MedMaD - Seaborne Mass Mobilities (1869-1914)

Dr Matteo Barbano
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral fellowship
(MSCA n° 101106667)

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MedMaD's latest mission has just come to an end. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to visit the archives in Vienna to gather the latest valuable sources on the Austrian Lloyd and maritime mobility in the age of steam!

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The final MedMaD workshop in Genova yielded wonderful contributions and fruitful discussions, which will undoubtedly lead to new collaborations in the study of mass mobility on water. Thank you to all participants for this great experience! @MSCActions

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On November 3, the final MedMaD workshop will take place in Genoa! @MSCActions

If you would like to follow it online, you can do so at this link: https://t.co/0Heq5oTmaW

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The first of MedMaD’s planned publications is now online and open access in the Journal of Transport History! It explores mass mobility and Circassian refugees in the Eastern Mediterranean. Read it here:

https://t.co/tdvPoUFy1z

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Interested in Pacific maritime history? Check out my review of Josua Savala’s 'Beyond Patriotic Phobias: Connections, Cooperation and Solidarity in the Peruvian-Chilean Pacific World', just published in The Mariner’s Mirror 👉 https://t.co/vgSKDnByTy

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Interested in Mediterranean maritime mobility and steam? The updated website for the MedMaD project is now online!
Explore here → https://t.co/R4mh49Ppiq

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MedMaD’s stories of empires and refugees just took the stage at the workshop 'La dimensión móvil de la experiencia obrera', in the panel organised by UNSAM-CONICET! @MSCActions

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Today MedMaD is on Crete! Ever heard the story of Austrian Lloyd's Imperatrix? She sank off Elafonissi in 1907. All passengers survived, but 39 members of the crew were lost. The survivors found refuge at the monastery of Chrysoskalitissa, on the island’s wild coast.

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Yesterday, MedMaD was a guest at the MSCA PF Masterclass @UniGe 2025 to share the research experience and inspire future fellows!
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The Call for Papers for the 7th MMHN is open!

https://t.co/PLckrVfDM0

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MedMaD was at the ESSHC in Leiden today with the paper ‘Forgotten Passages: Exploring Mediterranean Low-cost Mass Mobilities in the Age of Steam (1869-1914)’. Great experience and fantastic discussions!

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On air in the RAI radio programme ‘Sconfinamenti’ to talk about MedMaD and mass maritime mobility together with the curators of the Museo del Mare in Trieste. Thanks to Massimo Gobessi for the invitation! Here the episode (in Italian) @MSCActions

https://t.co/ADMJVDeVCL

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Today an exciting visit to the marvellous @MuseuMaritim of Barcelona and its archives. Did you know that the papers of the Compañía Trasatlántica Española are kept here? @MSCActions

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Yesterday at @UniBarcelona with the colleagues from the MSCA Staff Exchanges project @ProyectoPortADa
attending the great lecture by Prof. Joan Alemany on the ports of Barcelona, Marseille, Buenos Aires and Havana!
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Honoured to have had the opportunity to present Danilo Pedemonte's brilliant new book ‘Inglesi mediterranei: Livorno, Genova e la penetrazione britannica nel “grande mare” (1713-1783)' at the Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova! https://t.co/KB4h4JPDDM

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Check out Roberto Giulianelli's review of Mediterranean Seafarers in Transition: Maritime Labour, Communities, Shipping and the Challenge of Industrialization 1850s–1920s (BRILL), published in the August issue of the IJMH! @IJMH1
https://t.co/cwIB44tenZ

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A big thank you to the Museo del Mare in Trieste and to the fantastic audience who braved the cold to come and listen to stories of refugees, slaves and pilgrims in the Mediterranean of the steamship era!
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Today MedMaD will be presented at the Maritime Museum of Trieste! Glad to be once again in the city of Austrian Lloyd! @MSCActions

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Last week, the Maritime History course at UniGe had the pleasure of hosting two seminar meetings with Professor Gelina Harlaftis (IMS/FORTH) and Professor Laura Caruso (UNSAM). Thank you to the speakers for their wonderful contributions! @MSCActions

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It was a great pleasure to participate in the round table on history and board games at the Berio Library in Genoa on 21 September!