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Aipsa, 2014

The periodic table is an important set of scientific symbols that are not commonly used in everyd... more The periodic table is an important set of scientific symbols that are not commonly used in everyday life but which may cause science phobia in youngsters. Many types of educational tools for learning the periodic table do not provide an opportunity to discover the relationships between chemical elements. In this study, we propose a NEO GAME of sugoroku game involving a 3D periodic chart (i.e., periodic-sugoroku) for use as an educational tool. Sugoroku is a Japanese board game similar to Parcheesi or Monopoly. Using this proposed tool, students can actively learn the periodic chart while enjoying a sugoroku game.

Project summary: Futūḥ al-buldān

Harp ve Sulh

C hitosan, Phenyl Alanine (Phe) and Methyl Jasmonate (MeJA) significantly increased the productio... more C hitosan, Phenyl Alanine (Phe) and Methyl Jasmonate (MeJA) significantly increased the production of polyphenolics in suspension cultures of E. purpurea initiated on MS supplemented with 1.5 mg/L BA and 0.5 mg/L NAA. However, cultures elicited with 4 mM copper sulphate (CuSO 4) possessed the highest EC 100 in cytotoxicity experiments. Furthermore, Phe, MeJA, CuSO 4 and chitosan significantly increased ABTS scavenging properties. Additionally, MeJA and Phe extracts stimulate the phagocytic and yeast intracellular killing activities of PMN. Finally, the anti-inflammatory properties elicited from the cultures of MeJA were the highest and were displayed by their strongest nitric oxide scavenging activity with an EC 50 of 6.3 µg/ml and the most powerful inhibition of lymph proliferative activity induced by lipopolysaccharides with an EC 50 4.5 µg/ml.

Afriche e Orienti (open source), Dec 31, 2019

afriche orienti e www.comune.bologna.it/iperbole/africheorienti r i v i s t a d i s t u d i a i c... more afriche orienti e www.comune.bologna.it/iperbole/africheorienti r i v i s t a d i s t u d i a i c o n f i n i t r a a f r i c a m e d i t e r r a n e o e m e d i o o r i e n t e Pubblicazione quadrimestrale numero 2 / 2019 a cura di Fulvio Bertuccelli e Nicola Melis anno XXI numero 2 / 2019 4 Dossier DOSSIER Ripensare l'imperialismo e l'antimperialismo nello spazio tardo ottomano (1870-1924).

Afriche e Orienti, Dec 31, 2019

The Ottoman empire, a member of the Concert of Europe, was not the victim of European imperialism... more The Ottoman empire, a member of the Concert of Europe, was not the victim of European imperialism in the late nineteenth century, but consciously tried to adapt its governance structures to the context of interimperial rivalry, showing itself as an imperialist and expansionist state. The Ottoman agreement to the terms of the General Act of Berlin was a tool both to resist imperialist pressure and assert itself as also legally entitled to colonies in Africa well beyond Sahara. In this concern, istrumentalizing international law was a particularly daring move for the empire.

Uluslararası Afrika’da Türkler Sempozyumu, 15-16 Kasım 2014, Cibuti, bildiriler (Şenel, Ayşenur - Çavuş, Şükrü, haz.), 2020

Una guerra mediterranea Grande Guerra, Imperi e Nazioni nel Mediterraneo. A cura di Francesca Canale Cama, 2018

il saggio affronta l’indispensabile questione di fondo della crisi ottomana nel lungo periodo e d... more il saggio affronta l’indispensabile questione di fondo della crisi ottomana nel lungo periodo e dell’evoluzione che portò alla nascita del nazionalismo turco a sua volta foriero di una costruzione nazionale basata sulla «turchità» (la centratura sull’elemento turco in termini persino di negazione degli altri gruppi etnici minoritari) radicalmente opposta all’idea di una società multietnica, pluriconfessionale e multilinguistica che l’Impero aveva incarnato per secoli.

In: Bianca Maria Carcangiu, Tekeste Negash L'Africa orientale italiana nel dibattito storico contemporaneo Edizione: 2008 Collana: Studi Storici Carocci (131) ISBN: 9788843046164, 2008

L’espansione degli ottomani verso il continente africano è sicuramente uno degli aspetti più tras... more L’espansione degli ottomani verso il continente africano è sicuramente
uno degli aspetti più trascurati dalla storiografia contemporanea
e dagli studi d’area, in primo luogo africanistici. Anche se negli
ultimi decenni i contributi sulla penetrazione ottomana nell’area
a sud del Sahara sono stati relativamente numerosi, lo studio complessivo
resta quasi una terra incognita: da un lato a causa della scarsa
disponibilità di fonti documentarie, dall’altro per l’assenza di
africanisti con competenze turcologiche.

FRONTIERE, CONFINI E ZONE DI FRONTIERA NELLA REGIONE MENA, Dec 2017

Questo Dossier raccoglie contributi che riguardano, in qualche modo, territori riconducibili all’... more Questo Dossier raccoglie contributi che riguardano, in qualche modo, territori riconducibili all’area MENA e, più specificamente, quella regione geografica che rientra, in maniera diretta o indiretta, in parte di quello che fu lo spazio ottomano.
Lo Stato ottomano, infatti, con il suo epicentro in Anatolia occidentale, si estendeva su tre continenti (Europa, Asia e Africa). Di conseguenza, il dossier non prende in considerazione la regione iranica e tocca solo marginalmente il Marocco, che pure interagì con l’Impero ottomano, ma che entrò nella sua orbita solo in alcune e brevissime occasioni. Allo stesso modo, non sono presi in considerazione quei territori che fanno parte dello spazio ottomano ma non dell’area MENA.

FRONTIERE, CONFINI E ZONE DI FRONTIERA NELLA REGIONE MENA, Dec 2017

Il presente articolo mira a offrire una riflessione sui confini dell’Impero ottomano, alla luce d... more Il presente articolo mira a offrire una riflessione sui confini dell’Impero ottomano, alla luce della più recente storiografia e delle fonti primarie in nostro possesso. Per il Governo centrale la questione dei confini divenne vitale soprattutto a partire dalla prima metà dell’800, nell’età dei nazionalismi europei, e si amplificò ulteriormente nel periodo del successivo parossismo imperialista. Tra gli obiettivi conclamati dall’establishment ottomano vi era sicuramente la ridefinizione dei propri possedimenti più remoti rispetto alle sedi del potere centrale, attraverso un’azione tesa a subordinare le province e a definire i limiti e i confini secondo le moderne conoscenze scientifiche di rilevamento cartografico e topografico.

Soggettività, identità nazionale, memorie Biografie e autobiografie nella Turchia contemporanea, a cura di Fulvio Bertuccelli. Firenze university press 2017, 2017

Despite the Ottoman heritage of a multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multilingual society, the Republi... more Despite the Ottoman heritage of a multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multilingual society,
the Republic was inspired by a process of cultural homogenisation that produced
a stigmatization of minority identities. The Varlık Vergisi, the Wealth Tax, strongly
affected the conditions of the minorities marking one of the most important implementations
of this process of social engineering. Faik Ökte, author of the work Varlık
Vergisi Faciası, “The tragedy of the wealth tax”, which still represents a relevant source
for those studying the Turkish wartime period, defines the capital tax as “one of the
most shameful episodes in the financial history of Turkey”. The present article focuses
on the social impact of Varlık Vergisi through the critical reading of the memories
collected in Varlık Vergisi Faciası.

Dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb Territories, People, Identities, 2017

Dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb Territories, People, Identities Edited by Giovanna Calasso, Sapienza... more Dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb

Territories, People, Identities

Edited by Giovanna Calasso, Sapienza University, Rome, and Giuliano Lancioni, Roma Tre University, Rome
This is a paper included in the first collection of studies entirely devoted to the terminological pair dār al-islām / dar al-ḥarb, “the abode of Islam” and “the abode of war”, apparently widely known as representative of “the Islamic vision” of the world, but in fact almost unexplored. A team of specialists in different fields of Islamic studies investigates the issue in its historical and conceptual origins as well as in its reception within the different genres of Muslim written production. In contrast to the fixed and permanent categories they are currently identified with, the multifaceted character of these two notions and their shifting meanings is set out through the analysis of a wide range of contexts and sources, from the middle ages up to modern times.

Contributors are Francisco Apellániz, Michel Balivet, Giovanna Calasso, Alessandro Cancian, Éric Chaumont, Roberta Denaro, Maribel Fierro, Chiara Formichi, Yohanan Friedmann, Giuliano Lancioni, Yaacov Lev, Nicola Melis, Luis Molina, Antonino Pellitteri, Camille Rhoné-Quer, Francesca Romana Romani, Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti, Roberto Tottoli, Raoul Villano, Eleonora Di Vincenzo and Francesco Zappa.

Uluslararasi Piri Reis ve Türk Denizcilik Tarihi Sempozyumu: 26-29 Eylül 2013. / Istanbul Türk denizcilik tarihi. Bildiriler. 6 volumes set. [= International Piri Reis and Turkish Naval History Symposium / Istanbul Naval History Proceedings] , Dec 2014

Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 6. Western Europe (1500-1600) Edited by David Thomas and John Chesworth with John Azumah, Stanisław Grodź, Andrew Newman, Douglas Pratt. December 2014 · ISBN: 9789004250734 · Hardback (xii, 892 pp.), Dec 16, 2014

MINORITIES, INTERMEDIARIES AND MIDDLEMEN IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, Nov 2013

The Ottoman Empire, like the other Islamic empires of the early modern age (the Ṣafavid, and the ... more The Ottoman Empire, like the other Islamic empires of the early modern age (the Ṣafavid, and the Moghul), was a mosaic of social groups governed by a Muslim elite, dominating the army and the administration, heterogeneous conglomerates of lands and peoples. They administered large non-Muslim populations which, in many areas, outnumbered Muslims. There were numerous populations with different confessional, linguistic, cultural, social, and economic backgrounds. The most striking feature of the Ottoman
Empire as a social entity was its diversity. The Muslim population itself was heterogeneous.
There is much work yet to be done on intermediaries, middlemen and multiple identities within and outside Ottoman empire. This introduction to the present collection of articles is an attempt to add something new to this field of study, even challenging some of the historical clichés about group identities in the Ottoman Empire. I should thank Claudio Lo Jacono for all his work on this volume.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, Editor-in-chief: Emad El-Din Shahin, Feb 27, 2014

In premodern Islamic states the concept of a minority was mainly traced back to the religious min... more In premodern Islamic states the concept of a minority was mainly traced back to the religious minorities and the condition of non-Muslims. In general terms modern Muslim states approved newly founded civil societies instead of religious society in which the Muslims and people of different faiths enjoyed equal rights as equal citizens.

Trattato sulla guerra: il Kitāb al-ǧihād di Molla Hüsrev, Jan 1, 2002

Collectanea islamica, edited by Nicola Melis, Mauro Nobili, Nov 2012

The aim of the series Fut ūḥ al-buld ān/Sources for the Studiy of Islamic Societies societies is ... more The aim of the series Fut ūḥ al-buld ān/Sources for the Studiy of Islamic Societies societies is to publish original works with a multidisciplinary approach to Islamic history and societies, spanning from the ancient past to the present. The focus is on the plurality of Muslim experiences, in different times and places, and on the importance of sources written in Islam's different languages. Accordingly, this first issue illustrates the variety of Islamic experiences that have characterized, and still characterize, the Muslim world. It collects 12 essays in English, French and Italian, by authors from different countries. The contact zone is represented by their focus on primary sources written in Islamic languages, classical Arabic (fuṣḥa) and Moroccan dialect, as well as in four other Islamic languages (Persian, Ottoman, Tajik and Greek). The methodology employed by the authors reflects different disciplines and scholarly traditions, ranging from philology, anthropology to textual criticism.

Aipsa, 2014

The periodic table is an important set of scientific symbols that are not commonly used in everyd... more The periodic table is an important set of scientific symbols that are not commonly used in everyday life but which may cause science phobia in youngsters. Many types of educational tools for learning the periodic table do not provide an opportunity to discover the relationships between chemical elements. In this study, we propose a NEO GAME of sugoroku game involving a 3D periodic chart (i.e., periodic-sugoroku) for use as an educational tool. Sugoroku is a Japanese board game similar to Parcheesi or Monopoly. Using this proposed tool, students can actively learn the periodic chart while enjoying a sugoroku game.

Project summary: Futūḥ al-buldān

Harp ve Sulh

C hitosan, Phenyl Alanine (Phe) and Methyl Jasmonate (MeJA) significantly increased the productio... more C hitosan, Phenyl Alanine (Phe) and Methyl Jasmonate (MeJA) significantly increased the production of polyphenolics in suspension cultures of E. purpurea initiated on MS supplemented with 1.5 mg/L BA and 0.5 mg/L NAA. However, cultures elicited with 4 mM copper sulphate (CuSO 4) possessed the highest EC 100 in cytotoxicity experiments. Furthermore, Phe, MeJA, CuSO 4 and chitosan significantly increased ABTS scavenging properties. Additionally, MeJA and Phe extracts stimulate the phagocytic and yeast intracellular killing activities of PMN. Finally, the anti-inflammatory properties elicited from the cultures of MeJA were the highest and were displayed by their strongest nitric oxide scavenging activity with an EC 50 of 6.3 µg/ml and the most powerful inhibition of lymph proliferative activity induced by lipopolysaccharides with an EC 50 4.5 µg/ml.

Afriche e Orienti (open source), Dec 31, 2019

afriche orienti e www.comune.bologna.it/iperbole/africheorienti r i v i s t a d i s t u d i a i c... more afriche orienti e www.comune.bologna.it/iperbole/africheorienti r i v i s t a d i s t u d i a i c o n f i n i t r a a f r i c a m e d i t e r r a n e o e m e d i o o r i e n t e Pubblicazione quadrimestrale numero 2 / 2019 a cura di Fulvio Bertuccelli e Nicola Melis anno XXI numero 2 / 2019 4 Dossier DOSSIER Ripensare l'imperialismo e l'antimperialismo nello spazio tardo ottomano (1870-1924).

Afriche e Orienti, Dec 31, 2019

The Ottoman empire, a member of the Concert of Europe, was not the victim of European imperialism... more The Ottoman empire, a member of the Concert of Europe, was not the victim of European imperialism in the late nineteenth century, but consciously tried to adapt its governance structures to the context of interimperial rivalry, showing itself as an imperialist and expansionist state. The Ottoman agreement to the terms of the General Act of Berlin was a tool both to resist imperialist pressure and assert itself as also legally entitled to colonies in Africa well beyond Sahara. In this concern, istrumentalizing international law was a particularly daring move for the empire.

Uluslararası Afrika’da Türkler Sempozyumu, 15-16 Kasım 2014, Cibuti, bildiriler (Şenel, Ayşenur - Çavuş, Şükrü, haz.), 2020

Una guerra mediterranea Grande Guerra, Imperi e Nazioni nel Mediterraneo. A cura di Francesca Canale Cama, 2018

il saggio affronta l’indispensabile questione di fondo della crisi ottomana nel lungo periodo e d... more il saggio affronta l’indispensabile questione di fondo della crisi ottomana nel lungo periodo e dell’evoluzione che portò alla nascita del nazionalismo turco a sua volta foriero di una costruzione nazionale basata sulla «turchità» (la centratura sull’elemento turco in termini persino di negazione degli altri gruppi etnici minoritari) radicalmente opposta all’idea di una società multietnica, pluriconfessionale e multilinguistica che l’Impero aveva incarnato per secoli.

In: Bianca Maria Carcangiu, Tekeste Negash L'Africa orientale italiana nel dibattito storico contemporaneo Edizione: 2008 Collana: Studi Storici Carocci (131) ISBN: 9788843046164, 2008

L’espansione degli ottomani verso il continente africano è sicuramente uno degli aspetti più tras... more L’espansione degli ottomani verso il continente africano è sicuramente
uno degli aspetti più trascurati dalla storiografia contemporanea
e dagli studi d’area, in primo luogo africanistici. Anche se negli
ultimi decenni i contributi sulla penetrazione ottomana nell’area
a sud del Sahara sono stati relativamente numerosi, lo studio complessivo
resta quasi una terra incognita: da un lato a causa della scarsa
disponibilità di fonti documentarie, dall’altro per l’assenza di
africanisti con competenze turcologiche.

FRONTIERE, CONFINI E ZONE DI FRONTIERA NELLA REGIONE MENA, Dec 2017

Questo Dossier raccoglie contributi che riguardano, in qualche modo, territori riconducibili all’... more Questo Dossier raccoglie contributi che riguardano, in qualche modo, territori riconducibili all’area MENA e, più specificamente, quella regione geografica che rientra, in maniera diretta o indiretta, in parte di quello che fu lo spazio ottomano.
Lo Stato ottomano, infatti, con il suo epicentro in Anatolia occidentale, si estendeva su tre continenti (Europa, Asia e Africa). Di conseguenza, il dossier non prende in considerazione la regione iranica e tocca solo marginalmente il Marocco, che pure interagì con l’Impero ottomano, ma che entrò nella sua orbita solo in alcune e brevissime occasioni. Allo stesso modo, non sono presi in considerazione quei territori che fanno parte dello spazio ottomano ma non dell’area MENA.

FRONTIERE, CONFINI E ZONE DI FRONTIERA NELLA REGIONE MENA, Dec 2017

Il presente articolo mira a offrire una riflessione sui confini dell’Impero ottomano, alla luce d... more Il presente articolo mira a offrire una riflessione sui confini dell’Impero ottomano, alla luce della più recente storiografia e delle fonti primarie in nostro possesso. Per il Governo centrale la questione dei confini divenne vitale soprattutto a partire dalla prima metà dell’800, nell’età dei nazionalismi europei, e si amplificò ulteriormente nel periodo del successivo parossismo imperialista. Tra gli obiettivi conclamati dall’establishment ottomano vi era sicuramente la ridefinizione dei propri possedimenti più remoti rispetto alle sedi del potere centrale, attraverso un’azione tesa a subordinare le province e a definire i limiti e i confini secondo le moderne conoscenze scientifiche di rilevamento cartografico e topografico.

Soggettività, identità nazionale, memorie Biografie e autobiografie nella Turchia contemporanea, a cura di Fulvio Bertuccelli. Firenze university press 2017, 2017

Despite the Ottoman heritage of a multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multilingual society, the Republi... more Despite the Ottoman heritage of a multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multilingual society,
the Republic was inspired by a process of cultural homogenisation that produced
a stigmatization of minority identities. The Varlık Vergisi, the Wealth Tax, strongly
affected the conditions of the minorities marking one of the most important implementations
of this process of social engineering. Faik Ökte, author of the work Varlık
Vergisi Faciası, “The tragedy of the wealth tax”, which still represents a relevant source
for those studying the Turkish wartime period, defines the capital tax as “one of the
most shameful episodes in the financial history of Turkey”. The present article focuses
on the social impact of Varlık Vergisi through the critical reading of the memories
collected in Varlık Vergisi Faciası.

Dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb Territories, People, Identities, 2017

Dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb Territories, People, Identities Edited by Giovanna Calasso, Sapienza... more Dār al-islām / dār al-ḥarb

Territories, People, Identities

Edited by Giovanna Calasso, Sapienza University, Rome, and Giuliano Lancioni, Roma Tre University, Rome
This is a paper included in the first collection of studies entirely devoted to the terminological pair dār al-islām / dar al-ḥarb, “the abode of Islam” and “the abode of war”, apparently widely known as representative of “the Islamic vision” of the world, but in fact almost unexplored. A team of specialists in different fields of Islamic studies investigates the issue in its historical and conceptual origins as well as in its reception within the different genres of Muslim written production. In contrast to the fixed and permanent categories they are currently identified with, the multifaceted character of these two notions and their shifting meanings is set out through the analysis of a wide range of contexts and sources, from the middle ages up to modern times.

Contributors are Francisco Apellániz, Michel Balivet, Giovanna Calasso, Alessandro Cancian, Éric Chaumont, Roberta Denaro, Maribel Fierro, Chiara Formichi, Yohanan Friedmann, Giuliano Lancioni, Yaacov Lev, Nicola Melis, Luis Molina, Antonino Pellitteri, Camille Rhoné-Quer, Francesca Romana Romani, Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti, Roberto Tottoli, Raoul Villano, Eleonora Di Vincenzo and Francesco Zappa.

Uluslararasi Piri Reis ve Türk Denizcilik Tarihi Sempozyumu: 26-29 Eylül 2013. / Istanbul Türk denizcilik tarihi. Bildiriler. 6 volumes set. [= International Piri Reis and Turkish Naval History Symposium / Istanbul Naval History Proceedings] , Dec 2014

Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 6. Western Europe (1500-1600) Edited by David Thomas and John Chesworth with John Azumah, Stanisław Grodź, Andrew Newman, Douglas Pratt. December 2014 · ISBN: 9789004250734 · Hardback (xii, 892 pp.), Dec 16, 2014

MINORITIES, INTERMEDIARIES AND MIDDLEMEN IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, Nov 2013

The Ottoman Empire, like the other Islamic empires of the early modern age (the Ṣafavid, and the ... more The Ottoman Empire, like the other Islamic empires of the early modern age (the Ṣafavid, and the Moghul), was a mosaic of social groups governed by a Muslim elite, dominating the army and the administration, heterogeneous conglomerates of lands and peoples. They administered large non-Muslim populations which, in many areas, outnumbered Muslims. There were numerous populations with different confessional, linguistic, cultural, social, and economic backgrounds. The most striking feature of the Ottoman
Empire as a social entity was its diversity. The Muslim population itself was heterogeneous.
There is much work yet to be done on intermediaries, middlemen and multiple identities within and outside Ottoman empire. This introduction to the present collection of articles is an attempt to add something new to this field of study, even challenging some of the historical clichés about group identities in the Ottoman Empire. I should thank Claudio Lo Jacono for all his work on this volume.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, Editor-in-chief: Emad El-Din Shahin, Feb 27, 2014

In premodern Islamic states the concept of a minority was mainly traced back to the religious min... more In premodern Islamic states the concept of a minority was mainly traced back to the religious minorities and the condition of non-Muslims. In general terms modern Muslim states approved newly founded civil societies instead of religious society in which the Muslims and people of different faiths enjoyed equal rights as equal citizens.

Trattato sulla guerra: il Kitāb al-ǧihād di Molla Hüsrev, Jan 1, 2002

Collectanea islamica, edited by Nicola Melis, Mauro Nobili, Nov 2012

The aim of the series Fut ūḥ al-buld ān/Sources for the Studiy of Islamic Societies societies is ... more The aim of the series Fut ūḥ al-buld ān/Sources for the Studiy of Islamic Societies societies is to publish original works with a multidisciplinary approach to Islamic history and societies, spanning from the ancient past to the present. The focus is on the plurality of Muslim experiences, in different times and places, and on the importance of sources written in Islam's different languages. Accordingly, this first issue illustrates the variety of Islamic experiences that have characterized, and still characterize, the Muslim world. It collects 12 essays in English, French and Italian, by authors from different countries. The contact zone is represented by their focus on primary sources written in Islamic languages, classical Arabic (fuṣḥa) and Moroccan dialect, as well as in four other Islamic languages (Persian, Ottoman, Tajik and Greek). The methodology employed by the authors reflects different disciplines and scholarly traditions, ranging from philology, anthropology to textual criticism.

Trattato sulla guerra: il Kitāb al-ǧihād di Molla Hüsrev, Jan 1, 2002

seminario "Studi recenti sull'Asia e l'Oceano Indiano tra XV e XVI secolo", in occasione della pr... more seminario "Studi recenti sull'Asia e l'Oceano Indiano tra XV e XVI secolo", in occasione della presentazione dei volumi di Michele Bernardini, TAMERLANO (Roma: Salerno Ed., 2022) e Fernão Mendes Pinto, PEREGRINAZIONE, a cura di Guia Boni (Macerata: Quodlibet, 2023).
Il seminario, organizzato nell'ambito del dottorato di ricerca in Storia, beni culturali e studi internazionali, si terrà lunedì 27 febbraio alle ore 16.30 presso l'Aula magna Motzo (II piano) del polo Sa Duchessa, Cagliari

Vienna, 2 June 2022, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

Si segnala il link a un call for paper per il prossimo convegno SeSaMo (Torino, 31 gennaio-2 febb... more Si segnala il link a un call for paper per il prossimo convegno SeSaMo (Torino, 31 gennaio-2 febbraio), a cura di Fulvio Bertuccelli (Università di Firenze) e Nicola Melis (Università di Cagliari) dal titolo Ripensare l’imperialismo e l’antimperialismo nello spazio ottomano e post ottomano(1870-1924).

Aspetti identitari tra passato imperiale e presente repubblicano: una lettura dell’impatto social... more Aspetti identitari tra passato imperiale e presente repubblicano: una lettura dell’impatto sociale del Varlık vergisi

CfP

Ever since the early 2000's, Turkey has been gaining an increasingly crucial role in (re)orientin... more Ever since the early 2000's, Turkey has been gaining an increasingly crucial role in (re)orienting the internationalization of the regime legitimacy's crisis currently affecting the MENA region. This became extremely visible in the unfolding of both the Syrian and Libyan civil wars, and the way Ankara affected how both 'crises' intersected with the most urgent themes of contemporary international politics: e.g., the mobilization and (re)negotiation of national and group identities, sectarianism, but also forced migration, the enforcement of violent border regimes, and the control of both internal and international mobilities.

Colloqui Ibn Battuta

Storia e metodologia nello studio del mondo musulmano I Colloqui, aperti a chiunque si occupi di ... more Storia e metodologia nello studio del mondo musulmano I Colloqui, aperti a chiunque si occupi di mondo musulmano in una prospettiva storica, si terranno con cadenza quadrimestrale tramite la piattaforma MT. Basati su un approccio informale e collaborativo, gli incontri saranno l'occasione per scambiare conoscenze e discutere di linee di ricerca, fonti e metodologie. L'argomento specifico degli incontri sarà deciso di volta in volta.

culturali e Territorio Dottorato in Storia, Beni culturali e Studi internazionali Seminario perma... more culturali e Territorio Dottorato in Storia, Beni culturali e Studi internazionali Seminario permanente Leggere un classico. Discussioni sulle grandi opere della storiografia a cura di Nicoletta Bazzano e Lorenzo Tanzini Nicola Melis legge L'idea di mondo musulmano di Cemil Aydin 16 ottobre 2018 ore 17.00 Facoltà di Studi Umanistici -Aula 10

Ğihād. Definizioni e riletture di un termine abusato, 2019

Che cosa vuol dire veramente ǧ ihā d ? È veramente la guerra santa contro gli infedeli come tutti... more Che cosa vuol dire veramente ǧ ihā d ? È veramente la guerra santa contro gli infedeli come tutti siamo convinti che sia? Avvicinarsi a questo termine in maniera consapevole significa compiere un primo passo per cercare di decostruire una concezione falsa e ideologizzata dell'Islam.

Ğihād. Definizioni e riletture di un termine abusato, 2019

Che cosa vuol dire veramente ǧ ihā d ? È veramente la guerra santa contro gli infedeli come tutti... more Che cosa vuol dire veramente ǧ ihā d ? È veramente la guerra santa contro gli infedeli come tutti siamo convinti che sia? Avvicinarsi a questo termine in maniera consapevole significa compiere un primo passo per cercare di decostruire una concezione falsa e ideologizzata dell'Islam.

The aim of the series Futٙūḥ al-buldٙān/Sources for the Studiy of Islamic Societies societies is ... more The aim of the series Futٙūḥ al-buldٙān/Sources for the Studiy of Islamic Societies societies is to publish original works with a multidisciplinary approach to Islamic history and societies, spanning from the ancient past to the present. The focus is on the plurality of Muslim experiences, in different times and places, and on the importance of sources written in Islam’s different languages. Accordingly, this first issue illustrates the variety of Islamic experiences that have characterized, and still characterize, the Muslim world. It collects 12 essays in English, French and Italian, by authors from different countries. The contact zone is represented by their focus on primary sources written in Islamic languages, classical Arabic (fuṣḥa) and Moroccan dialect, as well as in four other Islamic languages (Persian, Ottoman, Tajik and Greek). The methodology employed by the authors reflects different disciplines and scholarly traditions, ranging from philology, anthropology to textual criticism.

Instituta. Rivista di storia delle istituzioni europee e internazionali, Jun 2023

In the last two decades, Ottoman studies have renewed and incorporated the latest historiographic... more In the last two decades, Ottoman studies have renewed and incorporated the latest historiographical discourses, considering the perspectives of comparative, global, world, entangled histories and postcolonial studies. In this context, a historiographical debate has developed on the nature of the Ottoman state in the context of the history of colonialism. Was the empire a victim of European colonialism?
Was it an actor in the imperialist scenario of the time? This article critically
evaluates the discourse of this literature in an attempt to answer these questions.
Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Colonialism, Imperialism, Civilising Mission,
Orientalism.

“Il modernismo nel tardo Impero ottomano”, G. Anello (a cura di), Modernizzazione e riformismi nell'Islam (1870-1949), numero monografico di Modernism, 9, 2023

The modernist movement cannot be reduced to a compact and homogeneous doctrinal bloc. It presents... more The modernist movement cannot be reduced to a compact and homogeneous doctrinal bloc. It presents itself as a state of mind marked by common aspirations that display different values in different environmental and social contexts, within the same religious denomination, and even within the same region.
This article identifies and analyses the influences that animated modernism in the Ottoman Empire: Western thought, the French Enlightenment, European nationalism and the Protestant Reformation. However, despite all these influences, the Ottoman modernist movement had some unique characteristics, including the importance of religion in the Ottoman national identity, combining elements of traditional Ottoman culture with modern European ideas and practices, which certainly impacted many areas of the Empire.

Afriche e orienti, 2019

Quali furono le risposte delle élite ottomane di fronte all’espansione imperialista di fine Ottoc... more Quali furono le risposte delle élite ottomane di fronte all’espansione imperialista di fine Ottocento? In che modo il fenomeno di razzializzazione del mondo islamico ha influenzato la penetrazione imperialista europea nell’Impero Ottomano? Come si possono interpretare i movimenti anti-imperialisti sorti nei territori in diversa misura soggetti alla sovranità ottomana? Sono questi i principali interrogativi con cui si misurano i contributi di questo numero che, utilizzando diversi approcci disciplinari (dalla storia del Diritto internazionale e storia economica sino alla storia internazionale, alla turcologia e agli studi africani) si propongono di rivisitare i concetti di imperialismo e antimperialismo nello spazio ottomano dalla conferenza di Parigi del 1856 sino all’abolizione del califfato ottomano (1924).

‘Chaos’ as a productive space of negotiation: Turkey’s diplomacy in the MENA region mobilizing the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, 2022

Ever since the early 2000's, Turkey has been gaining an increasingly crucial role in (re)orientin... more Ever since the early 2000's, Turkey has been gaining an increasingly crucial role in (re)orienting the internationalization of the regime legitimacy's crisis currently affecting the MENA region. This became extremely visible in the unfolding of both the Syrian and Libyan civil wars, and the way Ankara affected how both 'crises' intersected with the most urgent themes of contemporary international politics: e.g., the mobilization and (re)negotiation of national and group identities, sectarianism, but also forced migration, the enforcement of violent border regimes, and the control of both internal and international mobilities.

Eurasian Studies, 2023

Book review

Eurasian Studies, 2023

Book review

Eurasian Studies, 2023

Book review