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GRI Book Launch: Britain and the International Civil Service
Location
Swem Library, G30, The Hive Event Space400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
- Free food
- Open to the public
- Registration/RSVP
Join William & Mary’s Global Research Institute for the launch of Britain and the International Civil Service (Routledge, 2024), written by W&M Professor Amy Limoncelli. Dr. Limoncelli writes a book that will appeal to scholars of internationalism and modern history at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as specialists and international civil servants themselves.
A presentation and Q&A will take place on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 5:30 pm in The Hive Event Space (ground floor of the Swem Library). A light reception will follow immediately after the event on the Conservation Patio.
After the First and Second World Wars, the victorious powers established international organizations such as the League of Nations and the United Nations in an attempt to institutionalize peace. The staff of these bodies became known as the international civil service, which pledged loyalty to the aims of the organization rather than their home government. For much of the twentieth century, Britons were the most or second-most represented nationality in the international civil service. Why did so many Britons participate? This book shows how British planners at the League based the international civil service on the British civil services and how subsequent British governments encouraged high rates of participation as a way to project influence and goodwill as the British Empire declined.
Co-sponsored by W&M Libraries and the Department of History.
Sponsored by: Global Research Institute
Contact
Tiffany Clarke