Diplomatic capitals. Transformations, (De)localizations, Legitimations since 1945

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Diplomatic capitals. Transformations, (De)localizations, Legitimations since 1945

Organizer
Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Sciences-Po Aix, UCLouvain
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Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris
ZIP
75003
Location
Paris
Country
France
Takes place
Hybrid
From - Until
06.06.2023 - 07.06.2023
Website
https://www.dhi-paris.fr/veranstaltungsdetails/seminare/SeminarTime/detail/online-und-vor-ort-diplomatische-hauptstaedte3948.html
By
Jürgen Finger, Abteilung 19.-21. Jahrhundert, Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris

The concept of “diplomatic capital” was developed on the basis of European experience in order to examine the particular relevance of such cities in the context of the restructuring of international relations since 1945. The workshop will examine how and where cities on all continents succeeded in establishing themselves as diplomatic capitals.

Diplomatic capitals. Transformations, (De)localizations, Legitimations since 1945

The concept of “diplomatic capital” was developed on the basis of European experience (cf. Badel, Revue historique, 2022-3, no. 703) in order to examine the particular relevance of such cities in the context of the restructuring of international relations since 1945. Diplomatic capitals are thereby set apart from international capitals (as they are not necessarily a seat of a government) or global cities. The term is aimed at, but not limited to, cities where international organisations have their headquarters, where diplomatic talks are held on the occasion of conferences of non-governmental organisations, congresses of activists or in other forums. Since 1945, they have spread to all continents, not least because decolonised states have been able to participate in the functioning of the international order in hosting such events. The workshop will look at non-European cities that were able to assert themselves as diplomatic capitals during and after the Cold War and in which the transformations of both multilateralism and the respective regional and municipal spaces after 1945 can be analysed.

The workshop is organised by Laurence Badel (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Nicolas Badalassi (Sciences-Po Aix), Jürgen Finger (German Historical Institute), Anne-Sophie Gijs (UCLouvain).

Programm

Capitales diplomatiques
Transformations, (dé)localisations, légitimations depuis 1945
Transformationen, (De-)Lokalisierungen, Legitimationen seit 1945
Transformations, (De)localizations, Legitimations since 1945

Zoom Meeting Registration: https://t1p.de/CapDiplo-Paris

6 June 2023

14h00 Welcome and Introduction
Thomas Maissen (Institut historique allemand): Welcoming Remarks
Laurence Badel (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/UMR Sirice): Introduction

14h30: Beyrouth – Addis Abeba – Le Caire
Chair: Anne-Sophie Gijs (UCLouvain)

Angela Kahil (Inalco, Paris): Beyrouth, la construction d’une capitale diplomatique régionale après 1945?

Delphine Lecoutre (Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies, Paris/University Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan): Stratégies diplomatiques, institutionnelles et culturelles de l’Éthiopie pour faire d’Addis Abeba la capitale diplomatique de l’Afrique

Eric Burton (University of Innsbruck), Karine Ramondy (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/UMR Sirice): Cairo’s Widows of Anticolonialism: Female Exile in a Hub of Decolonization, 1956–1970

17h15: La Havane – Belgrade
Chair: Nicolas Badalassi (Sciences-Po Aix)

Étienne Morales (Univ. Sorbonne Nouvelle/CREDA): La Havane, capitale du Sud global? La diplomatie à l’aéroport (1959–1979)

Nemanja Radonjić (University of Belgrade): A Nonaligned and an Anticolonial Metropolis. Building New Political Representations of Belgrade in the Global 1960s

7 June 2023
9h30: Accra – Abuja – Durban
Chair: Jürgen Finger (Institut historique allemand)

Frank Gerits (University of Utrecht): Accra, the Diplomatic Capital of the African Revolution, 1957–1966

Adesoji Adedipe (University of Kansas): Diplomatic (De)Localization – (Dis)Placements and (Dis)Locations in Africa: Abuja and Durban in Comparative Perspective

11h00 Final discussion

Contact (announcement)

jfinger@dhi-paris.fr

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