Violence and its Control in Early Modern Europe

York, July 4, 2023 - July 5, 2023
Deadline for submission/application: December 16, 2022

Call for abstracts

 

Interpersonal violence is the product of complex interactions between cultural, social, political and environmental factors and is subject to transformations that reflect on-going changes within society.

In the framework of the MSCA ViolenControl research project, a conference will be hosted at the University of York between 4-5 July 2023.

We welcome papers focused on violence and its control in Early Modern Europe.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Quantitative analysis of violence
  • Peacemaking, public order, and policing
  • Interrelationships between criminal justice and violence
  • Factionalism, political and elite violence
  • Ecological factors and violence
  • Class, gender-based, and collective violence
  • Minorities and violence
  • Spatial patterns of violence

Key-note speaker: Dr. Amanda Madden (George Mason University)

Please send a 300-word abstract and brief biographical statement to Andrew Vidali (andrew.vidali@york.ac.uk) by 16 December 2022.

A selection of papers will be published in a peer-reviewed volume.

Violence and its Control in Early Modern Europe
Location: York
Start Date: July 4, 2023
End Date: July 5, 2023
Deadline for submission/application: December 16, 2022