Rikard Drakenlordh, forskningsassistent i historia, förordnad 27/10-14
Rikard Drakenlordh, born in 1967, has a past as an officer in the Swedish army. In 1999 he graduated fr
om the
University in Linköping with an MA in Cultural Sciences, majoring in
History. Since 2000 he has been working as a teacher in History, Swedish
and English. In July 2013, Rikard was accepted as a part-time/distance
PhD student in History at Bath Spa University. He is researching
British-Swedish Diplomatic Relations in the Era of the American
Revolution, 1773-1783, focusing on the diplomatic problems that
arose during the Russo-Turkish War, the smuggling to the American
colonies from the freeport Marstrand, the effects of the Armed
Neutrality in 1780, and the Swedish trade treaty with the U.S. in 1783.
Rikard is
also researching Charles XII and his involvement with the Jacobite
Madagascar pirates in 1717 and the possibility of Swedish military
support of James Edward Stuart, known as the “Old Pretender”, and the
re-instatement of the same on the British throne.
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Books: |
Andra Världskrigets Aktörer
(Lund, 2001 and 2003), translated into Finnish and Danish in 2004. |
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Conferences where Rikard has given talks: |
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Splendid Encounters II, Downside Abbey, Bath, 5-6 April 2014:
The Diplomatic Problem of the Freeport Marstrand, 1776-1777. |
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Historikermötet i Stockholm, 8-10 May 2014:
The Diplomatic Problem of the
Freeport Marstrand, 1776-1777. |
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| lSplendid Encounters III, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 5-6 March 2015: Charles the XII and the Jacobite Pirates of Madagascar. | |
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Affiliations:
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Premodern Diplomats Network
British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
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Institute of Historical Research
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Carolingian Society
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Strömstad Akademi
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@Drakenlordh |
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Contact: |
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+46 (0)76 116 03 59 |
| Email: |
drakenlordh12@bathspa.ac.uk |