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Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev (2017)
Journal Article
Sharipova, L. (2018). Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 69(2), 278-299. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046917000768

The article is based on the case study of Sister Asklipiodata, a Jewish convert to Christianity, who became a member of the monastic community in one of Kiev’s Orthodox convents in the second half of the eighteenth century. It explores the ways in wh... Read More about Of meat, men and property: the troubled career of a convert nun in eighteenth-century Kiev.

Conspiracy, Coup d'état and Civil War in Seville, 1936-1939: History and Myth in Francoist Spain (2017)
Book
Emanuel Leitao Prazeres Serem, R. (2017). Conspiracy, Coup d'état and Civil War in Seville, 1936-1939: History and Myth in Francoist Spain. Eastbourne: Sussex Academic Press

Conspiracy, Coup d’état and Civil War in Seville, 1936–1939 dissects the conspiracy against the democratic Second Spanish Republic in the context of the uprising and civil war in Seville, the capital of Spain’s largest region, Andalusia, and the most... Read More about Conspiracy, Coup d'état and Civil War in Seville, 1936-1939: History and Myth in Francoist Spain.

Ambassador George Buchanan and the July Crisis (2017)
Journal Article
Young, J. W. (2018). Ambassador George Buchanan and the July Crisis. International History Review, 40(1), 206-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2017.1357645

During the July Crisis, the United Kingdom was put under strong pressure from Russia and the latter’s ally, France, to declare it would fight alongside them. Britain had made the entente cordiale with France in 1904 and a Convention with Russia in 19... Read More about Ambassador George Buchanan and the July Crisis.

Michael Palliser (2017)
Book Chapter
Young, J. W. (2019). Michael Palliser. In A. Holt, & W. Dockter (Eds.), Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister: Foreign Affairs from Churchill to Thatcher (97-117). Routledge

Michael Palliser was unique among the Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister, later held the highest position in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, serving as Permanent Under-Secretary (PUS) for seven years, in 1975–1982. The task of PS could be... Read More about Michael Palliser.

The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815: diplomacy, political culture and sociability (2017)
Journal Article
Kwan, J. (in press). The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815: diplomacy, political culture and sociability. Historical Journal, 60(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X17000085

On 29 November 1814, the Austrian Emperor Francis, the Russian Tsar Alexander, and the Prussian King Frederick Wilhelm, along with 6,000 others, attended a concert in Vienna's Redouten Hall; Beethoven personally conducted three of his works: the Seve... Read More about The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815: diplomacy, political culture and sociability.

Opening legations: Japan’s first resident minister and the diplomatic corps in Europe (2017)
Journal Article
Cobbing, A. (2017). Opening legations: Japan’s first resident minister and the diplomatic corps in Europe. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 28(2), 195-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2017.1309874

This analysis shows how Japanese legations, first established in Europe during the 1870s, were not just symbolic gestures but played a key role in the Meiji government’s quest for international recognition. The concept of resident ambassador was unfa... Read More about Opening legations: Japan’s first resident minister and the diplomatic corps in Europe.

Public ritual and the proclamation of Richard Cromwell in English towns, September 1658 (2017)
Journal Article
Calladine, A. (in press). Public ritual and the proclamation of Richard Cromwell in English towns, September 1658. Historical Journal, 61(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X17000048

The requirement to proclaim Richard Cromwell lord protector in September 1658 forced town leaders to engage with an unstable political context through the production of a large-scale public event. This article examines the ceremonies used in a range... Read More about Public ritual and the proclamation of Richard Cromwell in English towns, September 1658.

Rediscovering the region: the West German daily press in the 1970s (2017)
Journal Article
Haase, C., & Kraiker, C.-W. (2017). Rediscovering the region: the West German daily press in the 1970s. German History, 35(2), 247–271. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghx042

After Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik, West Germans began to accept the more permanent division of the country and rediscovered the regional fundaments of their federal political system. A catalyst for this process was provided by a massive regionalization... Read More about Rediscovering the region: the West German daily press in the 1970s.