Jeremy's review of Saori Katada and @k-since2024.bsky.social 's "Japan’s Grand Strategy Liminal Power in an Uncertain World" (OUP, 2026) discusses this "theoretical interrogation of past and present" regarding Japan's foreign policy since 1868. newdiplomatichistory.org/japans-grand...

A new article by @immapetito.bsky.social brings Anglo-Neapolitan diplomacy under a new light by exploring the 1475 investitute into the Order of the Garter of Federico da Montefeltro and its implications. @shoc-vub.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

In "The War that Made the Middle East. World War One and the End of the Ottoman Empire" (Princeton UP, 2026), Mustafa Aksakal argues that the collapse of the Ottoman Empire was chiefly caused by its role in WW1, a position that Jeremy Black disputes. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-war-that...

Jeremy offers a critical review of Hal Brands's "The Eurasian Century. Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World", by discussing the oversights of his broad-reaching conclusions on international relations. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-eurasian...

In A. Wess Mitchell's new book, "Great Power Diplomacy. The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger" (Princeton UP, 2025), offers several case studies of the benefits of diplomacy throughout history. A review by Jeremy Black. newdiplomatichistory.org/great-power-...

Jeremy also reviewed the 100th anniversary edition of J. Franklin Jameson's "The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement" (Princeton UP, 2025) and what it brings to the study of the birth of the United States. newdiplomatichistory.org/geopolitics-...

Book review alert: Jeremy Black reviews Thomas Barfield's "Shadow Empires. An Alternative Imperial History" (Princeton UP, 2023), in which the notion of "shadow empire" is introduced as an analytical tool to better include the peripheries. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-geopolit...

Drs. Charlotte Faucher and Charlotte Lerg are organising a workshop on "Diplomats in Public: Training and Practices of Media Engagement During Decolonisation and After" on 16 October on Zoom. Please send your proposals before 29 May! For more information: newdiplomatichistory.org/calls-for-pa...

Profs. Naoko Shimazu and Tim Winter are organising a workshop on "Scoping 'New Diplomatic History' in Asia". If you are interested in discussing the possibilities of NDH in an Asian context, please send a proposal before 30 March! Details are available here: ari.nus.edu.sg/events/diplo...

🏅 The Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations Committee: Hendrik Spruyt (Chair), Mlada Bukovansky, Maïa Pal This year's award goes to ... 🥁 Patricia Owens for "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" (Princeton)

Available open access, Gareth Knapman's 'Sovereignty and Treaties as Colonial Instruments: The British Occupation of Java 1811-1815', Jnl of Imp & Commonwealth Hist. #Skystorians

A new call for papers is out! The International Coalitions for Peace in the Era of Decolonization research project @unileiden.bsky.social is organising a conference on "Peace Movements - A Global History". Apply before 9 March 2026! More details at www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

It's wonderful to see advance copies of 'Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange' out in the world. I had a wonderful time editing this book with @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. More news soon on our wonderful contributors! Publication date: 19 February. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

Thankful to @johnfea1.bsky.social for great questions about *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) in The Author’s Corner! Check out the blog post.📚⬇️ thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/01/06/t...

Jeremy Black has been very active on our website (and elsewhere) in the past few months: most important is an essay published this month about the relationships between strategy and politics, in which he compares eighteenth-century Britain with today's world newdiplomatichistory.org/the-politics...

Our latest issue of #Diplomatica is out ! Volume 7.2 is here, with great contributions on topics such as Ferrante I of Naples, and Chinese literary diplomacy. It includes a debate around a manifesto for new diplomatic history written by some of our members. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/Diplomatica

With Ákos Kopper from ELTE University, we have a short reflection out in Diplomatica on studying diplomacy diplomatically in reaction to a fresh Interdisciplinary Manifesto pushing the boundaries of new diplomatic history. @ndh-network.bsky.social brill.com/view/journal...

Compared to later periods, ancient European diplomacy can be an under-studied topic. This makes the IANVA (Environments for dialogue: the spaces of diplomacy in the Roman provincial sphere during the Republic) international research project even more relevant.

Can someone kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social @ndh-network.bsky.social @greekhistory.bsky.social?

Finally, also available on our website since this summer is an appeal by Wiebke Denecke for a new form of diplomatic intelligence, that can renew the status quo and be up to the challenges of our time. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-world-ne...

The website has also been enriched by two new book reviews by Jeremy Black. The first is of T. Burnard and A. O’Shaughnessy's "Republic and Empire. Crisis, Revolution, and America’s Early Independence" (2025), a general-public retelling of the US's birth: newdiplomatichistory.org/republic-and...

For those who missed it, the summary of last May's #NDH6 conference in Aix is now available on our website, including announcements about the next installment(s): newdiplomatichistory.org/aix/

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-...

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...

📢 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 [email protected]. Link: brill.com/display/seri... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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

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

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.

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

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 [email protected]. 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

Issue 7.1 of Diplomatica is out now! Find it online here: brill.com/view/journal... And stay tuned for more info about featured articles!

Hello everyone! I am @maximemorel.bsky.social, and I will be managing this account. This includes updates and information about #NDH6 and its participants, but also sharing news about NDH network members and their research. Please feel free to reach out to me if you would like to share something!