Generations of Empire: Youth from Ottoman to Italian Rule in the Mediterranean
Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University) in conversation with Andreas Guidi (INALCO Paris & Département Europe / CREE) on the occasion of the publication of his book Generations of Empire.
In Generations of Empire: Youth from Ottoman to Italian Rule in the Mediterranean (University of Toronto Press, 2022), Andreas Guidi investigates the relationship between state and society in light of successive transformations of imperial rule, rethinking Italian colonialism as post-Ottoman history. Andreas Guidi explores how communal life in the town of Rhodes was affected by the transition between these regimes, from an autocratic to a constitutional empire in late Ottoman years to Italian military occupation to fascist annexation. Based on archival sources in five languages from seven different countries, the book investigates generational dynamics in the domains of political activism, the family, education, work and leisure, and mobility. Generations of Empire offers a vivid picture of how a local society navigated large-scale social and political transformations in the modern Mediterranean.
Andreas Guidi is an associate professor at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) in Paris.
This online event is part of the Italian and Mediterranean Colloquia, and is co-sponsored by the Italian Department and the European Institute.