David Motadel to speak at the Kantorowicz Lecture in Political Language on June 14 on global monarchy in the imperial age

Monarchy is one of the oldest socio-political institutions of mankind in global history. With European expansion, however, many non-European monarchies fell victim to European colonialism, making relations with the European courts increasingly of existential political interest, especially for non-European royal houses.
In his lecture “Global Monarchy: Royal Encounters and the World Order in the Imperial Age”, David Motadel addresses the question of how monarchs represented their country during state visits to the courts of Europe and to what extent the political communication and ceremonial of a state visit underpinned the dynastic legitimacy of non-European monarchs and the sovereignty of the country they represented. Dr. David Motadel is Associate Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research interests include the history of modern Europe and its global interdependencies.

The lecture will take place on June 14, 2023 at 6:15 pm in the Hörsaalzentrum, HZ 14 on the Westend campus of Goethe University and is organized by the Research Center for Historical Humanities and the Research Center “Normative Orders” of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.