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Roberto Mazza
University of Limerick
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
1300 Central Avenue
Wilmette IL 60091
United States
ABOUT
Dr Roberto Mazza earned his PhD from SOAS in 2007, he is currently a Research Associate at SOAS and he has been recently appointed Lecturer in History at the University of Limerick. He has published two book with IB Tauris, in 2009 'Jerusalem from the Ottomans to the British' and in 2011 'Jerusalem in World War I: the Palestine Diary of a European Consul'. Dr Mazza has also published several articles on the Jerusalem Quarterly and recently has published an article on First World Studies 'For God and La Patrie: Antonin Jaussen, Dominican Priest and French intellegence agent in the Middle East, 1914-1920.' Dr Mazza has worked also on urban violence and a chapter in relation to the Nebi Musa Riots that occured in Jerusalem 1920 has been published in Urban Violence in the Middle East: Changing Cityscapes in the Transition from Empire to Nation State.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Middle East/Near East Studies
Urban Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Ottoman Empire
Palestine
Specialties
1917 Jerusalem & Issue Of Balfour Declaration
Late Ottoman Hist Of Jerusalem
First World War In The Middle East
Languages
French (intermediate)
Hebrew (elementary)
Italian (native)
Spanish (intermediate)
Turkish (elementary)
English (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2008 | History | U of London, SOAS
MA | 2002 | Pol | U of London, SOAS
Abstracts
Adapting and changing: the renegotiation of alliances in post-Ottoman Jerusalem - Christian-Muslim Associations and Nebi Musa Riots 1920 Re-shaping the Holy City: The Nebi Musa Riots in 1920 Once Upon a War: Memories of World War One in Palestine Cemal Pasha, Zionism and the alleged expulsion of the Jews from Jaffa in April 1917 A tale of secrecy and business: The attempted sale of the Western Wall during WW1. A Deal to Forget: Cemal Pasha and the sale of the Western Wall