Call for papers to a remote workshop „90 years of sanctions policy in Scandinavia, the Baltic States, and the Mediterranean region: From the Italian-Ethiopian War to Russia's war against Ukraine“
Over the past century, economic and diplomatic sanctions have become key instruments of international pressure. From the League of Nations' response to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in 1935 to the sanctions regimes imposed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Baltic and Scandinavian regions have played various roles as actors, arenas, and observers in global sanctions regimes. However, the longue durée of sanctions in this geopolitical space remains understudied, and this seminar will seek to examine the history, implementation, impact, and perception of sanctions in the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Scandinavian regions from the interwar period to the present day. We invite proposals for papers that examine sanctions as instruments of foreign policy, ideological expression, or economic strategy, taking into account their intended and unintended consequences in political, social, and cultural terms.
The seminar will be held in English, 4 December 2025. Please send abstracts with academic CVs to by September 30, 2025. The final program for the remote seminar will be announced in October–November 2025.