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Dr. Roberto Mazza

Assistant Professor

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SOAS Director's Teaching Prize, 2008 (Univ. of London)

Dr. Roberto Mazza (Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2007) joined the Department in the Fall of 2009 as its specialist in Middle Eastern History.

Prof. Mazza teaches upper-division courses on the history of the modern Middle East, the Ottoman world, and the Mediterranean region [History 344 and 444(G)], a survey of Middle East history from the pre-Islamic era to the present [History 144], and graduate seminars on various aspects of Middle Eastern History [History 530 and 531]. Dr. Mazza previously taught Middle East history at the University of London and at Birkbeck College, in England.

Dr. Mazza's research interests include the Late Ottoman history of Palestine and Jerusalem, Christian institutions and communities in Palestine, and the impact of the First World War in the emergence of the modern Middle East. His first book, Jerusalem: From the Ottomans to the British, was published in Fall 2009 by I.B. Tauris. His most recent article, on "Churches at War: The Impact of the First World War on the Christian Institutions of Jerusalem, 1914–20," was recently published in the journal Middle Eastern Studies.

When not occupied with his professional responsibilities, Dr. Mazza, who holds an MA in International Relations from Italy's Bologna University as well as the Ph.D. in History from the University of London, enjoys refereeing basketball games.

 

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