Location
Aberystwyth University
Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern (c.1500 – 1850)
12th-13th June 2025 | Aberystwyth University
‘Far from Home’
After a successful conference in May 2024 we are proud to advertise the Second Annual Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern at Aberystwyth University. Our project aims to bring together researchers from around the globe for authoritative and constructive discussion on the medium of communication and exchange. The conference is broad in its approach and encourages the promotion of innovative research which touches upon communication history.
From dissenters to diplomats, students to soldiers, peddlers to priests; people in the early modern world were always on the move. They were often situated in strange new cultures and exchanged their ideas in faraway places. The continued improvements of roads and waystations made it possible for an increasingly mobile community to travel effectively, and return correspondence bound for home efficiently. In time, smaller but distinct communities composed of exiles and expatriates started to take shape, often in the shadow of European nation building. Although away from home plenty of writers still looked to be proactively engaged in the affairs of their friends, families and followers. Our intention for this year’s theme ‘Far from home’ is to approach the wide-ranging topic of mobility and situate it at the very heart of early modern communication and exchange. This conference will explore the value of cultural and intellectual mobility as well as the diverse practices of networking in the early modern world.
Please find the google form for registration here: https://forms.gle/RZcQSQG41og8NWNp9