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Conference Day 1: Errors in Early Modern Diplomacy
If you would like to attend please email earlymoderndiplomacy@torch.ox.ac.uk
All times are Greenwich Mean Time (London time)
DAY 1: 10 November 13:00-18:00
13.00-13.15 Welcome, Introductory Remarks
Ruggero Sciuto (University of Oxford) & Tracey Sowerby (University of Oxford)
13.15-14.15 Panel 1: The Meaning and Aftermath of (Mis)translation(s)
Na Chang (Nanjing University), ‘Errors and Mistranslations at the Beginning of Sino-Spanish Diplomatic Relations’
Xia-Kang Ziyi (University of Oxford), ‘Finding the Right Word: (Mis)Translating Political Systems in Early Modern Japan-Korea Relations’
14.15-14.45 Break
14.45-16.15 Panel 2: Errors in Conceiving Embassies and Problems of Preparation
Shahid Hussain (University College, London), ‘Timothy Willis and his Errors in Muscovy: Diplomatic Preparation and Networks’
Kerrewin Van Blanken (Royal Dutch Academy for Arts and Sciences), ‘Sinister Impressions: The Failed Franco-Dutch Negotiations of 1621’
Stephen Griffin (University of Limerick), ‘A Comedy of Errors? Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton and his Missions to Vienna and Madrid, 1725-1726’
16.15-16.45 Break
17.00-18.00 Panel 3: Writing about Errors and Errors in Writing
Stephan Mai (University of Vienna), ‘Cette faute n’est pas pardonnable…: The Treatment of Errors in Diplomatic Treatises in the C17th and C18th’
Ruggero Sciuto (University of Oxford), ‘Drafting and Correcting a Diplomatic Text: Voltaire’s and François de Bussy’s Représentation aux Etats de l’Empire’
Date:
10 November 2021, 13:00
Venue:
Zoom webinar
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department:
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Part of:
Early Modern Diplomacy c.1400-1800
Booking required?:
Required
Booking email:
earlymoderndiplomacy@torch.ox.ac.uk
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
