History of diplomacy
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[Podcast] Diplomacy between tradition and innovation
25 November 2021
Diplomacy · Diplomacy between tradition and innovation [An interview with Ambassador Stefano Baldi] In January 2021, Diplo began a series of online discussions titled History of Diplomacy and Technology, led b...
[New podcast] The telegraph and diplomacy: An interview with Tom Standage
19 August 2021
Foreign policy, History of diplomacy, History of diplomacy and technology
In January 2021, Diplo began a series of online discussions titled History of Diplomacy and Technology led by Dr Jovan Kurbalija. As part of the series, Kurbalija interviewed journalist and author Tom Standage to ta...
[Podcast] Soft and hard power of Byzantine diplomacy
07 June 2021
An interview with Prof. Jonathan Shepard Diplomacy · Soft and hard power of Byzantine diplomacy [Interview with Prof. Jonathan Shepard] In January 2021, Diplo began a series of online discussions titled History...
[Podcast] The history of drinks and diplomacy: An interview with Tom Standage
05 April 2021
Diplomacy · A history of drinks and diplomacy: An interview with Tom Standage In January 2021, Diplo began a series of online discussions titled History of Diplomacy and Technology led by Dr Jovan Kurbalija...
Training and courses
Events
Learning from the past, looking to the future [A historical journey #11]
21 Dec 21 - 21 Dec 21
#Diplomacy: Internet and social media [A historical journey #10]
25 Nov 21 - 25 Nov 21
Telephone diplomacy: Dialling the ‘red line’ [A historical journey #8]
30 Sep 21 - 30 Sep 21
Renaissance diplomacy: Compromise as a solution to conflict [A historical journey #6]
24 Jun 21 - 24 Jun 21
Online
Ancient Greek diplomacy: Politics, new tools, and negotiation [A historical journey #4]
29 Apr 21 - 29 Apr 21
Online
Prehistory: The birth of diplomacy and early ‘technologies’ [A historical journey #2]
25 Feb 21 - 25 Feb 21
Online
[Webinar-2014] Diplomacy and the invention of telephony and wireless communication
01 Oct 14 - 01 Oct 14
Online
[Webinar-2013] Diplomacy and the invention of telephony and wireless communication
26 Jul 13 - 26 Jul 13
Online
Resources
2004
Misunderstood: The IT manager’s lament
Communication between information technologists and their clients – including diplomats - does not work as well as it should. We know that information technology has become ubiquitous. We also know that diplomats rely extensively on web services, electronic mail and ... Read more...
2010
English dragomans and oriental secretaries: the early nineteenth-century origins of the anglicization of the British embassy drogmanat in Constantinople
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2008
Nation, Class, and Diplomacy: The dragomanate of the British embassy in Constantinople, 1814-1914
In Markus Msslang and Torsten Riotte (eds.), The Diplomats’ World: A Cultural History of Diplomacy, 1815-1914 (Oxford University Press for the German Historical Institute, London: Oxford and New York, 2008), pp. 407-31... Read more...
