Austrian Journal of Historical Studies

Editors: Falko Schnicke

Editorial staff: Alexandra Preitschopf

The positions summarised as New Diplomatic History (NDH) represent one of the most important innovations in the history of politics and diplomacy in recent decades. They have not only changed the way we look at diplomacy historically, but have also broadened our understanding of diplomacy itself. The focus on new actors such as non-state or unofficial diplomats has nuanced the understanding of who can conduct diplomacy. The focus on transnational negotiations with or between sub-state actors raised the question of how national diplomacy is. And the focus on diplomatic practices drew attention to the fact that diplomacy is more than its outcome.
The issue takes up these perspectives critically and discusses the potentials of access using examples such as new spaces (airports), new actors (Indian princes and students) and new perspectives (diplomatic knowledge, rhetorics of diplomacy, media of diplomacy). The contributions range from the early modern period to the Cold War, deal with European and non-European topics and are all based on concrete empirical findings.

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The volume is also published as a print-version in StudienVerlag. Coverdesign by himmel. Studio für Design und Kommunikation, Typesetting: Marianne Oppel, Cover: StudienVerlag/Karin Berner.

222 pp., EUR 38,--, ISBN 978-3-7065-6368-0; ISSN 1016-765 X