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SUMMARY:Sovereignty and Imperialism: Non-European Powers in the Age of Emp
 ire - Speaker to be confirmed
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DESCRIPTION:In the heyday of empire\, most of the world was ruled\, direct
 ly or indirectly\, by the European powers. On the eve of the First World W
 ar\, only a few non-European states had maintained their formal sovereignt
 y: Abyssinia (Ethiopia)\, China\, Japan\, the Ottoman Empire\, Persia (Ira
 n)\, and Siam (Thailand). Some others kept their independence for a while\
 , but then succumbed to imperial powers\, such as Hawaii\, Korea\, Madagas
 car\, and Morocco. Facing imperialist incursion\, the political elites of 
 these countries sought to overcome their political vulnerability by engagi
 ng with the European powers and seeking recognition as equals.\n\nThe conf
 erence ‘Sovereignty and Imperialism: Non-European Powers in the Age of E
 mpire’ will explore how diplomats\, military officials\, statesmen\, and
  monarchs of the independent non-European states struggled to keep Europea
 n imperialism at bay. It will address four major aspects of the relations 
 of these countries with the Western imperial powers: armed conflict and mi
 litary reform (Panel 1)\; capitulations\, unequal treaties\, and subsequen
 t engagement with European legal codes (Panel 2)\; royalty and courts (Pan
 el 3)\; and diplomatic encounters (Panel 4). Bringing together scholars fr
 om across the world\, the conference will be the first attempt to provide 
 comparative perspectives on the non-European powers’ engagement with the
  European empires in the era of high imperialism.
LOCATION:CRASSH\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 
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