Courting the Maghreb: British Power in the Eighteenth Century Mediterranean Seminar
- Time:
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Date:
- 28 February 2017
- Venue:
- 65/2115 Avenue Campus SO17 1BF. All welcome, refreshments provided.
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Dr Joan Tumblety at J.Tumblety@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
In the eighteenth century consuls, ambassadors and envoys travelled across the linguistic and cultural divide to cultivate an often-uneasy peace Between Britain and the North African “Barbary States.” For the British, good relations with the Maghreb were vital to their Empire in the Mediterranean—providing essential provisions for British garrisons. Rather than any kind of “Pax Britannica,” eighteenth century British power in the Mediterranean depended on deferential diplomacy with North Africa. This talk will discuss the careful diplomatic compromises between Britain and North Africa and the travellers who bridged the political and cultural gulf to negotiate peace and trade.
Speaker information
Dr Alexis Harasemovitch Truax , University of Exeter. A postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Exeter. Her work focuses on the History of the British Empire in the Mediterranean in the eighteenth century, particularly the colonies of Gibraltar and Menorca, and maritime trade with the Maghreb.