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The Napoleonic Continental System: Local, European, and Global Experiences and Consequences
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Conference Date: | 2011-05-19 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-04-15 |
| Announcement ID: |
175626 |
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This conference treats the Continental System within a long chronological framework that includes its origins in mercantilism and economic warfare prior to Napoleon’s Berlin Decrees in 1806 as well as its short and long-term significance in political, social-economic and commercial development. This conference is also interested in both the local and global -the micro and the macro- significance of the Continental System from shifts in commerce in individual port cities like Amsterdam to new developments in colonial commerce in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Beyond the military and economic consequences of the Continental System, increased poverty and wealth developed alongside new social structures as merchants migrated to avoid the system, and sailors, labourers, fishermen, and other ordinary folk sought alternative forms of livelihood. Proposals are invited on any aspect of interdisciplinary research relating to the Continental System, including the following themes:
New historiographical interpretations of the Continental System and its role in the Napoleonic Empire
Uniqueness of the Napoleonic Blockade as an instrument of war and the structural consequences in economic warfare
Role and consequences of naval warfare, including the North American War of 1812
Social consequences: increase in poverty, population migration, protest, social stratification, gendered experiences
Alternatives to the System: black market trade, smuggling, and imperial corruption
Experiences of port cities, economic regions, commercial networks, and global trade
Political consequences of the Continental System on a local and European level
Regional differences in the application and consequences of the System
The role of the Continental System in the Trans-Atlantic World
The global implications of the Continental System: extent of the global network, intensity of global interconnectedness, and impact of global interconnectedness.
Damage and economic reconstruction following the Continental System
Proposals are invited for individual papers and panel sessions. The Conference will be held May 19-21, 2011 at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Applicants should submit a 500 word proposal and a brief cv (in Word or PDF) by May 15, 2010. Participants whose papers have been accepted will be notified by July 15, 2010. We need a final version of your paper by April 1, 2011 for precirculation and comment that relates the papers to the session theme.
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Organizer Dr. Johan Joor, International Institute of Social History, P.O. Box 2169, 1000 CD Amsterdam, The Netherlands, jjo@iisg.nl and Co-Organizer Dr. Katherine B. Aaslestad, Associate Professor, Department of History of West Virginia University, 220 Woodburn Hall, PO 6303, Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506-6303 USA,
Email: katherine.aaslestad@mail.wvu.edu
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