Kick-Off Meeting 2023

SNSF Project SwissBritNet:

Swiss-British Networks of Travel, Migration and Cultural Exchange 1600-1780

Kick-off meeting October 6-7, 2023

University of Basel and online

Welcome (Ina Habermann)

Brief presentation of project and team as well as introduction of participants
'Swiss-British Relations in the early modern period – an overview'

Keynote lecture by Vivienne Larminie with Q&A (Chair Regula Hohl Trillini)
Coffee break
Presentation of database project 'Civility, Cultural Exchange, and Conduct Literature in Early Modern England, 1500-1800', Emma Depledge (Neuchâtel) and Douglas Clark (Manchester) (Chair Ina Habermann)
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 Short break
Inputs on Digital Humanities (Chair Ina Habermann)

Presentation of hallernet (colleagues from University of Bern) with input on Linked Data from Digital Humanities Basel (Rosenthaler/Alassi)

Round table discussion
Apéro riche with informal exchange

"Our Brethren in Switzerland": Actors, Language, Commonalities and the Role of Religion in Anglo-Swiss Networks (16th and 17th Century)

Presentation by Sarah Rindlisbacher with Q&A (Chair Philippe Schmid)
Coffee break
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 Sources, Materials and Contexts (Chair Ina Habermann)

Discussion, feedback from colleagues; challenges and collaboration
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 Short break
Database and digital tools (Chair Lukas Rosenthaler)

Discussion, feedback from colleagues; challenges and collaboration

Final discussion (Chair Ina Habermann)
End of meeting; Lunch