.social

Today is exactly a month until our 2025 conference in Aix en Provence! You can find the full program on the website, as well as practical information on how to join. Remember to register before May 1st!

ndh2025.sciencesconf.org