'Paper Princes' is excited to announce the project's upcoming international conference
The Politics of Paper in the early modern world
9-10 JUNE 2016, Groningen, The Netherlands
Even in today's digital age, paper is so ubiquitous that we often overlook it. But at the dawn of the 'modern' era, paper was a brand-new (communications) technology that fundamentally influenced politics and political practices in myriad ways.
This two-day conference brings together scholars and paper experts working across a range of disciplines and geographic areas who are interested in the ways in which paper supported, shaped, or otherwise influenced practices of politics and political communications in the period ca.1250-ca.1850. It aims to sketch a more integral picture of the ways in which paper permitted early modern politics and political communications to unfold. To do so, it traces paper's 'life-cycle' across four themes: paper as circulating commodity and material artifact; paper in the emergence of epistolary cultures, the post, and news; paper as tool of governance, information-management, and diplomacy; and paper in the archives and archival practices. The conference also seeks to foster dialogue with colleagues studying societies where paper was present longer.
This two-day conference brings together scholars and paper experts working across a range of disciplines and geographic areas who are interested in the ways in which paper supported, shaped, or otherwise influenced practices of politics and political communications in the period ca.1250-ca.1850. It aims to sketch a more integral picture of the ways in which paper permitted early modern politics and political communications to unfold. To do so, it traces paper's 'life-cycle' across four themes: paper as circulating commodity and material artifact; paper in the emergence of epistolary cultures, the post, and news; paper as tool of governance, information-management, and diplomacy; and paper in the archives and archival practices. The conference also seeks to foster dialogue with colleagues studying societies where paper was present longer.
The program has been posted!
You can register to attend at politicsofpaper.wix.com/politicsofpaper or by emailing infoATgcb.nl.
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Confirmed Keynote Speakers include:
You can register to attend at politicsofpaper.wix.com/politicsofpaper or by emailing infoATgcb.nl.
Due to recent changes to Internet Explorer, the website works best on IE10 or higher and on other browsers like Safari or Firefox.
For the latest updates visit the Conference website, at
http://politicsofpaper.wix.com/politicsofpaper
or the conference Facebook page, at
https://www.facebook.com/Politics-of-Paper-1682012498751210/
Please share the program or this poster with any interested colleagues, friends, or students!
Confirmed Keynote Speakers include:

Plenary Address:
Lothar Müller, Feuillton-Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung; Honorarprofessor, Institut für deutsche Literatur, Humboldt-Universität, Germany. Author of Weisse Magie. Die Epoche des Papiers (2012); transl. White Magic. The Age of Paper (2014/15).
Lothar Müller, Feuillton-Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung; Honorarprofessor, Institut für deutsche Literatur, Humboldt-Universität, Germany. Author of Weisse Magie. Die Epoche des Papiers (2012); transl. White Magic. The Age of Paper (2014/15).

Theme I Keynote: Paper as Manufacture, Trade Commodity and Circulating Material Artifact
Jonathan M. Bloom, Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art, Boston College, USA; Hamad Bin Khalifa Endowed Chair in Islamic Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. Author of Paper before Print: the History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic Lands (2001).
Jonathan M. Bloom, Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art, Boston College, USA; Hamad Bin Khalifa Endowed Chair in Islamic Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. Author of Paper before Print: the History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic Lands (2001).

Theme II Keynote: Paper in the Emergence of Epistolary Cultures, Postal Services, and the News
Andrew Pettegree, Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews, UK; Director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue. Author of The Invention of News (2014); Brand Luther: 1517, Print and the Making of the Reformation (2015).
Andrew Pettegree, Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews, UK; Director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue. Author of The Invention of News (2014); Brand Luther: 1517, Print and the Making of the Reformation (2015).

Theme III Keynote: Paper as a Tool of Governance, Diplomacy, and Political Information Management
Jacob Soll, Professor of History and Accounting, University of Southern California-Dornsife, USA. Author of The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System (2009/11); The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations (2014); The Enlightenment Library and the Quest for Universal Knowledge (forthcoming).
Jacob Soll, Professor of History and Accounting, University of Southern California-Dornsife, USA. Author of The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System (2009/11); The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations (2014); The Enlightenment Library and the Quest for Universal Knowledge (forthcoming).
Theme IV: Paper in the Archives and in Early Modern Archival Practices
Roundtable on paper in the archives and in archival practices with:
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For questions regarding the conference, please email the conference organisers at
politicsofpaperATgmail.com
politicsofpaperATgmail.com