Events

Past Event

Book Launch: "Securing Europe after Napoleon: 1815 and the New European Security Culture"

February 27, 2019
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Speakers:

  • Ido de Haan, Professor of Political History, Utrecht University, & Queen Wilhelmina Visiting Professor, Columbia University
  • Beatrice de Graaf, Professor of History of International Relations & Global Governance,Utrecht University
  • Brian Vick, Associate Professor of History, Emory University

Moderated by: Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History & Director of the European Institute

After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the leaders of Europe aimed to establish a new balance of power. The 1815 Congress of Vienna ushered in the emergence of a genuinely European security culture. Securing Europe after Napoleonoffers new insights into the military cooperation, ambassadorial conferences, transnational police networks, and international commissions that helped produce stability.

Co-sponsored by the European Institute, the Studies of the Dutch-Speaking World, the Department of History, and the Maison Française.