Reposted by Blue historyDr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The medieval Red Tower (Kızılkule) in Alanya symbolizes the maritime presence of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum (1077–1308) in the Mediterranean. The tower protected the military and commercial harbor especially against the pirate attacks. A short 🧵1/ 📷view from the fortification walls. Oct. 3, 2026 1144
Reposted by Blue historyali-calabres @ali-calabres.bsky.social · 05/10/202603.- 12 MAESTROS CARPINTEROS DEL ARSENAL DE ESTAMBUL: OFERTA DE NUEVOS AGENTES A FELIPE II: www.archivodelafrontera.com/archivos/03-... Dos semanas tras la llegada de Renzo a Estambul, se escribe en nombre de doce maestros carpinteros del Arsenal para que la lleve Renzo a la corte española... 121
Reposted by Blue historyMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#MedievalSky In case your students this week come in w/ questions about the Russian plague case currently in the news, you can tell them: 1) if this is plague (Yersinia pestis), there is nothing unusual about it (a) being in Russia or (b) being the subject of lab research. Plague is worldwide. 26836
Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's always interesting when there are echoes in history. After the battle of Alalia (c540BC) the Carthagenians closed the straights to Greek ships. The Greeks as a consequence relied heavily on trans-gallic land routes to access tin. Then in the 1100s, the Almohads also closed the straights 110
Reposted by Blue historyThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Well well well @lmbd1418.bsky.social - love to be shown I’m wrong (sometimes). Well almost as these aren’t horsies, but close enough for me to be wrong. Facebook, North Africa Campaign Group 2264
Reposted by Blue historyHistoria de Aragón | Sergio Martínez Gil @historiadearagon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🔊RADIO | En el episodio de nuestro programa en @aragonradio.bsky.social de esta semana seguimos avanzando en la saga “#Aragón año a año” y llegamos hasta el conde Aznar I y su derrocamiento por García el Malo. Escúchalo ya en podcast pinchando en el enlace.historiaragon.comHISTORIA DE ARAGÓN T08xP04 | ARAGÓN AÑO A AÑO (2): EL CONDE AZNAR I Y GARCÍA EL MALOTras la muerte del conde Aureolo de Aragón y la posterior ofensiva islámica, el Imperio carolingio volvió a retomar el control de la zona con una nueva ofensiva militar. Llegaba el momento para el … 001
Reposted by Blue historyFabrice Riceputi @campvolant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Excellente émission sur la tradition colonialiste chez les socialistes français, avec le brillant Thierry Bresillon Permet de comprendre aussi certaines positions actuelles du courant socialiste .... www.youtube.com/watch?v=k837...youtube.comDU MAROC À l'ALGÉRIE : SUPRÉMACISME SOFT ? | THIERRY BRÉSILLON, JULIEN THÉRYYouTube video by Le Média 14423
Reposted by Blue historyWarchaeology Podcast @warchaeology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🔥 La historia es un campo de batalla constante. Sin embargo, hay batallas que sí merece la pena librar contra la pseudohistoria reaccionaria y excluyente. Desde Warchaeology🎙️ defendemos una historia y arqueología del conflicto de amplio espectro, crítica y de matices. 👇 165
Reposted by Blue historyMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Valuing five centuries of unpaid breastfeeding in England" by economic historians Henderson & Humphries. Looks important not only for ♀️'s history but #histmed, too. 🧪🗃️ 1175
Reposted by Blue historyCluny Ibérica @clunyiberica.bsky.social · 26/09/2026¡Comenzamos! "Por millares de dinares. El censo cluniacense de los reyes de Castilla y León (siglos XI-XII) Florian Gallon, Universidad de Toulous II Jean Jaurès. youtube.com/live/QyA9qUF...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 032
Reposted by Blue historyDr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A dreamlike view of the Eastern Mediterranean seen from the 13th-century Alanya Castle (Seljuk Period). This is one of the one of the best preserved medieval castles. 📷 me #maritimehistory #castles #Seljuk #photography 0154
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Carter Vaughn Findley - Dreams of Empire A History of the Ottomans À paraître en octobre aux Oxford UP 095
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Marcel Bataillon - Juan de Ávila (1499-1569) Une dissidence dans le Siècle d’or Édition de Bernard Vincent et Pierre-Antoine Fabre À paraître en novembre aux éditions de la Casa de Velasquez 051
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Edhem Eldem et Isabelle Nathan (dir.) - Pouvoir et diplomatie Histoire des capitulations françaises dans l'empire ottoman, XVIe-XXe siècle À paraître en janvier aux PUR 0114
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Beth Baron - Hard Labors Bodies, Birth, and Medicine in Colonial Egypt À paraître juin aux Stanford UP 023
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Raoul Pupo - Storia della frontiera adriatica À paraître en octobre chez Laterza 044
Reposted by Blue historyTurkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026... or support on Patreon. All Substack/Patreon supporters get access to transcripts of all interviews, as well as a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History titles published by Bloomsbury Academic (@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social) 💫💫 www.patreon.com/c/u2998854patreon.comGet more from Turkey Book Talk on PatreonGet more from Turkey Book Talk on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $3/month. Turkey Book Talk features interviews with authors,… 111
Reposted by Blue historyWill Smiley @will-smiley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just published: my thoughts on Mustafa Aksakal's new book "The War that Made the Middle East," about WW1 and the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. The book can be seen as a story about disillusionment with law--constitutional and international--and the rise of authoritarianism.legalhist.jotwell.comWar, Empire, and Authoritarianism in the Middle East - Legal HistoryMustafa Aksakal, The War That Made the Middle East: World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire (2026).William SmileyMustafa Aksakal’s new book, The War that Made the Middle East, offers a pointed a... 146
Reposted by Blue historyDr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A remarkable figure of the Battle of Chesma and the Ottoman-Russian warfare in the 18th c.: Gazi Hasan Pasha of Algeria, the Grand Admiral between 1770 and 1790. In contemporary depictions, he is seen with his sidekick lion! Thank you @will-smiley.bsky.social for the reminder. #MaritimeHistory 2196
Reposted by Blue historyMarinos Sariyannis @sariyannis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026One of the most interesting texts of Ottoman historiography is now published. A 18th-c. local mufti adapts a Greek history of ancient Athens, blending it with Islamic legends and contemporary names and concepts. 1136
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Duccio Balestracci - Siena 1552-1559 La Repubblica non deve morire À paraître en octobre chez Laterza 041
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026François-Xavier Fauvelle et Jean-Loïc Le Quellec (eds.) - The Oxford History of the Sahara Volume I: From Prehistory to 650 CE À paraître en mai 1103
Reposted by Blue historyIsaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Abandoned Coptic monasteries www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/ancient-af... 082
Reposted by Blue historyIrene Soto Marín @irenin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My book has a face! 🥹📚 So excited to finally share the cover of The Nile Flows with Gold. Forthcoming, Spring 2027 with Princeton University Press. 310121
Reposted by Blue historyMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026More evidence (this time from corals!) of the parallel impacts of the 6thC & mid-13thC major volcanic eruptions: "The early LIA record [1273–1332 ± 4 CE] indicates significantly colder conditions & reduced Sr/Ca-derived temperature seasonality compared to today" www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🧪🗃️nature.comWestern Pacific corals reveal Common Era changes in ENSO-diversity, thermal stress, and volcanic cooling - Communications Earth & EnvironmentCentral Pacific El Niño activity increased between the first and second millennia of the Common Era, while volcanic eruptions likely drove cooling episodes and thermal stress impacted calcification on... 161
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Guy Laron - The Long Road to Catastrophe Colonial Neoliberalism and the Making of Israel À paraître en juin chez Verso 011
Reposted by Blue historyMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This needs to go to the top of your #GlobalMiddleAges reading list: Nicholas Matheou, "Commercial Revolution in the Central Eurasian Middle Ages: Tribute, Capital & Nomadic Aristocracy." #OpenAccess here: jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/iss.... #MedievalSky #TengriSky 12810
Reposted by Blue historyDr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Ottoman Admiral Seydi Ali Reis (d. 1562) wrote his book in 1557 Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries) on his naval exhibition among others in the Indian Ocean in 1553-1556. Here is the English translation by Ármin Vámbéry 1899. #MaritimeHistory #OttomanHistory #IndianOcean #Navigation 2142
Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Pretty shameful timesofmalta.com/article/yorg...timesofmalta.comJury finds Fenech not guilty: the full story of Malta's longest murder trialJury acquits Tumas family scion with a verdict of 8-1 on both counts 000
Reposted by Blue historySam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 04/09/2026From June: Worthwhile Rasha Sirop-Zaki Mehchy @peacerep.bsky.social report on dysfunctional nature of economic governance in new Syria: peacerep.org/publication/...peacerep.orgEconomic Governance in Post-Assad Syria: Actors, Power Relations, and Future Scenarios - PeaceRepThis report examines who governs Syria’s economy after the fall of the Assad regime - and through which institutions, networks, and mechanisms of influence. 001
Reposted by Blue historySuave Morbida @maitre-poulard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ambiance western sauf que -c'est pas le Texas, c'est le Queyras -C'est pas un pistolero, mais un anthropologue -ici, pas de bourbon, mais du génépi -la musique d'ambiance, c'est pas du banjo, mais de la vielle à roue (infos dans l'alt) 3607
Reposted by Blue historyMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Codicological genomes". Not a term I expected to hear, but I guess it will become part of the medievalist vocabulary now. Great summary of an intriguing study. (And no, fellow codicologists, you still do not have to wear gloves. The DNA in your books is too degraded to do any damage.) #MedievalSky 36426
Reposted by Blue historyMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Haven't seen this yet (won't be pub'd until Oct), but this collection of mini-biographies of 50 medieval objects will be interesting to look at. ("Europe" should have been in the title.) It's an interesting selection, esp. for economic activities. Plus plague! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...taylorfrancis.comYersinia Pestis: A Bacterium that Shaped History | 35 | Encounters: MeThe bacterium Yersinia pestis has played a significant role in human history, causing multiple epidemics and pandemics. 1 073
Reposted by Blue historyDr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The port city of Cerasonte (Giresun) on the Black-Sea coast in early 18th century. From J. P. de Tournefort: Relation d’un Voyage du Levant, 1717. Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE DD-2987 (6554) #maritimehistory #ship #port #coast 1123
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Taner Akçam - Empire of Violence A New History of the Armenian Genocide À paraître en janvier aux Princeton UP 0123
Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hi @monicamedhist.bsky.social Sorry to bother you with any brain wave but I've just learned that the Justinian plague was concomitent with a expansion of malaria in the Mediterranean. Since the same could be said about the post-1570 plague pick up and the malarial boom spotted by Tabak, ... 100
Reposted by Blue historyMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 30/08/2026A friend and colleague remembers Sliman Mansour, who helped build the Palestinian art movement and, even as his health failed, never let go of his devotion to Palestine. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/how-...mondoweiss.netHow Sliman Mansour and his colleagues built an art movement for PalestineA friend and fellow artist remembers Sliman Mansour, who helped build the Palestinian art movement and, even as his health failed, never let go of his devotion to Palestine. 03914
Reposted by Blue historySea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 27/08/2026🔴 Shots fired & people in the water. The so-called Libyan coastguard, backed by the EU, opened fire toward NGO ship Louise Michel - instead of recovering the two people who had gone overboard. 11216
Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Historically settlers have been fighting shepherds but Israel is turning the principle on its head. 000
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026G. Geltner - Lucifer's Land The Mines and Miners of Europe, 1180–1550 À paraître en décembre aux UPP 0237
Reposted by Blue historyFlorian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Roman Hautala - Masters of the Earth A History of the Golden Horde, 1219–1502 À paraître en octobre chez Reaktion 0147
Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Looks great! Can't wait to (somehow) put my furry paws on it! 010
Reposted by Blue historyDr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026After a long wait, it is finally out: the special issue “Deploying Resources by the Ottoman Navy,” which I co-edited with Christine Isom-Verhaaren, is now live online in the Journal of Mediterranean Studies. Online publication date: July 31, 2026. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55564 #maritimehistory #navy 283
Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Sliman Mansour has passed but his haunting painting remain an everlasting testimany of a man passion for a vibrant, grounded, humble and above all beautiful culture. More here: slimanmansour.com 🇵🇸 064
Reposted by Blue historyFonsi Loaiza @fonsiloaizap.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Esta es la gigantesca manifestación hoy contra la criminal gestión de incendios de PP y VOX en Aragón, la comunidad autónoma peor dotada y con menos inversión en incendios de toda España. La protesta la han encabezado los bomberos forestales. Enormes. 58971455
Reposted by Blue historyCentre de recherches historiques @crh.ehess.fr · 21/08/2026📕Va paraître chez @pse.bsky.social #sociétéd'ethnologie ❗L’éclipse de la Lune ottomane: L’islam dans l’imaginaire occidental à la fin du XVIIe siècle❗ ✍️ de Sanjay Subrahmanyam 📆 22 octobre 2026 031
Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 20/08/2026«apabullante y extraordinaria» Such a cool expression. 000
Blue history @bluehistory.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"Maritime humanities"? So, what are we talking about? Mermaids? Squishers? The crew of the Flying Dutchman? 000
Reposted by Blue historyMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 18/08/2026For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/dest...mondoweiss.net‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: How Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most fertile farmlandsFor months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as… 18156