Projects
Diplomacy in times of democratisation. An enquiry into the culture of the Belgian diplomatic community, 1910-1940. University of Antwerp
Diplomacy in times of democratisation. An enquiry into the culture of the Belgian diplomatic community, 1910-1940. University of Antwerp
Housing the Nation Abroad. The Belgian Diplomatic Representation through Architecture, Furniture and Art, 1830-1939. KU Leuven
This research project aims to investigate the role attributed to architecture and art in the deployment of the Belgian diplomatic network from the moment of its foundation until the outbreak of the second world war. It will do so by focusing on the embassy building, an architectural typology which gradually emerged within the context of the nineteenth century transformation of national governance. The project questions whether cultural ...
(In)formal Diplomatic Networks and State Legitimation in the Premodern Islamic World: Mahmud Gawan (Bahmani vizier, 1463-1481) and the International Society. University of Antwerp
(In)formal Diplomatic Networks and State Legitimation in the Premodern Islamic World: Mahmud Gawan (Bahmani vizier, 1463-1481) and the International Society. University of Antwerp
Small Players in the Big Game: King Leopold II's Diplomatic Brokers in Late Qing China. University of Antwerp
Small Players in the Big Game: King Leopold II's Diplomatic Brokers in China, 1865-1909. University of Antwerp
Ottoman Diplomats to Belgium: An Online Digitalization Project of Diplomatic Sources University of Antwerp
Spaces of Diplomatic Receptions: Ottoman Habsburg Relations 1500-1700 KU Leuven
In an Early Modern European court, the power seems to be concentrated on the throne and creates a ‘myth’. The throne is placed in the reception/audience chambers which serve for the reception of guests. However, the event of reception is much more complex and exceeds the phenomenon of the throne and the rooms of its placement. Although it was differently designed according to each particular case, the reception was carried as a performance ...