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Ana Struillou @anastruillou.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Si vous êtes à Blois pour les RDH 2026, venez nombreuses et nombreux à notre mini-colloque! @rdvhistoire.bsky.social "Marchands, fraudeurs, contrebandiers : les zones grises du commerce méditerranéen (XIVe–XXe siècle)" @inalco.fr @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social

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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@jakedyble.bsky.social's new card game, Fortuna, is launching on Kickstarter soon! I've played this game *many* times over the years – I can vouch that medieval/early modern, maritime and commercial historians (and others!) will have *lots* of fun with it. Sign up to be notified when it launches! 🗃️

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Coming soon: Fortuna

A light strategic card game set in the glittering world of maritime commerce. Trade. Bluff. Run Risks. Retire in Style! Launching 2027.

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

PhD researcher Esteban Scuzarello @eui-sps.bsky.social studies how identity shapes who is granted asylum in Latin America, and why the process is far more random than the law suggests. Watch the full video: loom.ly/aBy0VRg #MyEUIResearch

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I would say this is a literal trumpet being sounded to announce the publication🎺

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Guillaume Calafat @gcalafat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Carlo Ginzburg est mort cette nuit. Son intelligence, sa virtuosité historienne, son inventivité, son regard sur le monde, les mots et les anomalies vont beaucoup nous manquer. Des loups garous aux Caffres, de la microstoria à Piero Della Francesca, son œuvre est immense.

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Jean-François Chauvard et Isabelle Poutrin - Minorités religieuses et Nations étrangères en Méditerranée, fin XVe-milieu XVIIIe siècle À paraître en octobre aux PUP

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

💻 #MyPhDPitch: @lmonterosantos.bsky.social @eui-law.bsky.social explores one of the EU’s biggest digital challenges: can data protection and innovation coexist?

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

If you were still wondering what my thesis is about (that's alright, I also do from time to time), the @eui-eu.bsky.social asked me to summarise my research in a 1-minute video so that you too can learn a little about early modern naval salutes. Enjoy!

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Exploring the neglected history of slavery in the #earlymoden Mediterranean If you are in Paris by July 2026, visit the exhibition co-organised by our own M'hamed Oualdi 👉 loom.ly/oVgzcIk 📆 Open until 19 July 2026 🆓 Free exhibition 📍 Institut du Monde Arabe, Espace des donateurs, niveau -2

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Esclaves en Méditerranée, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle

Voici la première exposition à explorer une histoire méconnue : celle des musulmans et des chrétiens réduits en esclavage des deux côtés de la Méditerranée, pendant plus de trois siècles. Découvrez l'...

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS: Global Connections – Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Modern World (ca. 1500–1800) 🔜 Submission deadline: 15 June 📍 Warsaw | 📅 28–30 Sept Student workshop included :) #EarlyModern #History #BlueSkyStorians More info ⬇️

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Meet our #SummerSchool convenors M'hamed Oualdi and Alexia Yates! 👉 loom.ly/2Pz1AZA Check their profiles and apply for our #SummerSchool 👇 Decentring Europe: Doing History Otherwise, 1500-present 👉 loom.ly/oIUq_Ls 📆 16-18 Sep 2026 🌐 Online 👩‍🎓 For MA students or recent MA graduates ⏰ Apply by 3 May

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Nouvelle édition au format poche de Guillaume Calafat - Contribution à l'histoire de la souveraineté Méditerranée - XVIIe siècle À paraître en mai chez Points

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

After the #BLM movement, museums began rethinking how race appears in collections. @amberburbidge.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social studies early modern images of Black figures & how stereotypes shaped ideas of race & gender.

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📚 New publication! 📚 On the move: mobility and Early Modern translation 👉 buff.ly/9rFFBQ5 Co-edited by our own Giancarlo Casale and Ann Thomson The volume investigates the translators' role as agents of encounter in a world in which ideas, texts and people circulated as never before

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Ana Struillou @anastruillou.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

📣 Réservez vos 5 & 6 mars pour le colloque "Mobilités contraintes et production de savoirs sur le monde à Naples, Rome et Venise au XVIe siècle" au Campus Condorcet ! La toute dernière version du programme en avant-première 👇

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I am thrilled to announce that the CFP for the conference I am co-organising with Costanza Lugnani is now out! Join us next November in Paris to discuss everything about early modern naval flags. Please feel free to apply, the deadline is 30 April; ECRs very welcome! ihmc.ens.psl.eu/flying-colou...

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[AAC] Flying Colours - IHMC

Maritime Flags in Communication, Representation and Protection Strategies at Sea (15th-19th century) Date limite de proposition : avant le 30 avril 2026 Le colloque se tiendra les 4 et 5 novembre 2026 à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris, France)

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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Help, Bluesky Historians! I'm working on a short article for my local historical society on a shipwreck from 1815. It carried a cargo of 'otto of roses'. How would this be used in that time period? I want to stay away from AI articles, so any help will be appreciated! 🗃️

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🐺Cold🪦Sam🪾 @pdfmerchant.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Seeing 17th-century envelopes really makes me realise how terrible the 21st-century Italian post is at delivering my mail. They're unable to find my address despite 5 lines of details, and this letter could just be sent to "one of the king's warships" and somehow still reach its recipient!

An envelope from the archives. The text reads "À Monsieur. Monsieur de Chammartin Capitaine de frégate légère commandant l'une des barques du Roy armée en guerre. Colbert" or, in English, "To Mr de Chammartin, light frigate captain aboard one of the king's warships. Colbert."

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Interested in pursuing a #PhD in #History in a uniquely multicultural environment? 📣 Applications for our fully-funded PhD programme are now open 👉 loom.ly/pvk17dc ⏰ Apply by 15 January 2026 Want to know more? Meet us on our: 🌐Virtual Open Day - 2 December 2025 👉 loom.ly/sp5lOKM 🎓 #academicsky

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Doctoral Programme in History and Civilisation

strongImportant note: The deadline to apply for the 202627 academic year is 15 January 2026 at 14:00 CET Time in Italy Later applications will not be accepted

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Political possibilities in a post-revolutionary world On 26 November, 17.00 CET, join a workshop with Luis De la Peña on South America and the Balkans in the early #19thcentury 👉 loom.ly/C4S9K1I Organised by our Political History and Diplomatic/International History working groups

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I was only able to know this was supposed to be a lion because this is how he rendered the Castille flag; it's proof that you can be an absolutely brilliant cartographer and completely incapable of even remotely conveying the idea of a lion

The flag of Castille and Leon, normally composed of two towers and two lions, but rendered with the same level of detail, so that the lions are basically three curved lines that are vaguely animal-shaped

The actual flag of Castille and Leon for reference

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I found worse (of course these are winged lions, don't you see the little paws at the back?)

A Venetian flag on a portolan, but the Lion of Saint Mark is just a couple of lines for the body, a crescent for the head and some parallel lines for the wings. It does not look remotely like a lion

A similar flag from the same author, somehow even more badly drawn, so that it looks even less like a lion

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I'm going to have no choice but start a collection of goofy-looking Lions of St Mark on early modern Venetian banners because what is this

A 17th century depiction of the Venetian banner, with a silly-looking Lion of St Mark holding a book and a cross

A 17th-century Venetian naval flag with another silly lion and a cross

An extremely goofy-looking Lion of St Mark holding a book open in its front paws

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Especially potent, and a good summary of some of my concerns about the process is this quote by @irisvanrooij.bsky.social : "No serious scholar or scientist in their right mind would want LLMs to produce their texts; and hence, also no student pursuing an academic education would want to do so."

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Long train rides accross Europe have the advantage of allowing me to catch up with some reading, including this article warning against the pitfalls of forcing AI through academia. I agree with a lot of the points about the risks on the quality of research to come. zenodo.org/records/1706...

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

It was a pleasure to take part in #SplendidEncountersXII in Warsaw this week, investigating all the ways to "Fake it till you make it" in early modern diplomacy (perfect for one's impostor syndrome). Thank you again to the organisers for this lovely opportunity!

The Column Hall of the Faculty of History at Warsaw University, where the conference took place. The room is flanked by massive colums, and sports fancy carpets and furniture, as well as 19th-century statues.

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Our researcher Cosimo Pantaleoni defends his #PhD thesis on Venetian navy crews at the end of the #16thcentury , focusing on the condition of convict rowers on board galleys and connecting it to wider phenomena of banditry and piracy in the #earlymodern Adriatic Sea 👉 loom.ly/nOWcjao

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

“Cataclysmically bad” This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised. 1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there: frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/ 🗃️

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ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Mobilising knowledge as a political tool Read the interview with our #PhD researcher Müberra Kapusuz on the political role of expertise in #17thcentury Ottoman politics, in relation with today’s debates on expertise and authority 👇 📰 #Fridayreads #Expertise

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Struggling to participate in the Indian Ocean sea trade Read the 🔓 #OpenAccess article by Michael O'Sullivan on the evolution of Ottoman shipping in the Indian Ocean from 1650 to 1900 👉 buff.ly/GN9hF8G Part of our CAPASIA @erc.europa.eu project research 👉 buff.ly/K57rhlr 📚 #Fridayreads

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Grazie tanto a Annalisa Biagianti per l'organizzazione; vi invito anche a leggere il suo contributo e quello di Andrea Addobbati sul cerimoniale marittimo, entrambi sono molto interessanti!

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Sono lietissimo di annunciare la pubblicazione del mio primo articolo (sono diventato un accademico vero!), a proposto dei "battibecchi" di rango nella marina francese delle anni 1660 e del loro impatto. Potete trovarlo qui eum.unimc.it/it/catalogo/..., è disponibile in Open Access.

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Il cerimoniale marittimo: linguaggio condiviso e terreno di scontro

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Thanks a lot to Annalisa Biagianti for organising this; do check out hers and Andrea Addobbati's contributions on maritime ceremony. If you cannot read Italian and are interested, do feel free to contact me for an English or French version!

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I am immensely happy to relay the publication of my first article (Look Mum, I'm a real academic!), exploring how petty disputes about rank poisoned the French Navy during the 1660s. If you can read Italian, you can head to eum.unimc.it/it/catalogo/..., it's in Open Access!

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Proposte e ricerche n. 93

Il cerimoniale marittimo: linguaggio condiviso e terreno di scontro

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Congratulations Lewis! It sounds like a fascinating topic, I'm looking forward to reading what comes out of it!

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

J'ai compté généreusement pour les périodes hors contemporaine, et c'est un peu à la louche car ça repose uniquement sur les titres des contributions, mais même avec une sacrée marge d'erreur ces chiffres restent ridicules

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Le programme des @rdvhistoire.bsky.social est sorti! N'ayant rien de mieux à faire pendant les vacances, voici un petit décompte grossier des conférences de L'Histoire en Débat par période: Inclassable: 24 Antique: 5 Médiévale: 8 Moderne: 13 Contemporaine: 104 Qui aurait pu prédire 🙃

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

How do perceptions influence intra-European relations? 📰 Read the interview by our #PhD researcher Klaudia Kuchno on perceptions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in #earlymodern Italian princedoms 👇 📚 #MyEUIResearch

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I have arrived in Aix to take part in @ndh-network.bsky.social 's 6th conference, on "The World and Europe: Diplomatic Transfers, Networks, Representations and Practices". Looking forward to present on naval ceremonies in the early modern Indian Ocean later today!

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Ana Struillou @anastruillou.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🚨 CFP "Forced Mobility and the Making of Knowledge (16c Naples, Rome & Venice)" Organised by Fiona Lejosne, Oury Goldman and myself 4-6 March 2026 @ehess.fr Proposals in French/English/Italian welcome Deadline: 1 July 2025 Don't hesitate to apply & share widely ihmc.ens.psl.eu/mobilites-co...

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[AAC] Mobilités contraintes et production de savoirs sur le monde à Naples, Rome et Venise au xvie siècle - IHMC

Le colloque se tiendra du 4 au 6 mars 2026 au campus Condorcet (Paris-Aubervilliers). Date limite de soumissions : 1er juillet 2025

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Ceci étant le premier épisode enregistré à distance (c'est loin Florence), j'en appelle à votre indulgence sur la qualité de ma voix...

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Une fois le dernier épisode fini, n'hésitez pas à parcourir les sessions des autres intervenants tous aussi passionants les uns que les autres ! Je recommande bien sûr le premier épisode avec @anastruillou.bsky.social Merci encore à Lucie et Romane, et bonne écoute !

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

For French speakers: Lucie Ecorchard et Romane Suchet m'ont donné la chance de participer à un épisode de leur podcast, L'Objet de la Recherche, pour discuter d'histoire matérielle des pavillons modernes et de mes recherches en général. Vous pouvez le retrouver ici: open.spotify.com/episode/66mF...

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DIPLOINMED @diploinmed.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Members of the project will participate in the conference "Early Modern Diplomacy across the Religious Divide: Justification, Defamation, Obfuscation, and Misapprehension" (Dubrovnik, 16-17 May 2025)

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Natalia Woszczyk @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Turns out explaining my PhD in one minute is even harder than writing it! Thank you @eui-eu.bsky.social for the challenge!

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New Diplomatic History network @ndh-network.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The list of books available to review for Diplomatica has been updated! You can find it here: newdiplomatichistory.org/books-for-re... If one of them catches your eye, please feel free to write us at diplomatica.bookreviews@gmail.com. There's something for everyone!

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Books for Review

Diplomatica – Review List – May 2025 Anna Popkova (ed.), Disruption and Dissent in Public Diplomacy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). Hendrik W. Ohnesorge (ed.), Soft Power and the Future of US Foreign P…

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Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

That sentence may be worth the read haha Will credit you if this becomes the intro of my thesis

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