Project description DEENESFRITPL Historical states: gone but not forgotten The political map was a lot different in the 18th and 19th centuries, when there were hundreds of independent states. Even though they no longer appear on today’s maps, they are not forgotten. They are ‘historical states’ that have left behind institutions, symbols and elite networks. The ERC-funded LEGACIES project will explore the impacts of historical states on patterns of conflict and democracy in the modern world. It will apply a new method to generate high-resolution data on the topographies of statehood, globally, between 1750-1920. Based on this new method, the project will transcend 2D Cartesian mapping assumptions. It will use the high-resolution LEGACIES' data to estimate how historical statehood has shaped contemporary patterns of dissent and democracy. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective While today’s political map divides the globe into about 200 sovereign states, there were hundreds more in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although most of these “historical states” no longer appear on modern maps, they have left behind institutions, symbols, and elite networks. What are the legacies of these “historical states”? We propose a new theoretical framework to unpack the impacts of historical states on patterns of conflict and democracy in the modern world and a powerful new method capable of generating high-resolution data on the topographies of statehood, globally, between 1750-1920. Our method overcomes major limitations and obstacles in current practices of studying the legacies of historical states and enables us to transcend 2D Cartesian mapping assumptions that are poorly equipped to render statehood in what were often decentralized international systems. Drawing on our new theoretical framework, we use the high-resolution LEGACIES data to estimate how historical statehood has shaped contemporary patterns of dissent and democracy. Our project has the potential to transform the way international relations scholars see and understand the international system(s) of the 18th and 19th centuries and how these legacies have shaped the political contours of the modern world. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyplanetary sciencesplanetary geologysocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracy Keywords historical states mapping dissent democratization Programme(s) HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-2021-COG - ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS Call for proposal ERC-2021-COG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC Grants Coordinator NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU Net EU contribution € 1 977 464,00 Address Hogskoleringen 1 7491 Trondheim Norway See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
