SYMPOSIUM: Small Powers and Maritime Neutrality. Theory and Practice of the Law of Nations (1650-1800) (Paris: Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre, 22 APR 2023)

 

Prof. Frederik Dhondt and dr. Stefano Cattelan convened a symposium on Small Powers and Maritime Neutrality. Theory and Practice of the Law of Nations (1650-1800) at the Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre (Cité internationale universitaire de Paris), in the framework of dr. Cattelan's Carlsberg Fondet Internationalisation Grant (2022-2023). 

We warmly thank all participants for their papers, as well as the Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre, the Carlsberg Fondet and the Research Group CORE for their support. 

The result of the meeting will be submitted as an edited volume to an international publisher. The symposium's progamme can be found below:

Symposium: 

Small Powers and Maritime Neutrality. 

Theory and Practice of the Law of Nations (1650-1800) 

 

Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre 

Paris, France - April 22, 2023

 

Convened by Stefano Cattelan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Carlsberg Foundation) & Frederik Dhondt (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

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9:15 - 9:20 – Welcoming

Stefano Cattelan & Frederik Dhondt 

 

9:20 - 9:40 – Introduction

Frederik Dhondt (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

-       ‘Early Modern Neutrality, une mer sans rivages?’

 

9:40-11:00 – Panel I 

 

9:40 - 10:00	Cathleen Sarti (University of Oxford) -       ‘Trade, War Materials, and Attempts at Neutrality. Gdańsk during the Long 18th Century’
10:00 - 10:20	Stefano Cattelan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Carlsberg Foundation) -       ‘Maritime Neutrality under Pressure: French Diplomacy in Northern Europe during the Nine Years’ War (1688-1697)’
10:20 - 10:40	Christian Pfister (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale) -       ‘La neutralité vue par l’Amirauté de France (XVII-XVIIIème siècle)’
10:40 - 11:00	Discussion

Moderator: Frederik Dhondt 

 

11:20-12:40 – Panel II

 

11:20 - 11:40	Emanuele Salerno (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg) -       ‘Independence and Neutrality in Early Eighteenth-Century Tuscany. The Mémoire presented by Neri Corsini to King George I of England in the bellum diplomaticum between Grand Duchy and Empire (1718)’
11:40 - 12:00	Edward Jones Corredera (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg) -       ‘Balance of Power, Neutrality, and the Turn to Free Trade: Spain as a Small State, c. 1740-1763’
12:00 - 12:20	Nora Naguib Leerberg (University of Oslo) -       ‘Martin Hübner’s Defence of the Rights of Neutrals against Belligerents’
12:20 - 12:40	Discussion

Moderator: Stefano Cattelan 

 

13:00-14:00:  Lunch

 

14:00 - 15:00 – Keynote

Stephen Neff (University of Edinburgh)

-      ‘Building Maritime Neutrality from the Ground Up:  1650-1800'

 

15:20-16:40 – Panel III

 

15:20 - 15:40	John Freeman (University of Greifswald) -       ‘Small Power Neutrality and the Ocean: The Duchy of Courland’s Attempt to Expand both Trade and Neutrality in the Seventeenth Century’
15:40 - 16:00	Leos Müller (Centre for Maritime Studies, Stockholm University) -       ‘Perceptions of Maritime Neutrality and the Law of Nations in Swedish Prize Cases in the British High Court of Admiralty, c. 1750-1800’
16:00 - 16:20	Victor Wilson (Uppsala University) -       ‘Running the Imperial Gauntlet: The Problems and Opportunities of Danish and Swedish Free Port Trade in the Caribbean during the Napoleonic Wars’
16:20 - 16:40	Discussion

            Moderator: Frederik Dhondt 

 

17:00-18:00 — Outlook and conclusions