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'A Global casa'? The Bouligny family (1700-1830)

I am PhD researcher at the European University Institute. My current research focuses on the relationship between family and globalization during the eighteenth century. With this aim, I use the Bouligny family as my case study. These were French retailers settled in Alicante at the beginning of the eighteenth century, who around the 1750s participated in the Spanish debates about political economic, being at the Age of Revolutions appointed as soldiers and diplomats in New Orleans, Istanbul, and Stockholm. So, my research seeks to understand: how did family participate in processes of global interconnection and interdependence? Can a family approach help us to rediscover global history? The Boulignys allow me to investigate what we mean with globalization, the role of mobility in historical processes, the relationship between “the local” and “the global”, and the review of Spanish trans-cultural encounters. In addition, it also leads me to reflect about the role of formal and informal institutions, as well as the importance of agents in the imperial-building.

Artikel

 Hernández Sau, P., “Bouligny’s family network: Between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean (1700-1780)”, in: Kaps, K.; Herrero Sánchez, M., Merchants and Trade Networks in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, 1550-1800: Connectors of Commercial Maritime Systems, Routledge, 2017
 Hernández Sau, P., “Gifts across the Mediterranean Sea. The 1784 Spanish Gift-Embassy to Constantinople and its Cross-Cultural Diplomatic Practice”, in: Carrió-Ivernizzi (dir.), Embajadores culturales. Transferencias y lealtades de la diplomacia española de la edad moderna. UNED. 2016.
 Hernández Sau, P., “Perspectives on Iberian-Safavid Relations. A Comparative Study of the Ottoman and Safavid Embassies at the Spanish Court (1600-1650)” in: García Hernán, E.; Cutillas Ferrer, J.; Matthee, R., The Spanish Monarchy and Safavid Persia in the Early Modern Period. Politics, War, and Religion. Albatros Ediciones. 2016, pp.167-176.
 Hernández Sau, P.2015. Juan de Bouligny’s Embassy to Constantinople (1779 – 1793) Spanish Dipomacy in the Ottoman Empire at the End of the Eigteenth Century. Audienzien und Allianzen. Interkulturelle Diplomatie in Asia un Europa vom.8 bis zum 18.Jarhundert. Mandelbaum verlag, 2015, pp.156-170.
 Hernández Sau, P., “De la infidelidad a la amistad. Las relaciones hispano-otomanas en el s. XVIII, estudio de una diplomacia mediterránea en transición”, Libros de la corte.es. 5 (2012), pp. 60-90.