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Migrants, criminals and spies in the Italian Mediterranean — Italian and Mediterranean Colloquium

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October 19, 2017
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027 Room 403
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To RSVP, please email Konstantina Zanou and Pier Tommasino. Migrants, criminals and spies in the Italian Mediterranean Presenter: Joseph Viscomi (New York University) Respondent: Silvana Patriarca (Fordham University) Moderator: Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University) In what ways do the movements of subversive Italians during the twentieth century challenge historiography of the modern Mediterranean? What socio-political constellations emerge from their itineraries? Which boundaries are inverted or reinforced? Viscomi explores these questions through the microhistories of Italians in Egypt who evaded the law –or manipulated its ambiguity in their favor– between 1919 and 1940. Using documents that appeal either to Italian consular courts in Egypt or to Italian political leaders, in this talk Viscomi proposes that these individual cases help us to understand the overlapping regimes of law, nationalism, and colonialism in what we could articulate as an Italian Mediterranean. Please RSVP by emailing [email protected] and [email protected].

Migrants, criminals and spies in the Italian Mediterranean

Presenter: Joseph Viscomi (New York University)

Respondent: Silvana Patriarca (Fordham University)

Moderator: Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University)

In what ways do the movements of subversive Italians during the twentieth century challenge historiography of the modern Mediterranean? What socio-political constellations emerge from their itineraries? Which boundaries are inverted or reinforced? Viscomi explores these questions through the microhistories of Italians in Egypt who evaded the law –or manipulated its ambiguity in their favor– between 1919 and 1940. Using documents that appeal either to Italian consular courts in Egypt or to Italian political leaders, in this talk Viscomi proposes that these individual cases help us to understand the overlapping regimes of law, nationalism, and colonialism in what we could articulate as an Italian Mediterranean.

Please RSVP by emailing [email protected] and [email protected].