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Pubblicazioni selezionate

Authored Books

L.Kamel, The Middle East from Empire to Sealed Identities, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2019, 288 pp. ISBN: 1474448941. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-middle-east-from-empire-to-sealed-identities-9781474448949?cc=us&lang=en& Reviewed by: Corriere della Sera (by Mariachiara Giorda).

L.Kamel, Imperial Perceptions of Palestine: British Influence and Power in Late Ottoman Times, 1854-1923, I.B. Tauris, London and New York 2015, 336 pp. (1^st prize of the 2016 “Palestine Book Award”; academic section) ISBN: 1784531294 https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/imperial-perceptions-of-palestine-9781788313537/ Reviewed by: Cambridge Review of International Affairs (by Harrison B. Guthorn); English Historical Review (by Martin Bunton); Journal of Palestine Studies (by Michael R. Fischbach); Passato e Presente (by Arturo Marzano); Storicamente (by Marica Tolomelli); Middle East Monitor (by Diana Alghoul); Affari Internazionali (by Maria Teresa Matulli).

L.Kamel, Dalle Profezie all’Impero: L’espansione dell’Occidente nel Mediterraneo orientale, 1798-1878 [From the Prophecies to the Empire: The penetration of the West in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1798-1878], Carocci, Roma 2015, 170 pages. ISBN: 8843076302 http://www.carocci.it/index.php?option=com_carocci&task=schedalibro&Itemid=72&isbn=9788843076307 Reviewed by: Il Mestiere di Storico (Paolo Zanini), Cultora (by Viviana Filippini); Il Ponte (Gian Paolo Calchi Novati).

L.Kamel, L’Alternativa. Oltre i muri (mentali e fisici) della Terra Santa [The Alternative. Beyond the (mental and physical) walls of the Holy Land], Editori Riuniti University Press, Roma 2011, 180 pp. ISBN: 8864730621 http://www.amazon.it/Lalternativa-Oltre-mentali-fisici-Report/dp/8864730621

L.Kamel, Israele-Palestina. Due storie, una speranza [Israel-Palestine. Two histories, one hope], Editori Riuniti University Press, Roma 2008, 400 pp. (2^nd edition – awarded with the “International Giuseppe Sciacca” prize 2010 – adopted as a textbook in many Italian universities, among them University of Salerno and University of Rome III). ISBN: 883596055X http://www.monde-diplomatique.it/LeMonde-archivio/Ottobre-2009/pagina.php?cosa=0910lm22.07.html Reviewed by: La Repubblica (by Daniele Mastrogiacomo); Le Monde Diplomatique (by Andrea Fagioli); Quotidiano Europa (Maurizio Debanne); Il Venerdì di Repubblica (by Anna Lombardi); Il Tempo (by Anna Fiorino); Metro; Il Giornale; Riders Italian Magazine (by Alessandro Rimassa); Professione Reporter (by Marco Brando); Libero Reporter (by Gaetano Baldi); Quotidiano Avanti! (by Ermanno Caccia).

L. Kamel, L. Trombetta, La “Mezzaluna sciita”: alle radici del connubio tra religione e politica in Iran, Libano e Iraq [The “Shi’a Crescent”: at the roots of the connection between religion and politics in Iran, Lebanon and Iraq], Istituto per l’Oriente C.A. Nallino, forthcoming March 2020.

 

Edited Volumes and Special Issues

L.Kamel (ed.), The Middle East: Thinking About and Beyond Security and Stability, Peter Lang, New York 2019. ISBN, 227 pp. ISBN: 9783034338929 https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/71741

L.Kamel (ed.), The Frailty of Authority: Borders, Non-State Actors and Power Vacuums in a Changing Middle East, Edizioni Nuova Cultura – Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome 2017, 160 pp. ISBN: 9788868128289 https://books.google.it/books/about/The_Frailty_of_Authority.html?id=pB8lDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

L.Kamel, Arab Spring: A Decentring Research Agenda, Routledge, London 2016, 176 pp. Co-edited with D. Huber. ISBN: 9781138999664 https://www.routledge.com/products/search?author=Lorenzo%20Kamel

L.Kamel, Realizing Youth Potential in the Mediterranean: Unlocking Opportunities, Overcoming Challenges, Edizioni Nuova Cultura – Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome 2018, 118 pp. Co-edited with A. Okyay. ISBN: 9788833651125 https://www.new-med.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/iairs_2.pdf

L.Kamel (ed.), Changing Migration Patterns in the Mediterranean Region, Edizioni Nuova Cultura – Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome 2015, 214 pp. ISBN: 978886812596 http://nuovacultura.it/catalogo/changing-migration-patterns-in-the-mediterranean/

L.Kamel (ed.), Arab Spring and Peripheries, special issue of «Mediterranean Politics», 20(2), May 2015. Co-edited with D. Huber http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13629395.2015.1033901

L.Kamel (ed.), Youth and the Mediterranean: Exploring New Approaches to Dialogue and Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation & Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome 2017, 144 pp. Co-ed. with A. Dessì. ISBN: 978-88-9368-051-6 http://www.gmfus.org/publications/youth-and-mediterranean-exploring-new-approaches-dialogue-and-cooperation

L. Kamel (ed.), Cultural Heritage and Illicit Trafficking in a Fragmented Middle East, Peter Lang, forthcoming March 2020.

 

Book Chapters (selection)

L.Kamel, Medio Oriente e Nord Africa: dalla fine della Guerra Fredda ai muri (mentali e fisici) odierni, [The Middle East and North Africa: from the end of the Cold War to the current (mental and physical) walls], in G. Borgognone, D. Carpanetto (eds.), Dalla caduta del muro ai nuovi muri, UTET Grandi Opere, Turin 2018, pp. 35-56. https://www.academia.edu/38113656/Medio_Oriente_e_Nord_Africa_dalla_fine_della_Guerra_fredda_ai_muri_mentali_e_fisici_odierni._UTET_GRANDI_OPERE

L. Kamel, 1917: La Dichiarazione Balfour e l’Evoluzione del problema mediorientale [The Balfour Declaration and the Evolution of the Middle Eastern Question], in A. Bistarelli, R. Pertici (eds.), 1917: Un anno, un secolo, Viella, Roma 2019, pp 59-92. https://www.viella.it/libro/9788833131405

L. Kamel, Whose Stability? Assessing the ‘Iranian Threat’ though History, in L. Kamel (ed.), The Middle East: Thinking About and Beyond Security and Stability, Peter Lang, New York 2019, pp. 99-122. https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/71741

L. Kamel et al., Reconceptualizing Orders in the Mena Region, in J. Quero, C. Sala (eds.), The Menara Booklet for Academia, Cidob, Barcelona 2019, pp. 7-25. http://www.menaraproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04_THE-MENARA-BOOKLET-FOR-ACADEMIA.pdf

L. Kamel, A. Dessì, The Gaza Equation: The Regional Dimension of a Local Conflict, in J. Quero, C. Sala (eds.), The Menara Booklet for the Humanitarian Sector, Cidob, Barcelona 2019, pp. 88-94. http://www.menaraproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01_THE-MENARA-BOOKLET-FOR-THE-HUMANITARIAN-SECTOR.pdf

L.Kamel et al., Religion and politics: Religious diversity, political fragmentation and geopolitical tensions in the MENA region, in J. Quero, C. Sala (eds.), The Menara Booklet for Academia, Cidob, Barcelona 2019, pp. 49-59. http://www.menaraproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04_THE-MENARA-BOOKLET-FOR-ACADEMIA.pdf

L.Kamel, Balfour Declaration, in M. Doyle (ed.), The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia, v. 1, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara (Calif.) 2018, pp. 6-10. https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A4964C

L.Kamel, A “Natural” Order? States, Nations and Borders in a Changing Middle East, in L. Kamel (ed.), The Frailty of Authority: Borders, Non-State Actors and Power Vacuums in a Changing Middle East, Nuova Cultura, Rome 2017, pp. 123-140. http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/frailty-authority

L.Kamel, Israel and a Palestinian State: Redrawing Lines?, in D. Jung, M. Beck, P. Seeberg (eds.), The Levant in Turmoil, Palgrave Macmillan, London 2016, pp. 147-166. http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Levant-Turmoil-Palestine-Transformation/dp/toc/1137537221  

L. Kamel, Mental and Territorial Borders, in J. Carter, R. Menotti (eds.), Bordering a New Middle East: Frontiers, weak states and the great imbalance of power, Enciclopedia Treccani & Aspen Institute, Rome 2016, pp. 96-107. http://www.treccani.it/catalogo/ebook/Aspen_Italia_Views/Bordering_aspen.html

L.Kamel, Youth Exclusion and Cultural Activism in Egypt’s Sohag Governorate, in O. Bortolazzi (ed.), Youth Networks, Informal Society and Social Entrepreneurship. Case Studies in Post-Revolutionary Arab World, Bononia University Press, Bologna 2015. Co-authored with M. Ezzat Elkholy, pp. 93-103. http://www.unilibro.it/libro/bortolazzi-o-cur-/youth-networks-civil-society-and-social-entrepreneurship-case-studies-post-revolutionary-arab-world/9788869230462

L.Kamel, Palestina e palestinesi. Storia di una negazione [Palestine and Palestinians. History of a negation], in M. Casalena (ed.), Luoghi d’Europa. Culti, città, economie, ArchetipoLibri, Bologna 2012, pp. 51-64. http://www.ultimabooks.it/luoghi-d-europa-culti-citta-economie

L. Kamel, Introduction of the book: R. Romano Toscani, Il Sogno di Omàr [Omàr’s dream], ER, Roma 2010, pp. 15-21. http://sguardosulmedioriente.it/portal/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=865&year=2010&month=11&day=22&Itemid=41

L. Kamel, The ethnocentric (de)stabilization of the Eastern Mediterranean: an historical perspective, in M. Dabag (ed.), Lexicon of non-national communities and diasporas in the Mediterranean, Wilhelm Fink, forthcoming Sep. 2019 [in German].

L.Kamel, Waiting and struggling for the revolution. Women’s Perceptions from Lower and Upper rural Egypt, in M. Charrad, R. Stephan (eds.), Women Rising: Resistance, Revolution, and Reform in the Arab Spring and Beyond, New York University Press, forthcoming Sep. 2019. Co-authored with M. Ezzat Elkholy.

 

Academic Articles (selection)

L. Kamel, From Pluralization to Fragmentation: The Kurdish Case from an Historical Perspective, «Nuova Rivista Storica», 103(1), 2019, pp. 251-266. http://www.nuovarivistastorica.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019_1en_kamel.pdf 

L.Kamel, Quarant’anni dalla “Rivoluzione Islamica”: ascesa e declino del sodalizio tra clero e politica in Iran, «Passato e Presente», 107(2), 2019, pp. 21-38. https://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/SchedaRivista.aspx?IDArticolo=64223&Tipo=Articolo%20PDF&lingua=it&idRivista=98

L.Kamel, Whose land? Land tenure in late 19^th and early 20^th century Palestine, «British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies», 41(2), 2014, pp. 230-242. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13530194.2013.878518#preview

L. Kamel, La Conferenza di Losanna (1922-1923): Un “Passato che non Passa” [The Lausanne Conference: “the Past that did not Pass”], «Contemporanea» 23(1), 2019, pp. 97-107. https://www.rivisteweb.it/isni/67467

L.Kamel, Reshuffling the Middle East: a Historical and Political Perspective, «The International Spectator», 51(3), 2016, pp. 132-141. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03932729.2016.1192339

L.Kamel, Medio Oriente e “artificialità”: una prospettiva storica [Middle East and “artificiality”: an historical perspective], «Passato e Presente», 102(3), 2017, pp. 109-123. https://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=59974&Tipo=Articolo%20PDF&lingua=it&idRivista=98

L.Kamel, Artificial Nations? The Sykes-Picot and the Islamic State’s narratives in a historical perspective, «Diacronie Studi di Storia Contemporanea», 25(1), 2016, pp. 1-20. http://www.studistorici.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/03_KAMEL.pdf

L.Kamel, Arab Spring: The Role of the Peripheries, «Mediterranean Politics», 20(2), 2015, pp. 127-141. Co-authored with D. Huber. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13629395.2015.1033905#.VZJpBI665Lw

L.Kamel, Identities and Migrations: a Borderless Middle East’s Perspective, «Storicamente», 11(9), 2015, pp. 1-16. http://storicamente.org/sites/default/images/articles/media/1902/kamel_middle_east_migrations.pdf

L.Kamel, Arab Spring: A Decentring Research Agenda, «Mediterranean Politics», 20(2), 2015, pp. 272-280. Co-authored with D. Huber. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13629395.2015.1033901#.VZJoeI665Lw

L.Kamel, Sciiti, sunniti e l’ascesa dello «stato islamico» [Sunnis, Shi'as and the rising of the «Islamic state»], «Equilibri», 19(3), 2015, pp. 533-542. https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1406/81717

L.Kamel, Rivolte d'Egitto, una prospettiva di genere [Egyptian Uprisings, a gender perspective], «Passato e Presente», 96(3), 2015, pp. 87-97. http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=55082&Tipo=Articolo%20PDF&lingua=it&idRivista=98

L.Kamel, The impact of “Biblical Orientalism” in late 19th and early 20th century Palestine, «New Middle Eastern Studies», 4, 2014, pp. 1-15. http://www.brismes.ac.uk/nmes/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NMES2014Kamel.pdf

L. Kamel, Hajj Amīn al-Ḥusaynī, the “creation” of a leader, «Storicamente», 37(2), 2013, pp. 21-47. http://www.storicamente.org/05_studi_ricerche/al_husseini_kamel.htm - http://books.bradypus.net/storicamente2013

L.Kamel, De-Threatenization of the Other. An Israeli and a Palestinian Case of Understanding the Other’s Sufferance, «Peace and Change» 37(3), 2012, pp. 366-388. Co-authored with D. Huber. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0130.2012.00755.x/abstract

L.Kamel, L’importanza degli archivi nel contesto palestinese. Il caso di Abu Dis [The importance of archives in the Palestinian context. The case of Abu Dis], «Passato e Presente» 86(2), 2012, pp. 106-121. http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=45765&Tipo=Articolo%20PDF&lingua=it

L.Kamel, “Anti-Jewish Philosemitism”: Exploitation of the history of the Jewish People in British Literature, «Euroasian Studies» 10(1-2), 2012, pp. 153-187. http://www.aseq.it/eurasian-studies-vol-x-1-2-2012.html

L.Kamel, Globalization as a civilizing force for creating tolerant cosmopolitan societies? The case study of Israel, «Diacronie. Studi di storia contemporanea» 8(4), 2011, pp. 1-12. http://www.studistorici.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/06_KAMEL_numero_8.pdf

L.Kamel, The Tantura Affaire, «Oriente Moderno» 90(2), 2010, pp. 397-410. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/23253467?uid=3738296&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21103261023967

L.Kamel, Terrorism and the Revival of the State. A comparative study of Israel and Germany, «Eurostudium^3w» 15(2), 2010, pp. 108-117. http://www.eurostudium.uniroma1.it/rivista/archivio/2010-04_06-N15.php

L.Kamel, Mitoch Shelo Lishma Ba Lishma, «Oriente Moderno» 90(2), 2010, pp. 457-466. http://www.ipocan.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=21&lang=it

L.Kamel, Il Vicino Oriente tra passato e presente [The Near East between past and present], «Oriente Moderno» 90(2), 2010, pp. 467-472. http://www.ipocan.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=21&lang=it

L.Kamel, What can the Israeli case contribute to a comparative study?, «Eurostudium^3w» 16(3), 2010, pp. 143-148. http://www.eurostudium.uniroma1.it/rivista/interventi/kamel_16.pdf

L.Kamel, Key elements of the Israeli society, «Eurostudium^3w» 17(4), 2010, pp. 224-229. http://www.eurostudium.uniroma1.it/rivista/recensioni/Dibattiti%20e%20recensioni.N.17.pdf

L.Kamel, Rational Choice and New Institutionalism, a Critical Analysis, «Eurostudium^3w» 10(1), 2009, pp. 72-81. http://www.eurostudium.uniroma1.it/rivista/interventi/Rational_Choice_and_New_Institutionalism_Lorenzo_Kamel.pdf

 

Selection of non-Academic Publications (2011-2019)

Torpedoing Africa, and then Complaining about Migration, Al Jazeera, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/torpedoing-africa-complaining-migration-180817133759141.html (2018)

La semplificazione dell’“altro”. Il caso delle mappe del Palestine Exploration Fund, [The simplification of the “other”. The case of the maps of the Palestine Exploration Fund], «Limes», Classici 2/12, Dec. 2012, pp. 168-177. http://temi.repubblica.it/limes/quel-che-resta-della-terra/41154

The Palestinian Refugees and the “monologue of the century”, Al Jazeera, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/palestinian-refugees-monologue-century-190623212501227.html (2019)

Religion and Politics: Religious diversity, political fragmentation and geopolitical tensions in the MENA region (with O. Roy, K. Dalacoura, H. Meddeb, S. Colombo), Working paper for MENARA, http://www.menaraproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/menara_wp_7.pdf (2017), pp. 1-38.

Fostering Homogeneous Identities: on the Ongoing Fragmentation of Ancient Plural Identities, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/dangers-homogenous-entities-kurdish-case (2018)

L’Occidente continua ad armare l’Oriente, The Huffington Post, https://www.huffingtonpost.it/lorenzo-kamel/loccidente-continua-ad-armare-il-medio-oriente_a_23713902/ (2019)

“Stabilising” the Middle East: A Historical Perspective, IAI Commentary, https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaicom1924.pdf (2019), pp. 1-5.

Medio Oriente: armi, tra ‘sicurezza’ e ‘difesa’, Affari Internazionali, https://www.affarinternazionali.it/2019/04/medio-oriente-armi-sicurezza-difesa/ (2019)

“Migrations” from Africa: on Structural Problems and Solutions, Al Jazeera, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/stop-migration-stop-abuse-africa-resources-180213114944137.html (2018)

Kurdish Independence Vote: a Historical Perspective, Al Jazeera, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/kurdish-independence-vote-historical-perspective-170922093133193.html (2017)

Noi e l’Africa: il Passato del Presente, The Huffington Post, https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/noi-e-lafrica-il-passato-del-presente_it_5d6d0ed6e4b0cdfe05733fb6?utm_hp_ref=it-homepage (2019)

Challenging the State in the Middle East and North Africa, Working paper for MENARA, http://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/menara_wp_1.pdf (2017), pp. 1-23.

The Gaza Equation: the Regional Dimension of a Local Conflict, Working paper for MENARA, http://www.menaraproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/menara_wp_10.pdf (2018), pp. 1-16.

Colonie e schiavi: il passato e del presente, Affari Internazionali, https://www.affarinternazionali.it/2019/09/noi-africa-colonie-schiavi/ (2019)

Migranti, alcune proposte di soluzione strutturali, The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.it/lorenzo-kamel/migranti-alcune-proposte-di-soluzione-strutturali_a_23366572/?utm_hp_ref=it-homepage (2018)

Dossier migranti: forti con i deboli, deboli con i forti, The Huffington Post, https://www.huffingtonpost.it/lorenzo-kamel/dossier-migranti-forti-con-i-deboli-deboli-con-i-forti_a_23505334/ (2018)

The Return of a Shia-order in the Middle East?, Al Jazeera, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/05/return-shia-order-middle-east-170501104010115.html (2017)

Cutting ISIS’s Lifelines, Project Syndicate, https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/defeating-isis-beyond-raqqa-by-lorenzo-kamel-2017-01 (2017)

Medio Oriente: Due Agende, Un Nuovo Ordine, The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.it/lorenzo-kamel/in-medio-oriente-due-agende-un-nuovo-ordine_a_23013866/  (2017)

Trump and Jerusalem: a Legal and Historical Appraisal, Al Jazeera, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/trump-jerusalem-legal-historical-appraisal-171206150511502.html (2017)

UNSC Resolution 2334 on Settlements: Why History Matters, The Daily Star (Lebanon), https://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2017/Jan-17/389670-unsc-resolution-2334-on-israelwhy-history-matters.ashx (2017)

L’Europa e le sue “tribù”, The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.it/lorenzo-kamel/leuropa-e-le-sue-tribu/ (2017)

Medio Oriente: Chi soffia sul fuoco?, The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.it/lorenzo-kamel/medio-oriente-chi-soffia-sul-fuoco_a_23271610/?utm_hp_ref=it-homepage  (2017)

Qatar: nel Golfo, dentro le radici d’una crisi, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3998 (2017)

Raqqa has little to do with the end of the “Islamic State”, Middle East Monitor (MEMO), https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170103-raqqa-has-little-to-do-with-the-end-of-daesh/ (2017)

Trump and Jerusalem’s Least Worst Alternatives, The Forward, http://forward.com/opinion/362789/leave-israeli-embassy-tel-aviv/?attribution=author-article-listing-1-headline (2017)

Perchè l’unica strada possibile per Gerusalemme è che diventi internazionale, The Post Internazionale, https://www.tpi.it/2017/12/08/gerusalemme-capitale-analisi-internazionalizzazione/#r (2017)

From Colonialism to Migration, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (The New Arab), https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2017/4/17/europe-and-its-tribes-from-colonialism-to-migration (2017)

Oltre Astana, The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.it/lorenzo-kamel/oltre-astana-la-tesi-del-ritorno-degli-sciiti_a_22071179/?utm_hp_ref=it-homepage (2017)

Deconstructing the “Sunni NATO” ideology, Middle East Monitor (MEMO), https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170602-trump-is-fostering-chaos-in-the-middle-east/ (2017)

Attacco a Qatar è monito a schierarsi, ANSA, http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/it/notizie/rubriche/analysis/2017/06/06/qatarriad-primo-sponsor-terrorismolo-disse-gia-h.clinton_6218f1d4-abb2-46d4-962c-e74bb916a9c2.html?idPhoto=1 (2017)

Iraq Must Resolve Religious, Ethnic Tensions to Recover from Daesh Invasion, Comments for Sputnik News Agency https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201707151055576251-iraq-restoration-kurdistan/ (2017)

The Mafia-ISIS connection: Partners in crime or perfect strangers?, Comments for Al Arabiya English, https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/07/12/The-Mafia-ISIS-connection-Partners-in-crime-or-perfect-strangers-.html (2017)

The Rising Order of the Middle East, Middle East Monitor (MEMO), https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170715-the-rising-order-of-the-middle-east/ (2017)

There Is No Thirty Years’ War in the Middle East, The National Interest (Washington), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/there-no-thirty-years-war-the-middle-east-17513?page=show (2016)

Havoc in the Middle East: The Other Side of the Coin, Eurasia Review, http://www.eurasiareview.com/07092016-havoc-in-the-middle-east-the-other-side-of-the-coin-oped/ (2016)

Alle radici della frattura irano-saudita, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3300 (2016)

Medioriente: “sushis” e balcanizzazione, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/%E2%80%9Cguerra-dei-trent%E2%80%99anni%E2%80%9D-medio-oriente-un%E2%80%99analogia-fuorviante (2016)

Mental borders, states and peoples, Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/israel-and-palestine-mental-borders-states-and-peoples (2016)

Il Medio Oriente a cento anni dall’accordo Sykes-Picot, Formiche, http://formiche.net/riviste/nella-fabbrica-intelligente/ (2016)

Iraq: lo strabismo sul Califfo che semplifica la realtà, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3533 (2016)

La questione delle armi nel medioriente contemporaneo, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3603 (2016)

Trump e il conflitto israelo-palestinese, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3702 (2016)

Saudi Arabia and the Islamic State, openDemocracy, https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/lorenzo-kamel/why-we-hate-our-reflections-saudi-arabia-islamic-state (2015)

The Multilateralisation of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Call for an EU Initiative, Working paper for the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), http://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaiwp1502.pdf (2015), pp. 1-16.

The De-homogenization of the Middle East: Religious Cleavages Across Time & Space, The Gingko Library, http://www.gingkolibrary.com/news/the-de-homogenization-of-the-middle-east/ (2015)

Radical Militant Groups Are Feeding Off of Tunisia’s Marginalized Youth, Muftah, http://muftah.org/radical-militant-groups-are-feeding-off-of-tunisias-marginalized-youth/#.VY2A5o665Lx (2015)

On the Legitimacy of the Settlements: A Legal and Historical Perspective, Opinio Juris, http://opiniojuris.org/2015/12/04/on-the-legitimacy-of-the-settlements-a-legal-and-historical-perspective/ (2015)

Defusing Incitement about Jerusalem, +972mag, http://972mag.com/defusing-incitement-about-jerusalem/107280/ (2015)

European Parliament Expresses Support for Labelling Settlements Products, +972mag, http://972mag.com/are-european-settlement-labels-a-double-standard/112226/ (2015)

EU, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories: a Multi-Layered Reality, Bridging Europe, http://www.bridgingeurope.net/eu-israel-and-the-palestinian-territories-a-multi-layered-reality.html (2015)

La decostruzione della ‘terza intifada’, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3202 (2015)

Iraq is not simply an ‘artificial creation’, The National (Abu Dhabi), http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/despite-the-popular-narrative-iraq-is-not-simply-an-artificial-creation (2014)

Why do Palestinians in Gaza support Hamas?, Ha’aretz, http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.608906?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter (2014)

A changing order in the Mideast: states, borders and peoples, Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/changing-order-mideast-states-borders-and-peoples (2014)

Laws, friends & enemies: the case for Susiya, Middle East Eye, http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/laws-friends-enemies-case-susiya-756900453 (2014)

Daesh, i prodromi dell’implosione saudita?, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=2943 (2014)

Is it too late to defuse a third intifada in Jerusalem?, Ha’aretz, http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.627321 (2014)

Women activism and resistance in rural Upper and Lower Egypt, The Hill, http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/201830-women-activism-and-resistance-in-rural-upper-and-lower, (2014). Coauthored with M. Ezzat Elkholy.

Article 80 of the UN Charter and its repercussions on settlements, e-International Relations (e-IR), http://www.e-ir.info/2014/02/14/the-palestinian-territories-and-the-selflegitimizazion-of-the-settlements/ (2014)

Yarmouk, microcosmo di una tragedia, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3033 (2014)

Part 1: Is the EU Adopting a Double-Standards Approach toward Israel and the Palestinian Territories?, Opinio Juris, http://opiniojuris.org/2014/01/09/eu-adopting-double-standards-approach-toward-israel-palestinian-territories-part-1/, (2014)

Part 2: Is the EU Adopting a Double-Standards Approach toward Israel and the Palestinian Territories?, Opinio Juris, http://opiniojuris.org/2014/01/09/eu-adopting-double-standards-approach-toward-israel-palestinian-territories-part-2/#more-30130, (2014)

Il monologo travestito da dialogo: Israele, Hamas e la guerra di Gaza, Limes, http://temi.repubblica.it/limes/il-monologo-travestito-da-dialogo-israele-hamas-e-la-guerra-di-gaza/65039 (2014)

Il cliché di un Iraq artificiale e diviso, Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/il-cliché-di-un-iraq-artificiale-e-diviso (2014)

Israel Remains on the Right. The Historical Reasons Behind a Long-established Political Supremacy, «IAI Working Papers» 13(6), Feb. 2013, pp. 1-16. http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/israel-remains-right

The roots and context of the Syrian disaster: sharing responsibilities, Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/roots-and-context-syrian-disaster-sharing-responsibilities (2013)

The Myth of One-State Alternative To the Two-State Solution, Al-Monitor, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/contents/articles/opinion/2013/06/rami-hamdallah-two-state-solution.html (2013)

“Palestinians”: The Ongoing Attempt to Simply “the Others”, Middle East Policy Council, http://www.mepc.org/articles-commentary/commentary/palestinians-ongoing-attempt-simplify-others (2013)

Irredentism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East Eye, http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/irredentism-and-israeli-palestinian-conflict (2014)

L’Unione europea e lo ‘Stato di Palestina’, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=2900 (2014)

Stalemate in the Middle East Peace Process: in search of a way out, Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/stalemate-middle-east-peace-process-search-way-out (2014)

The “less colonial” border of the Eastern Mediterranean region, The National (Abu Dhabi), http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/history-shines-light-on-the-true-borders-of-palestine#full (2014).

Women’s role in Egypt and a changing society, Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/women’s-role-egypt-and-changing-society (2014)

Reversing the “autonomy on steroids” solution, openDemocracy, https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/lorenzo-kamel/‘two-states’-or-‘one-state’-with-full-citizenship-for-palestinians-misl (2014)

Gush Etzion: Between Past and Present, The National (Abu Dhabi), http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/the-fact-and-the-fiction-of-israels-settlement-building (2014)

Between Past and Present: Israel’s Internal Debates, Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/between-past-and-present-israel’s-internal-debates (2014)

Egypt: When beards become “warning lights”, IDN-InDephtNews, http://www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/1695-egypt-when-beards-become-warning-lights (2013)

On the “legitimacy” of the colonization of the Palestinian territories, openDemocracy, http://www.opendemocracy.net/lorenzo-kamel/on-“legitimacy”-of-colonization-of-palestinian-territories (2013)

Israel Concept of “State land” Needs Another Look, Al-Monitor, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/settlements-land-ownership-palestine-israel.html (2013)

The EU and the labeling settlements products question: setting the record straight, Your Middle East, http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/opinion/lorenzo-kamel-setting-the-record-straight-on-eu-and-settlement-products_16307 (2013)

Who ever heard of the occupation of Ramle or Akko?, Pravda, http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/12-08-2013/125349-palestine_israel-0/ (2013)

Are the Palestinians a modern invention?, Your Middle East, http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/opinion/are-the-palestinians-a-modern-invention_19361 (2013)

Israeli elections: the illusion of a tie between right and center-left, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/israeli-elections-illusion-tie-between-right-and-center-left (2013)

Netanyahu’s misleading response to the EU’s new policy on Israeli settlements, EurActiv, http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/netanyahu-misleading-response-eu-analysis-529428 (2013)

Beyond the Egyptian paradox. A conversation with Roger Owen, Interview for the Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/beyond-egyptian-paradox-conversation-roger-owen (2013)

Overcoming the ‘formative territory’ logic, +972mag, http://972mag.com/israels-historic-land-claims-delegitimize-its-existence/82029/ (2013)

Acre and the tragedy of solipsism, openDemocracy, http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/lorenzo-kamel/acre-and-tragedy-of-solipsism (2013)

La prudenza turca verso la Siria, dietro le apparenze, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/la-prudenza-turca-verso-la-siria-dietro-le-apparenze (2012)

Abu Mazen torna all’ONU. Il punto di vista dei palestinesi, Limes, http://temi.repubblica.it/limes/alla-palestina-serve-uno-stato-per-cominciare-a-costruirne-uno/39715 (2012)

La tomba della rivoluzione egiziana?, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/la-tomba-della-rivoluzione-egiziana (2012)

The US and the Iranian issue: the great balancing act, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/us-and-iranian-issue-great-balancing-act (2012)

La chimera di uno stato per due popoli, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=2308 (2013)

Obama in Israele e Palestina. Il futuro che sa di passato, Aspen Institute, https://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/obama-israele-e-palestina-il-futuro-che-sa-di-passato (2013)

The Israeli political spectrum: polarization and foreign policy continuity, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/israeli-political-spectrum-polarization-and-foreign-policy-continuity (2013)

Voci da piazza Tahrir, Il Mulino, http://www.rivistailmulino.it/news/newsitem/index/Item/News:NEWS_ITEM:1915 (2012)

To be a peace broker, U.S. must reassess its position on settlements, +972mag, http://972mag.com/to-be-a-peace-broker-u-s-must-reasses-position-on-settlements/62926/ (2012)

L’incerto destino di Gaza, Affari Internazionali, http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=2203 (2012)

Israel and the US facing the Iranian challenge, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/israel-and-us-facing-iranian-challenge (2012)

Il “modello turco” tra realtà e gravi limiti, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/il-“modello-turco”-tra-realtà-e-gravi-limiti (2012)

Colonizing the West Bank in the name of security and religion, +972mag, http://972mag.com/colonizing-west-bank-in-the-name-of-security-and-religion/27965/ (2011)

Abbas’s gamble and the role of the international community, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/abbas’s-gamble-and-role-international-community (2011)

The cold war between Turkey and Israel, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/cold-war-between-turkey-and-israel (2011)

Palestinian statehood and the UN nexus, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/palestinian-statehood-and-un-nexus (2011)

The Egyptian revolution from Israel’s perspective, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/egyptian-revolution-israel%E2%80%99s-perspective (2011)

The Arab Spring in Syria: a key challenge for Israel, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/arab-spring-syria-key-challenge-israel (2011)

The hopes for an Arab Spring in Palestine, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/hopes-arab-spring-palestine (2011)

The Iranian (and Turkish) model in Israeli eyes, Aspen Institute, http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/iranian-and-turkish-model-israeli-eyes (2011)

Scompare l’Anp dai nuovi sussidiari per le scuole arabe, Europa, http://www.europaquotidiano.it/gw/producer/dettaglio.aspx?id_doc=130351 (2011)

Setting the stage, The Jerusalem Post, http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Entertainment/Setting-the-stage (2011)

 

Interviews (selection among the most recent ones)

Rai 1 / Unomattina (in diretta: dal minuto 1:20) – Sulla crisi in Libia: https://www.raiplay.it/video/2018/08/Unomattina-Estate-b78bd0e6-9eb7-4e71-aec6-27e0728d2059.html (2018)

Radio 24 – Il Sole 24 Ore (in diretta: dal minuto 33:00) – Sulla ‘fine’ della guerra in Yemen e ricadute regionali:  https://podcast-radio24.ilsole24ore.com/radio24_audio/2019/190830-luogo-lontano-s.mp3 (2019)

Mediaset TgCom24 (in diretta) – Sull’Iran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWtBOpo36d4&t=50s (2019)

Mediaset TgCom24 (in diretta) – Sulla situazione in Egitto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs1pryo0QKk&t=132s (2019)

Middle East Monitor –Sulle elezioni Europee in relazione al Medio Oriente e Nord Africa: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190607-the-european-elections-brought-no-change-for-the-middle-east/ (2019)

TRT World –  Sul triangolo Africa-Europa-Migrazioni: https://www.trtworld.com/europe/if-europe-wants-to-develop-africa-it-should-end-exploitation-first-22398 (2018)

Rai 1 / Unomattina (in diretta: dal minuto 20:00) – Sullo spostamento dell’ambasciata statunitense a Gerusalemme: https://www.raiplay.it/video/2018/05/Unomattina-0277dc10-bc57-4022-9758-d0e81cdc4bd0.html (2018)

Rai 1 / Unomattina (in diretta: dal minuto 23:00) – Sulle elezioni in Egitto: http://www.raiplay.it/video/2018/03/Unomattina-0a5e0f80-3a7a-4316-9af8-5416a500cf92.html?platform=hootsuite (2018)

Mediaset TgCom24 (in diretta) – Su Turchia/Rojava: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht_WokOyzqw (2018)

Equal Times –  Sui movimenti migratori dall’Africa: https://www.equaltimes.org/they-survived-hell-now-reluctant#.W6ANCJMzYdU (2018)

Le Diplomate Tunisien – Sulle questioni migratorie: https://www.lediplomate.tn/leurope-developper-lafrique-elle-devra-dabord-mettre-fin-lexploitation/ (2018)

La Stampa (disponibile anche in versione audio) – Sulle radici storiche della frattura Arabia Saudita/Iran e le ricadute su Golfo, Maghreb e Med orientale: https://www.audible.it/pd/News-e- Approfondimenti/La-partita-Riad-Teheran-Guerra-Pace-21- Audiolibri/B07DPLBJJM?action_code=SNGGBWS072717001P&ipRedirectOverride=true (2018)

Mediaset TgCom24 (in diretta) – Sulla questione curda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBmeR-mtqhc (2018)

La Repubblica – Sulla situazione nella Striscia di Gaza: https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/generale/2018/04/06/news/chi_comanda_hamas_sempre_piu_sola_contro_israele-193192308/ (2018)

Mediaset TgCom24 (in diretta) – Sulle rivolte in Iran viste da una prospettiva storica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjKlpp1OKc&app=desktop (2018)

The Post Internationale (TPI) – Su questioni strutturali legate ai flussi migratori: https://www.tpi.it/2018/02/21/fermare-immigrazione-abuso-risorse-africa/ (2018)

RaiNews24 (in diretta) – Sulla rivalità irano-saudita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2gWORTL6N4 (2017)

Radio Rai 3 (in diretta) – Sulla storia di Gerusalemme (con Franco Cardini): http://www.radio.rai.it/podcast/A46569922.mp3 (2017)

Mediaset TgCom24 (in diretta) – Sul retroterra storico della risoluzione dell’ONU riguardante Gerusalemme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYbSozkIX4 (2018)

Mediaset TgCom24 (in diretta) – Sulla crisi migratoria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH7PCaekAzE (2017)

Al Arabiya – Sull’ISIS: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/07/12/The-Mafia-ISIS-connection-Partners-in- crime-or-perfect-strangers-.html (2017)

Sputnik News Agency – Sul Kurdistan iracheno: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201707151055576251- iraq-restoration-kurdistan/ (2017)

Radio Monte Carlo (in diretta) – Sulla crisi nel Qatar: http://www.radiomontecarlo.net/audio/claudio- micalizio/234950/lorenzo-kamel-docente-di-storia-del-medio-oriente-moderno-e-contemporaneo-a-friburgo-in-germania-e- responsabile-di-ricerca-istituto-affari-internazionali-a-roma-le-tensioni-tra-qatar-e-i-paesi-arabi.html (2017)

Radio inBlu (in diretta) – Su Kirkuk e le identità fluide del Medioriente: http://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/radioinblu_kamel_170926.mp3 (2017)

Al-Fanar Media – Sull’Arabia Saudita: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2017/11/arrested-saudi-prince-major- academic-donor/ (2017)

Sky – Reteconomy (in diretta) – Su Gerusalemme città contesa: http://www.reteconomy.it/programmi/bookmark/2017/dicembre/7-dicembre-2017/gerusalemme-citta-contesa.aspx (2017)

ANSA  – Rivoluzione iraniana del 1979: http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/it/notizie/rubriche/analysis/2017/06/06/qatarriad-primo-sponsor-terrorismolo-disse-gia- h.clinton_6218f1d4-abb2-46d4-962c-e74bb916a9c2.html?idPhoto=1 (2017)

RT (Russia Today) – Comparazione politiche di Obama e Trump in Medioriente: https://www.rt.com/uk/368177-trump-clinton-israel-palestine/ (2016)

Radio Rai 1 (in diretta) – Sulle elezioni in Israele: https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiorai/voci-del-mattino-del- 27-05-2016-israele (2016)

 

Book Reviews (selection of the last ten)

Review of 7 books on the centenary of World War I, in «The International Spectator» 52(1), Mar. 2017, pp. 139-144. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03932729.2017.1277633

Gribetz, Jonathan Mark, “Defining Neighbors”, 2014: in «The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms», 22(2), Jan. 2017, pp. 233-5. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10848770.2016.1275387

Catlos, Brian A., “Infidel kings and unholy warriors: faith, power, and violence in the age of crusade and jihad”, 2014: in «The International Spectator» 51(3), Oct. 2016, 149-150. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03932729.2016.1213507

Guazzone, Laura (ed.), “Storia ed evoluzione dell’islamismo arabo”, 2015: in «Il Mestiere di Storico», 15(1), July 2016, p. 145. http://www.viella.it/rivista/9788867286638

Russell, Gerard, “Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East”, 2014: in «The International Spectator» 51(1), Apr. 2016, pp. 145-6. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03932729.2016.1153832

Omer, Atalia, “When Peace is not Enough”, 2013: in «Peace and Change», 40(4), Oct. 2015, pp. 561-3. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pech.12150/full

Di Fiore, Laura, “L’Islam e l’Impero. Il Medio Oriente di Toynbee all’indomani della Grande Guerra”, 2015: in «Storicamente» 11, Nov. 2015, pp. 1-3. http://storicamente.org/sites/default/images/articles/media/1909/di_fiore_kamel.pdf

Rahat, Gideon, Reuven Y. Hazan, and Richard S. Katz, “Democracy and Political Parties: On the Uneasy Relationships between Participation, Competition and Representation”, 2008: in «Eurostudium^3w» 20(3), 2011, pp. 216-7. http://www.eurostudium.uniroma1.it/rivista/recensioni/Rahat.pdf

Miodownik, Dan, Ravi Bhavnani and Jin‐Choi Hyun, “Three Two Tango: Control and Violence in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza”, 2011; in «Eurostudium^3w» 18(1), 2011, pp. 280-1. http://www.eurostudium.eu/rivista/recensioni/Kamel.pdf

Peled, Alon, “Traversing Digital Babel”, 2011; in «Eurostudium^3w» 18(1), 2011, pp. 282-3. http://www.eurostudium.eu/rivista/recensioni/Kamel.pdf

Sharkansky, Ira, “The Promised Land of the Chosen People is not all that Distinctive: On the Value  of  Comparison”, 1999; in «Eurostudium^3w» 18(1), 2011, pp. 284-5. http://www.eurostudium.eu/rivista/recensioni/Kamel.pdf

Schwartz, Robert, Sulitzeanu‐Kenan, Raanan, “Managerial Values and Accountability Pressures: Challenges of Crisis and Disaster”, 2004; in «Eurostudium^3w» 22(1), 2012, pp. 132-3. https://docplayer.it/1648927-Eurostudium-3w-gennaio-marzo-2012.html

Corsi di insegnamento

• 1_The Contemporary Middle East in a Comparative perspective (STS0206)
  Corso di laurea in Storia
• 2_History of the Contemporary Middle East (STS0206)
  Corso di laurea in Storia
• History of Colonial and Post-colonial Spaces (STS0202)
  Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze storiche
• History of the Contemporary Middle East (corso aggregato) (STS0205)
  Corso di laurea in Storia
• Storia contemporanea E (S9841)
  Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze storiche

Temi di ricerca

Lorenzo Kamel ha ottenuto un M.A. biennale in Israeli Society & Politics alla Hebrew University di Gerusalemme e un dottorato di ricerca in Storia all'Università di Bologna. In precedenza ha conseguito una laurea di vecchio ordinamento in Filosofia presso l'Università di Roma La Sapienza.

È Professore associato di Storia Contemporanea (M-STO/04) all'Università degli Studi di Torino — dove insegna i corsi di "History of Colonial and Post-Colonial Spaces", "The Contemporary Middle East in a Comparative Perspective" e "History of the Middle East and North Africa" — e membro del collegio dei docenti del dottorato in "Global History of Empires". 

È inoltre direttore delle collane editoriali dell'Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) e, dal 2014, direttore scientifico del “New-Med Research Network” (finanziato dalla Compagnia di San Paolo, dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, dal German Marshall Fund of the United States e dall’OSCE). 

Ha ottenuto incarichi di insegnamento e ricerca in numerose università in Europa, Stati Uniti e Medio Oriente, tra cui la Albert-Ludwigs-Universität di Friburgo – dove è stato Marie Curie Experienced Researcher per un anno – e l’Università di Harvard, dove, con la sponsorship di Roger Owen e Sara Roy, è stato, tra altri incarichi, anche Postdoctoral Fellow per due anni. 

Ha ricevuto l'Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale del MIUR come professore associato nei settori concorsuali 11/A3 Storia Contemporanea (D.D. 1532/2016), 10/N1 Culture del Vicino Oriente Antico, del Medio Oriente e dell'Africa (D.D. 1532/2016), 14/B2 Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali delle Società e delle Istituzioni Extraeuropee (D.D. 1532/2016): in tutti e tre i casi con giudizio unanime delle commissioni. 

Nel 2014 è stato nominato Responsabile di ricerca per l'area del Medio Oriente e del Nord Africa all'Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), dove è stato anche coordinatore IAI del progetto Horizon2020 MENARA ('Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture'), co-diretto da CIDOB e IAI. 

È membro di “Eumenia – Jean Monnet Network” ed ha partecipato, con diversi incarichi, a numerosi altri progetti europei, inclusi “EU-LISTCO” (Horizon2020) e “MedReset” (Horizon2020). 

Ha organizzato, nella veste di direttore scientifico, circa 15 convegni internazionali in 10 diversi paesi (Libano, Tunisia, Giordania, Israele/Palestina, Italia, Iran, Inghilterra, Cipro, Grecia, Turchia). 

Ha pubblicato 10 libri (cinque come autore) su temi legati al Medio Oriente e al Mediterraneo, inclusi "The Middle East from Empire to Sealed Identities" (Edinburgh University Press), "Imperial Perceptions of Palestine: British Influence and Power in Late Ottoman Times, 1854-1923" (vincitore del primo premio del "Palestine Book Award" 2016, sezione accademica) e "Arab Spring and Peripheries: A Decentring Research Agenda" (Routledge 2016). 

È autore di oltre trenta articoli su riviste accademiche, tra cui The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Peace and Change, Euroasian Studies, New Middle Eastern Studies, Passato e Presente, Storicamente, Oriente Moderno, Mediterranean Politics, The International Spectator, Contemporanea, Nuova Rivista Storica. 

Serve nel board di diverse riviste accademiche, incluse 'Palgrave Communications', Eurostudium e 'Passato e Presente' (membro della direzione), ed è autore di circa 200 articoli, commenti e policy papers su giornali e think tank italiani e internazionali, inclusi Al Jazeera, Ha'aretz, Project Syndicate, Al-Monitor, The National (Abu Dhabi), The National Interest (Washington), La Repubblica, La Stampa, Eurasia Review, Opinio Juris, Aspen, openDemocracy, e-International Relations (e-IR), Middle East Policy Council, Pravda, The Jerusalem Post, +972mag, The Hill, Middle East Monitor (MEMO), Limes, Equilibri, The Daily Star (Lebanon), The Forward, Sputnik, The Huffington Post, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, ANSA, Al Arabiya. 

È spesso ospite in programmi e speciali di approfondimento (inclusi Rai 1, Mediaset, Sky, RadioRai 1 e ANSA, per quanto concerne l'Italia) e ha ricevuto il "Palestine Academic Book Award" 2016 (sezione accademica), il "Premio Internazionale Giuseppe Sciacca" 2010 e il Fritz Thyssen Grant presso l'Università di Bologna, dove ha tenuto corsi di Storia contemporanea comparata.

Ha tenuto seminari e corsi in diverse università nazionali e internazionali - e su invito della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - e ha vissuto per anni in diversi paesi del Medio Oriente, trascorrendo inoltre lunghi periodi come visiting fellow alla Birzeit University (Ramallah), alla Bilkent University (Ankara), alla ‘Ain Shams University (Cairo) e alla Hebrew University di Gerusalemme. 

È direttore di tre collane editoriali (inclusa la collana "Global Politics" per la casa editrice Peter Lang) e peer reviewer per lo European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant “The Study of the Human Past”), Routledge (collana libri Storia), International Affairs (Chatham House), Eurias e numerose altre istituzioni, case editrici e riviste accademiche. 

Ha 38 anni ed è l'orgoglioso padre di Niccolò e Valerie. 

Organi

• Consiglio del Corso di laurea in Storia

• Consiglio del Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze storiche

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