Dr Gul Sen
@guel-sen
Historian. Senior Lecturer. early modern & maritime history & unfree labor & Ottoman history & German local history & connected history || hiking 🌄
What a beautiful book! Niewe Hollandse scheeps-bouw by Carel Allard (Amsterdam , 1705, first published in 1695) is an extraordinary source for the shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age. For the photo credit and further info👇 www.asherbooks.com/item/allard_... #maritimehistory #ships
Catholicism and Elizabethan Seafarers: Catholic Identities between England and Spain by Andrii Pastushenko (Published: May 2026). A study of 16th-century English mariners and the shifts in religious culture aboard English ships. #maritimehistory www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Just came across The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750–1400 by John W. Chaffee (CUP, 2018). Not a new publication, but it looks like an important contribution to the study of maritime trade, 1/2 Therefore, #MaritimeHistory
This most important collection made by Isaac Commelin (Amsterdam) comprises the Dutch voyages to the North, around the world, and to the East Indies between 1595 and 1640. For the image and further details, the link (too long) is in the 🧵. 1/2 #MaritimeHistory
After a long wait, the proofs are in and the final minor edits have been submitted. Publication is just around the corner!😀 Article: "Sentenced to the Galleys: Manpower as a Challenge for the Ottoman Navy" in Journal of Mediterranean Studies #MaritimeHistory #OttomanHistory #UnfreeLabor
Pirates and Maritime Law: Legal Constructs and Cultural Perceptions by Mirosław Michał Sadowski.Routledge, July 2026. 1/2 👉https://clnzbooks.com/products/pirates-and-maritime-law #books #maritime #piracy
26th symposium Comité International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes (CIÉPO) was held in June 23–27. 06. 2026 with more than 200 participants at the University of Economics Varna. #OttomanHistory #Varna
Here is the final program of CIÉPO for this year’s symposium in Varna! For the full schedule👉https://ciepo26varna.weebly.com/programme.html #OttomanHistory #Varna #Research
A rare edition of Matelieff de Jonge's voyage to Malacca in 1605-1606. He commanded the Dutch East India Company's expedition. This account was most likely authored by J. LHermite. For the image and further details 👉 www.forumrarebooks.com/item/_l_herm... #MaritimeHistory
"Carte de l'archipel" showing the Aegean Sea and the part of the Mediterranean (likely publ. in the 1720s). From a rare nautical atlas of the Mediterranean Sea by the French cartographer François Berthelot. For this and other charts: www.forumrarebooks.com/item/berthel... #MaritimeHistory
Callum Easton’s monograph "The 1797 Naval Mutinies and Popular Protest in Britain: Negotiation through Collective Action" (2025) argues the sailors weren’t revolutionaries but early collective bargainers fighting for fair pay. A fresh take on the history of the British Royal Navy. #maritimehistory
Katib Çelebi (d. 1657) was a renowned Ottoman historian, geographer, and intellectual of the 17th c. His work, Tuhfet el-kibār fī asfār al-biḥār (The Gift to Dignitaries Concerning Naval Warfare) chronicles the naval affairs, making it an essential source for maritime history. #maritimehistory
The Symposium of CIÉPO will be held this year in Varna in June. I'll continue my project on maritime unfree labor and discuss "Maritime Workers, Records, and the State: Documentary Culture and the Governance of Unfree Labor" Looking forward to my colleagues in Varna soon! #MaritimeHistory
ONLINE: Happening now, if you are interested in: New Research on Diplomacy in Premodern Eurasia: Practices, Objects, Symbols. Fifth Annual Meeting of the Research Network Premodern East Slavic Europe For registration 👉 eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #earlymodern
On a remarkable naval career in 1763-73: Julie Papworth & Roger Dence. "Thomas Mitchell - Shipwright, Surveyor and Artist: The Chatham Years." in: Dockyards (Naval Dockyards Society Newsletter), Vol. 30, No. 2 (Dec. 2025): 37-43. 1/ #maritimehistory
I should add also Vasa, the Swedish warship to my list of the unique and and real historical ships. I'm sure everyone knows her history: sank 1628, salvaged 1956, currently on display at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. Photo credit, more info: www.vasamuseet.se/en/explore/v... #maritimehistory
The Historical Galley is the world's oldest known galley with its original wooden hull built at the end of the 16th century. This 40-m. vessel is not a war galley. She is displayed at the Besiktas Naval Museum Command in Istanbul. 👉 denizmuzeleri.dzkk.tsk.tr/v1/besiktas-... #maritimehistory
The prehistoric Hjortspring Boat is northern Europe’s oldest wooden vessel. It is on display at the National Museum of Denmark. Photo credit and more info: 👉 en.natmus.dk/historical-k... #maritimehistory #ships
Still colorful #Karneval spirit (despite the grey sky, delayed and overcrowded trains) in every little detail.
The semester has just wrapped up, so all that’s left is grading the exams. One of the assignments was to translate and analyse a text on the modernisation of the Ottoman fleet in the late 18th c. I’ve actually received some lovely feedback saying it was a really interesting piece.😊 #maritimehistory
“We’ve worked her like a galley slave.” Agatha Christie, 4.50 from Paddington (Omnia Books, 2002), p. 226. #booksky
A historical narrative on the connected history of piracy and slave trade: Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton @drangelasutton.bsky.social (Prometheus, 2023) #maritimehistory #booksky
Gloomy evening, rain just stopped and our run was comfortable. Other groups were doing training for the half-marathon. 📷 This evening, 7 pm, Bonn #running
In his book, Joshua M. White offers the first comprehensive examination of piracy in the eastern Mediterranean from the perspectives of Ottoman legal theory and practice, as well as international law. Introduction can be read 👉: www.sup.org/books/middle... #maritimehistory
From the Sunday hiking trail in a winter landscape yesterday. It was moderately difficult with ca. 13 km and 300 m of elevation gain. 📷Moselle /Mosel River Valley, Febr. 8. #hiking #nature #landscape #forest #photography
Although in the 16th c. the corsairs were (to a certain extent) acting as agents of the state, in the 17th c. their wanton actions became a serious problem. Molly Greene's remarkable study (2010) is still a must-read. #maritimehistory
As for the Mediterranean: "There was a clear distinction between pirates and privateers. The former acted illegally: they decided for themselves which ships to capture, what booty to take, and how to use it.The latter, who performed the same acts, were commissioned by states." 1/3 #maritimehistory
Finally, our Ottoman bureaucrat is concluding his account. Here, he explains the lesson learnt why the Ottomans were defeated by the Russians (18th. c.). We will indeed finish the work soon, thanks to my two great colleagues.