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Olga Verlato
Cornell University
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
ABOUT
I am a Phd candidate in History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU. My research explores the history of language ideology and multilingualism in Egypt and the Mediterranean from the late Ottoman period to the early twentieth century.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Education
Mediterranean Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Publishing
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Specialties
History Of Language And Multilingualism In Publish
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
English (fluent)
Italian (native)
French (intermediate)
Turkish (intermediate)
Ottoman (intermediate)
Spanish (advanced)
Education
MA | 2017 | Near Eastern Studies | New York University
BA | 2015 | Middle Eastern Studies | Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Abstracts
The Polyglot Mask: Multilingual Practices and Discourses in the Egyptian 1890s “Their Parents are all Sailors and Factory Workers:” Daily Life and Ideology in the Italian Schools of Suez, Zagazig, and Alexandria in Late-Nineteenth Century Egypt "Long Live this Language:" History, Language, and Education in the Writings of ‘Abdallah Nadim Recess Politics: Children and the State in Modern Egypt