The project held its second international conference on 28–29 May in Bucharest at the New Europe College. The conference titled Accessing Arcana Imperii: Diplomatic Practices of Early Modern Small States in Eastern Europe welcomed researchers from several countries to discuss the informal diplomatic practices of Eastern European small states.

The project will hold its upcoming conference in Bucharest on 28–29 May. The program of the conference is available here.

The SMALLST project, in collaboration with the Islamic Studies Institute of the Heidelberg University and the Warsaw Centre for Global History of the University of Warsaw, organized a workshop in Heidelberg.

The 12/2 (2023) issue of the Hungarian Historical Review focusing on forms of Early Modern diplomacy featured papers from two members of our project.

We invite scholars of the Early Modern period to our second international conference, to join us in our discussion on the informal channels of diplomacy

The first international conference organised by our project was held in Budapest on the 30–31st of May 2023. Titled Navigating the Society of Princes: The Strategies of Early Modern Small States in Their Foreign Policy, the event welcomed researchers from a wide range of countries, presenting papers on a variety of topics.