On 14th January 1814, the Peace of Kiel was concluded, which reshaped the map of Northern Europe. The workshop investigates the historical background, the negotiations themselves and their consequences in a European and global perspective.
 

Programme:
 

Thursday, April 18th:

15:00 - 15:20 Uhr - Opening & Welcome - Susanne Gaschke (Major of Kiel), Sven Erik Svedman (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway), Markus Hundt (Dean of the           Faculty of Arts, Kiel University)
15:20 - 15:50 Uhr - The sudden death of a small empire. - Steen Bo Frandsen (Sonderborg)

Reception

Denmark and the Peace of Kiel

16:40 - 17:20 Uhr - The Danish decision to cede Norway and the conclusion of the peace treaty of Kiel. - Michael Bregnsbo (Odense)
17:20 - 18:00 Uhr - Impacts of the defeat. The Danish state in the wake of the catastrophe of 1814. - Rasmus Glenthoj (Copenhagen)
18:00 - 18:40 Uhr - Kiel 1814: Sociological observations of an improbable order. - Lars Clausen (Sonderborg)

Evening-lecture

19:00 Uhr - Nicht nur 1814: Die Konstruktion einer Nation aus der Niederlage.

Friday, April 19th

09:00 - 09:40 Uhr - The hardships of the Swedish occupation on everyday life in Kiel in the winter of 1813/14. - Marin Rackwitz (Kiel)
09:40 - 10:20 Uhr - Between Denmark and Germany? The University Kiel around 1814. - Lena Cordes (Kiel)
10:20 - 10:30 Uhr - Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00 Uhr - Northern Europe in the University Library Kiel: Using the internet to find scientific information on the Peace of Kiel. - Ruth Sindt (KIel)
11:00 - 11:40 Uhr - Peace for the North. The treaty´s anniversary exhibition in 2014. - Sonja Kinzler (Bremen)
11:40 - 12:20 Uhr - Lunch break

Norway

12:20 - 13:00 Uhr - Under Danish-Norwegian law, the Kiel Treaty returnet sovereignty to the Norwegian people. - Ola Mestad (Oslo)
13:00 - 13:40 Uhr - Eidsvoll - on constitutional ground. - Erik Jondell (Eidsvoll)

Sweden

13:50 - 14:30 Uhr - An European and a Scandinavian power? The Peace of Kiel ans Sweden´s strategical situation in the years 1813 and 1815. - Lars Ericson Wolke (Stockholm)
14:30 - 15:10 Uhr - Crisis in the periphery. Pomerania between 1803 and 1815.  - Robert Riemer (Greifswald)

Saturday, April 20th

The North Sea, Atlantic and Indian Ocean

09:00 - 09:40 Uhr - The Treaty of Kiel 1814: The fate of the North Atlantic dependencies with special regard to Iceland.  - Anna Agnarsdottir (Reykjavik)
09:40 - 10:20 Uhr - 1814: Could it habe been otherwise? The Peace of Kiel with special regard to Greenland. - Thorkild Kjaergaard (Nuuk/Godthaab)
10:20 - 10:40 Uhr - Coffee break
10:40 - 11:20 Uhr - Serampore - A Danish trading post in India during the Napoleonic Wars. - Simon Rastén (Copenhagen)
11:20 - 12:00 Uhr - From Helgoland to Heligoland. - Martin Krieger (Kiel)

End of the Conference

Host & Organization:
Steen Bo Frandsen (Syddansk Universitet)
Martin Krieger (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)

In cooperation with:
Stadt- und Schifffahrtsmuseum Kiel

Contact/Registration:
Martin Krieger (Christian-Albrechts-Universtität zu Kiel)