I had the pleasure of contributing to the first volume of the new journal Orientalia Antiqua et Nova. This includes a section on Safavid "Italian" diplomacy where I offer some reflections on diplomatic relations with certain Italian states generally overlooked. Vol/ToC: www.lerma.it/libro/978889...

📣CfP: Agentes Diplomáticas: el papel de las mujeres en la política exterior durante la Edad Moderna 📣 Madrid, 8-9/IV/2025 If you're interested in female agency in early modern diplomacy, take a look at the CfP. 🔗 www.uam.es/FyL/Agentes-... Deadline for submitting proposals: January 15, 2025.

Vient de paraître aux presses de la Casa de Velázquez, le livre de Sylvain Lloret sur les Agents généraux de France à Madrid au XVIIIe siècle. Un ouvrage désormais incontournable sur les négociations économiques et les circulations commerciales dans l'Europe des Bourbons.

Travelling Matters is out and now available in Open Access, thanks to the Cost Action PIMo: www.brepols.net/products/IS-... Many thanks to @brepols.bsky.social, the Haifa Center for Mediterranean History and to my colleagues Beatrice Falcucci and Emanuele Giusti for their invaluable collaboration.

The book La Livornina, edited by Lucia Felici, will be published next week. It includes chapters by Lucia Felici, Lucia Frattarelli Fischer, Massimo Bomboni, Stefano Villani, Lorenzo Benedetti, and Daniele Edigati. My essay is La Livornina e gli inglesi (The Livornina and the English).

Demain 20/11 aura lieu la deuxième conférence de ce XIe Cycle de Conférences d’études iraniennes Ehsan et Latifeh Yarshater données par David Durand-Guédy (Hambourg), sur le thème : "Nexus du pouvoir, entre pâture et forteresse". Elle aura lieu à l'INHA, à 16h. 👇👇👇 #tengri

A box of precious stones for the Grand Duke from Hurmuz