Mathieu JESTIN

Mathieu Jestin is a post-doctoral fellow at the LabEx EHNE, and is in charge of scientific coordination for “The Europe of Wars and the Traces of Wars” research pillar. The holder of a doctorate in Modern History and International Relations from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in association with the the École française d'Athènes, he is working on French-Ottoman relations during the nineteenth century along with the emergence and structuring of consular diplomacy since the nineteenth century in all of its aspects: political, economic, legal, cultural and prosopographic. His thesis dealt with the subject of “Le consulat de France à Salonique de 1781 à 1913.” His current projects seek to extend his research to the twentieth century and to the comparison of European consular situations. He is also deepening his reflections on the history of representations, especially of war, through mediators such as diplomats and archeologists, as well as photojournalists, war correspondents, and artists.