Paul-Alexis Mellet

Paul-Alexis Mellet is a Full Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Geneva. His research focuses on the intersections of politics, religion, and textual culture in 16th-century Europe, particularly during the Protestant Reformation in France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Key areas include confessional identities, biblical interpretation, political resistance (Monarchomachs), and the role of printed materials in shaping ideological conflicts.

His recent work emphasizes the analysis of remonstrances—political discourses blending critique and counsel—and their function in negotiating power during the Wars of Religion. He has also explored topics like regicides, royal oaths, and the dynamics of memory and forgetting in post-conflict societies.

• 2022: Monseigneur Marcel Prize for The Remonstrances monograph
• Co-edited volumes: Dissensus, Les figures de David à la Renaissance

Mellet engages in critical editing of Renaissance texts and investigates wartime disinformation tactics. His publications span monographs, edited collections, and analyses of historical figures like Philippe Duplessis-Mornay and François Hotman.