Re-imagining Democracy: Central and Northern Europe

This seminar will feature papers which set the scene for understanding the process by which ‘democracy’ became a modern political concept (as opposed to one mainly used to think about the ancient world) in Germany and lands adjacent: the Netherlands, Switzerland, Habsburg lands, Poland, and Nordic countries, with some attention to Russia. The project has already given rise to three collective volumes which explore its different histories in different regions: see our website, Re-imagining Democracy re-imaginingdemocracy.com. This series will set the scene for a fourth and final volume. Papers will range over various aspects of the political culture of the region. The seminar is expected to meet three times in Michaelmas Term, four times in Trinity Term. You are welcome to attend for any paper that interests you. Those interested in the project as a whole may be invited to other project events.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Joanna Innes (Somerville), Mark Philp (Oriel/Warwick), With support from Peter Wilson (All Souls)
Timing: Fridays at 14:00 unless otherwise stated
Web Address: https://re-imaginingdemocracy.com/

Talks:

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The road to democracy in Sweden
Date: 23 May 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Erik Bengtsson (Lund University)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: Robert Beddard Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Sovereign illusions: Hugo Grotius, royal power and the estates in eighteenth-century Hungary
Date: 30 May 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Benedek Varga (Cambridge/Vienna)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: Robert Beddard Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Revolutionary Democracy: The German Lands in 1848-9
Date: 6 June 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Mark Hewitson (KCL)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: Robert Beddard Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

A momentous decade of (in)decision: Reassessing the 1860s in German political history
Date: 13 June 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Jasper Heinzen (University of York)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: Robert Beddard Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark