Early Modern Diplomacy c.1400-1800

Seminars will take place on Tuesdays of even weeks at 16:15 in the Swire Seminar Room, University College, 12 Merton Street, unless otherwise stated, and online via Zoom; the Zoom link will be sent to our mailing list.

Tea and coffee will be served before the seminar from c. 16:05

If you are not on the mailing list, and wish to attend online, please contact: Dr Tracey Sowerby mailto:tracey.sowerby@history.ox.ac.uk to receive the link.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Tracey Sowerby, Antonio Pattori
Timing: Tuesdays 16:15-17:45, Weeks 2, 4, & 6
Web Address: https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/diplomacy-in-early-modern-period-1400-1800#/
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

Talks:

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Discussion session on sub-ambassadorial diplomatic actors
Date: 4 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Discussion session
Venue: University College, High Street OX1 4BH
Venue Details: Swire Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

A French Resident at the Nawab's Court: Indo-French Diplomacy in Early Colonial India
Date: 18 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Aditi Gupta (University of Oxford)
Venue: University College, High Street OX1 4BH
Venue Details: Swire Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Macartney and the Manchus: The Impact of British understandings of Qing Ethnic Tensions on Sino-British Relations
Date: 2 December 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Ross Moncrieff (University of Oxford)
Venue: University College, High Street OX1 4BH
Venue Details: Swire Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark