As the first part of the #emdiplomacy handbook is all about changing perspectives on diplomatic history and exchanging ideas with experts from other disciplines, we want to introduce to you our author @halvardl who is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and an expert on #InternationalRelations, #diplomacy with a special focus on historical international relations and international thought. He also is a member of the editorial team of the European Journal of International Relations and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Historical International Relations: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Historical-International-Relations/Carvalho-Lopez-Leira/p/book/9781032006697 (2/5)
For the handbook he explores the development of the field of #InternationalRelations and its relation to #diplomatic#history. Over the years both fields have often tackled similar questions, according to Leira, but interestingly mostly separately from each other. There has been exchange, but there’s still room for collaboration and learning from each other.
Thus, he gives us some suggestions what the history of #emdiplomacy specifically could learn from International Relations. (3/5)
#IR has a lot to offer, as @halvardl suggests in terms of theorisation and abstraction that could help #historians of #emdiplomacy when they tackle with the difficult questions of what #earlymodern#diplomacy actual is and who and what was a #diplomat. At the same time, he warns historians to be careful when adapting modern concepts like public #diplomacy to avoid anachronism. Moreover, Leira sees lots of potential in comparisons across time and space. This could help #emdiplomacy getting out of its eurocentric bubble. (4/5)
But it’s not only #earlymodern#NewDiplomaticHistory that can learn from an exchange with #IR: @halvardl is sure that this could give #InternationalRelations a better understanding of how and when ‘the international’ emerged and changed. There is much to learn for both sides and we are looking forward to explore at least some of the questions raised by Leira. (5/5)
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