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M'Hamed Oualdi
Sciences Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies)
Occupation
Professor
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ABOUT
M'hamed Oualdi is a professor of history at Sciences Po-Paris. He teaches and works on the early modern and modern history of North Africa. He currently supervises a 6-year research project on the ending of slavery in the Maghreb (1750s-1930s)funded by the European Research Council. He is the author of A Slave Between Empires. A Transimperial History of North Africa (Columbia University Press, 2020)that was awarded the Alfred Hegoy Prize for the best book in French colonial history, the Honorable Mention for the 2020 Nikki Keddie Book Award and was a finalist for the 2021 African Studies Association Best Book Prize.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Maghreb Studies
Mamluk Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Slavery
Geographic Areas of Interest
Maghreb
Tunisia
Ottoman Empire
Specialties
Demise Of Slavery - Imperial Transitions From Otto
Languages
French (fluent)
English (fluent)
Arabic (advanced)
Italian (advanced)
Turkish (elementary)
Tunisian (fluent)
Education
PhD | 2008 | History Department | Sobronne University
Abstracts
Embezzlement and Bribery in Late Ottoman Tunisia (1850s-1880s). The conflicts over policies and moral values in printed documents, courts and public opinions “Necro-policies”: Burials and Cemeteries as a political resource for the Ottomans across the Mediterranean North African captives in 18th century Europe. Their claims and legal belongings A Maritime Road from Venice to the Balkans and Tripoli: Exploring New Connections across the Mediterranean during the Second Half of the 18th Century