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Lucia Carminati
University of Oslo
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Universitetet i Oslo IAKH Postboks 1008 Blindern
Oslo 0315
Norway
ABOUT
I am a historian of migration and the modern Middle East. I research the social and cultural history of Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries with a special focus on migratory routes and mobility at large, imperial interests, and infrastructural transformations. My ongoing research projects include studies of the history of public health on the Suez Isthmus; a historical analysis of migrants' correspondence; an inquiry into the history of migrant women, children, and gender in and around the Suez Canal worksites.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Arabic
Colonialism
Gender/Women's Studies
Historiography
History Of Medicine
Identity/Representation
Mediterranean Studies
Minorities
Nationalism
Theory
Transnationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Europe
Mediterranean Countries
Ottoman Empire
Specialties
I Am Interested In Rethinking The Conventional His
Languages
Italian (native)
Arabic (fluent)
English (advanced)
French (intermediate)
Hebrew (elementary)
Education
MA | 2009 | International Relations | Università degli Studi di Milano
BA | 2006 | Cultural & Linguistic Mediation | Università degli Studi di Milano
Abstracts
Turn-of-the-century Egypt: Working-Class Cosmopolitanism? Port Saʿīd, 1870-1890: Nothing But Scum Jettisoned Upon the Edge of the Desert. Crime and Empire in a Provincial Port-City The Power of the Mundane: Fatima’s Story and the History of an Egyptian Port-City, 1880s-1890s Port Said and Ismailia: Desert Marvels on the Suez Canal, 1859-1869 Fecal Matters. The Historical Role of Refuse and Olfaction in Port Said and the Suez Canal Region Gateway and Getaway: Port Said and the Contradictions of Mediterranean Mobility