Date: 2011
Type: Working Paper
Bringing the Diplomat Back In: Elements of a New Historical Research Agenda
Working Paper, EUI RSCAS, 2011/13
GRAM-SKJOLDAGER, Karen, Bringing the Diplomat Back In: Elements of a New Historical Research Agenda, EUI RSCAS, 2011/13 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/15952
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In the 20th century and since 1945 in particular the institution of diplomacy has changed. While
traditional bilateral diplomatic relations have expanded rapidly as a consequence of decolonisation,
other developments have challenged the very nature of existing diplomatic practices. The overall aim
of this paper is to reflect on how, from a historical starting point, one can grapple with the changes
diplomacy has undergone in an increasingly interconnected and institutionally integrated world. It
argues that in order to do so it is necessary to bring the historical study of diplomacy into dialogue
with recent transnational perspectives and to draw inspiration from the political and social sciences. It
tentatively attempts to develop such a new historical approach and it conducts a pilot study into how
increased regional European economic cooperation in the 1950s and 1960s contributed to reshaping
diplomatic roles and patterns of actions in the Danish Foreign Service.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/15952
ISSN: 1028-3625
Series/Number: EUI RSCAS; 2011/13