nmelis_unica

Associate Professor at the University of Cagliari, Sardinia, interested in Ottoman Africa; Ottomans in the Red Sea; Ottoman Borders; Mediterranean networks.

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Happy to announce the roundtable “Rethinking Africa and the Ottoman World – Perspectives and Transimperial Connections.”

21 November 2025, 15:00
University of Cagliari – Department of Social and Political Sciences

@MostafaMinawi @noralafi

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On 18–19 November we’ll be in Rome for Beyond the Atlantic Paradigm: Slavery in Comparative Perspective at the Istituto Svizzero.
A two-day deep dive into slavery, labour, and legal histories across the Islamicate and African worlds.
Join us — in Rome or online.

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Now live: Afriche e Orienti, Vol. 27 No. 2 Turkey’s Ottoman Afterlives, guest-edited by me and Carlo Sanna.
Eight essays on Ottoman memory, Turkish politics & African outreach — open access: https://t.co/vbbBaEO2Io #AfricanStudies #MiddleEast #OpenAccess

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📘 Scudi umani di Neve Gordon e Nicola Perugini
🗓️ 20 maggio, h 17:00
UniCa – Aula Magna, Cagliari @SPolUniCA
Con l’autore @PeruginiNic
Ne discutono Patrizia Manduchi, Alessandra Marchi Nicola Melis
Un saggio acclamato
🔗 [email protected]
#ScudiUmani #DirittiUmani #UniCa

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Convegno internazionale: Intersecting Sub-Saharan Africa, 1450-1700 https://t.co/CeL9yUYI3H

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@MarciaSchenck @AytekAlpan Great to see that you're still interested in refugees movement in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman space!

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Il 5 dicembre si terrà a Cagliari La Giornata dell'Africa 2024 (ore 17:00-19:00) e sarà dedicata a un’analisi del "Piano Mattei" per la cooperazione tra Italia e Africa.
@AFFRICAorg @SPolUniCA @robipeg @OpenUnica

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[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Chissà se ora che Israele ha aperto il fuoco sulle basi Italiane in Libano, l'Italia si deciderà a sospendere la vendita di armi a Israele.

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@SPolUniCA

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The XVI SeSaMO conference will be held at the University of Cagliari from 3rd to 5th October 2024.
Panel 23: Questioning ‘Civilisation,’ ‘Reform’ and ‘(Post)Modernity’ in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Space (XIX-XXI centuries).
https://t.co/TkdpmAg2Sm

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@CagliariCalcio ... e assist!

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The book just arrived!!!!
Happy to have it on my desk.

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I am thrilled to announce the publication of a special issue of EURASIAN STUDIES (21, 2023, Leiden: Brill), which I edited: THE OTTOMAN AFRICA AND THE OTTOMANS IN AFRICA. Thanks to the fantastic team at Eurasian Studies & all coauthors.
https://t.co/rRNLN4dQoa