Let's Dance! Early Modern Diplomacy and French Festival Culture, 1572-1615 (book launch)
Let's Dance! Early Modern Diplomacy and French Festival Culture, 1572-1615 (book launch)
College of Arts School of Modern Languages and Cultures Stirling Maxwell Centre
Date: Thursday 02 November 2023
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Venue: Archives and Special Collections Seminar Room, University of Glasgow Library
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Bram van Leuveren (Leiden University)
Website: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mlc/resschol/clust-centr/smc/
Bram van Leuveren will be presenting his latest book, Early Modern Diplomacy and French Festival Culture in a European Context, 1572–1615 (Leiden: Brill, 2022).
Bram van Leuveren explores the rich festival culture of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century France as a tool for diplomacy. Bram van Leuveren examines how the late Valois and early Bourbon rulers of the kingdom made conscious use of festivals to advance their diplomatic interests in a war-torn Europe and how diplomatic stakeholders from across the continent participated in and responded to the theatrical and ceremonial events that featured at these festivals. Analysing a large body of multilingual eyewitness and commemorative accounts, as well as visual and material objects, Van Leuveren argues that French festival culture operated as a contested site where the diplomatic concerns of stakeholders from various national, religious, and social backgrounds fought for recognition.
This is a hybrid event (in-person and online).
- To attend in-person: members of the public who do not hold a University of Glasgow Library Card should consult the Library’s Visitors’ page on https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/visitors/ for access details.
- To attend this event online, get your unique Zoom link from https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctde-oqTovHdSJKlFwPmjBlFBWNJ9TboXN.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to receive a discount voucher for the book at the event.