Conference: "The Power of Peace: New Perspectives on the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)"

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Conference preview in the Harvard Gazette: "Lessons, warnings in a centuries-old peace. Harvard conference takes a look back at Congress of Vienna"

Essay in E-International Relations: "The Power of Peace: Why 1814 Might Matter More than 1914"

PROGRAM

02:00-04:00 PM

Opening Remarks: David Armitage (Department of History and CES, Harvard) Chair

Stella Ghervas (CES, Harvard; MSHA, Bordeaux)
"'Peace is for the Strong, War is for the Weak': The Congress of Vienna as an Instrument of Power"

Mark Jarrett (Author of The Congress of Vienna and its Legacy: War and Great Power Diplomacy after Napoleon):
"Recasting Central Europe: 'Hard' and 'Soft Power' at the Congress of Vienna"

Brian Vick (Emory University):
"From London and Lübeck to Geneva and Algiers: Abolition of the Slave Trade and Barbary Captivity at the Congress of Vienna"

Glenda Sluga (Sydney University) [via videoconference]:
"Sexual Congress: Women, Intimacy and 'International' Politics in Vienna, 1814-1815"

4:00-4:30 PM Coffee Break

4:30-6:00 PM Comments and Discussion:

Alison Frank Johnson (Harvard University)
Charles Maier (Harvard University)

6:00-7:00 PM Reception in honor of Professor Maier in the CES Atrium