Maxime Morel
@maximemorel.bsky.social
French PhD Researcher in history at the EUI (Florence)
Early Modern Mediterranean | Naval Ceremony | Diplomatic History
Coordinator of the Diplomatic and International History working group
Alumnus Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and ENS Paris-Saclay
Early Modern Mediterranean | Naval Ceremony | Diplomatic History
Coordinator of the Diplomatic and International History working group
Alumnus Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and ENS Paris-Saclay
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Maxime Morel
@maximemorel.bsky.social
· Aug 19
Proposte e ricerche n. 93
Il cerimoniale marittimo: linguaggio condiviso e terreno di scontro
eum.unimc.it
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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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
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
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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
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
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
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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
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...
zenodo.org/records/1706...
zenodo.org
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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...
zenodo.org/records/1706...
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!
September 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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!
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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
September 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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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“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/
🗃️
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/
🗃️
ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“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/
🗃️
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/
🗃️
Reposted by Maxime Morel
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
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
🔎 In this #MyEUIResearch interview, Müberra Kapusuz @eui-history.bsky.social reflects on how interpreters, scholars & philosophers shaped 17th-c. Ottoman politics, & what this reveals about today’s debates on expertise & authority.
👉 https://loom.ly/i-v1wXM
👉 https://loom.ly/i-v1wXM
September 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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
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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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
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
August 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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
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
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.
Proposte e ricerche n. 93
Il cerimoniale marittimo: linguaggio condiviso e terreno di scontro
eum.unimc.it
August 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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.
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!
Proposte e ricerche n. 93
Il cerimoniale marittimo: linguaggio condiviso e terreno di scontro
eum.unimc.it
August 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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!
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 🙃
Inclassable: 24
Antique: 5
Médiévale: 8
Moderne: 13
Contemporaine: 104
Qui aurait pu prédire 🙃
August 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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 🙃
Inclassable: 24
Antique: 5
Médiévale: 8
Moderne: 13
Contemporaine: 104
Qui aurait pu prédire 🙃
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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
📰 Read the interview by our #PhD researcher Klaudia Kuchno on perceptions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in #earlymodern Italian princedoms 👇
📚 #MyEUIResearch
🔎 How was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth viewed in early-modern Italy?
Klaudia Kuchno @eui-history.bsky.social explores how historical perceptions continue to influence today’s European dynamics.
📖 Read the interview: https://loom.ly/FjIlRIQ
Klaudia Kuchno @eui-history.bsky.social explores how historical perceptions continue to influence today’s European dynamics.
📖 Read the interview: https://loom.ly/FjIlRIQ
June 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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
📰 Read the interview by our #PhD researcher Klaudia Kuchno on perceptions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in #earlymodern Italian princedoms 👇
📚 #MyEUIResearch
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!
The moment you've all been waiting for! #NDH6 starts today at Sciences Po Aix!
May 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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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🚨 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...
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...
[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
ihmc.ens.psl.eu
May 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🚨 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...
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...
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...
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...
May 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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...
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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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)
May 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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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Turns out explaining my PhD in one minute is even harder than writing it!
Thank you @eui-eu.bsky.social for the challenge!
Thank you @eui-eu.bsky.social for the challenge!
⛪️ What can 16th century religious refugees teach us about how we welcome others?
At the @eui-history.bsky.social Department, @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social explores how emotions shaped refugee experiences — and the politics of compassion — in the Reformation era.
#MyPhDPitch 📱 Stay tuned for more!
At the @eui-history.bsky.social Department, @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social explores how emotions shaped refugee experiences — and the politics of compassion — in the Reformation era.
#MyPhDPitch 📱 Stay tuned for more!
April 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Turns out explaining my PhD in one minute is even harder than writing it!
Thank you @eui-eu.bsky.social for the challenge!
Thank you @eui-eu.bsky.social for the challenge!
Reposted by Maxime Morel
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!
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!
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…
newdiplomatichistory.org
May 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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!
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!
Found the French Monty Python soldier in my English archives today: "I hailed him [a French ship] and called to him from off my poop to strike [his flag] for the King of England. He made answer that hee wore the King of France's Colours and would not strike and immediately filled his sails"
a man in a knight 's armor is standing on a brick wall with his arms in the air .
Alt: A French soldier from Monty Python's "Holy Grail!" taunts King Arthur, "so called English king", from the walls of his castle.
media.tenor.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Found the French Monty Python soldier in my English archives today: "I hailed him [a French ship] and called to him from off my poop to strike [his flag] for the King of England. He made answer that hee wore the King of France's Colours and would not strike and immediately filled his sails"
This little guy from 1686 is an accurate depiction of my face when trying to read some of these records
April 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This little guy from 1686 is an accurate depiction of my face when trying to read some of these records
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This staging could be especially useful during peace congresses, such as the Congress of Carlowitz, during which Konstantinos Poulios demonstrates that strategies of negotiation worked best for diplomats able to combine an orator's arguing skills with a merchant's bargaining abilities.
April 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This staging could be especially useful during peace congresses, such as the Congress of Carlowitz, during which Konstantinos Poulios demonstrates that strategies of negotiation worked best for diplomats able to combine an orator's arguing skills with a merchant's bargaining abilities.
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Nouvel épisode ! Et aujourd'hui, Costanza Lugnani vient nous parler du pavillon impérial en mer du Nord et en Méditerranée au XVIIIe siècle. De qui ce pavillon du Saint-Empire, hissé en haut des mâts des navires, est-il l’emblème et que nous apprend-il ?
pdca.st/FSw4
pdca.st/FSw4
La Méditerranée : un sujet impérial - Costanza Lugnani - OpCit !
La Méditerranée : un sujet impérial avec Costanza Lugnani
Comment la mer permet-elle de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement du Saint-Empire romain germanique ? De qui le pavillon impérial, cet étend...
pdca.st
April 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Nouvel épisode ! Et aujourd'hui, Costanza Lugnani vient nous parler du pavillon impérial en mer du Nord et en Méditerranée au XVIIIe siècle. De qui ce pavillon du Saint-Empire, hissé en haut des mâts des navires, est-il l’emblème et que nous apprend-il ?
pdca.st/FSw4
pdca.st/FSw4
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Updated prog for NDH6
Aix-en-Provence
22-24 May
ndh2025.sciencesconf.org
Thanks to Nic Badalassi as our host 👍
@luikki.bsky.social @dwebster.bsky.social @florianwagner.bsky.social @maximemorel.bsky.social @pavoljakubec.bsky.social @lukasschemper.bsky.social @karenskjoldager.bsky.social
Aix-en-Provence
22-24 May
ndh2025.sciencesconf.org
Thanks to Nic Badalassi as our host 👍
@luikki.bsky.social @dwebster.bsky.social @florianwagner.bsky.social @maximemorel.bsky.social @pavoljakubec.bsky.social @lukasschemper.bsky.social @karenskjoldager.bsky.social
6th Conference of the New Diplomatic History network - Sciencesconf.org
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Updated prog for NDH6
Aix-en-Provence
22-24 May
ndh2025.sciencesconf.org
Thanks to Nic Badalassi as our host 👍
@luikki.bsky.social @dwebster.bsky.social @florianwagner.bsky.social @maximemorel.bsky.social @pavoljakubec.bsky.social @lukasschemper.bsky.social @karenskjoldager.bsky.social
Aix-en-Provence
22-24 May
ndh2025.sciencesconf.org
Thanks to Nic Badalassi as our host 👍
@luikki.bsky.social @dwebster.bsky.social @florianwagner.bsky.social @maximemorel.bsky.social @pavoljakubec.bsky.social @lukasschemper.bsky.social @karenskjoldager.bsky.social
Good evening, early modern hive mind! This is the first time I am doing this, and I could do with a little help or shared opinions. What date would you read in this picture: 1635 or 1638? I am torn between a weird 8 or an 5 written twice...
March 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Good evening, early modern hive mind! This is the first time I am doing this, and I could do with a little help or shared opinions. What date would you read in this picture: 1635 or 1638? I am torn between a weird 8 or an 5 written twice...
Thank you Wikipedia, I often get them confused
January 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thank you Wikipedia, I often get them confused