Academic interests
History of the Mediterranean; History of Medicine; History of Infectious Diseases; History of Religion.
Background
Phd-Doctor Europaeus in Cultural Heritage Studies (Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale) - University of Palermo and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Thesis: Schiavitù e Redenzione nel Mediterraneo Moderno tra Archivi e Public History – (Captivity and Ransom in The Modern Mediterranean. From the Archives to Public History. 17th-21st Centuries).
https://www.academia.edu/71052011/SCHIAVIT%C3%99_E_REDENZIONE_
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Positions held
University of Oslo [Remote and Travelling], IKOS
[ February 2022 - December 2023 ]
Research Assistant for The Lifetimes of Epidemics in Europe and the Middle East Project https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/projects/epidemics/index.html
University of Palermo, Department of Cultures and Societies
[ November 2018 – June 2019 ]
Assistant Professor and Multimedia Laboratory Teacher for the 2018/2019 Postgraduate courses on "Semiotics of Advertising". Responsibilities included delivering lectures and practical sessions, guiding students in understanding the intricacies of advertising semiotics, and facilitating hands-on learning experiences in the multimedia laboratory.
University of Palermo, Department of Humanities
[ June 2018 ]
• Conducted a seminar titled "Maestri e Ribellioni" ("Teachers and Rebellions"), focusing on exploring the dynamics between educators and rebellious movements.
Publications
-"'Those who have suffered too much do not always reason well'. Furio Jesi and the 1968 debate on spiritual and political Zionism", BRILL, Free Ebrei Journal of Contemporary Jewish Identity - Subsidies of Jewish History and Culture.
https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004462236/BP000015.xml
-“Urban Design, Social Epidemiology, and the Bubonic Plague of Palermo, 1575-1576”, in M. Gharipour, C. DeClercq, Epidemic Urbanism - How Contagious Diseases have Shaped Global Cities, Intellect Books-University of Chicago Press, London-Chicago 2021.
https://www.intellectbooks.com/epidemic-urbanism
-"Fare ricerca al di fuori dell’Accademia. Un documentario storico su Furio Jesi", HistoriaMagistra. Rivista di storia critica, N.18/2015, DOI: 10.3280/HM2015-018010, September 2015. https://www.academia.edu/26650228/Fare_ricerca_al_di_fuori_dellaccademia._Un_documentario_storico_su_Furio_Jesi