Lorenzo Kamel

Lorenzo Kamel is Associate Professor of History at the University of Turin, scientific director of the New-Med Research Network, and director of the IAI's Research Studies. He held teaching and research positions in many universities in the Middle East, the US, and Europe, including the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, where he served as a Marie Curie Experienced Researcher, and Harvard University, where he was a Postdoctoral Fellow for 2 years. His most recent book is entitled 'The Middle from Empire to Sealed Identities' (Edinburgh UP 2019).

Una terra troppo spesso promessa

Correva l’anno 1978: l’attuale primo ministro israeliano Benjamin Netanyahu dichiarò per la prima volta che “la Giordania è la Palestina”. Ciò che intendeva dire è che i palestinesi hanno già una loro patria storica e che essa è sita…

Oltre il “legalismo autocratico” di Israele: la questione palestinese

Con l’espressione “legalismo autocratico” la sociologa Kim Lane Scheppele fa riferimento alle dinamiche attraverso cui i moderni regimi autocratici indeboliscono gradualmente i “gatekeepers” della separazione dei poteri, ovvero le corti…

Tangier and Jerusalem, a history of two attempted internationalizations

In 1904, Morocco was split into three spheres of influence: one French, one Spanish, and a Tangier zone. The original idea for the internationalization of Tangier, discussed also in the frame of the Algeciras Treaty of 1906, is rooted in…

Cambiamenti climatici e politica: una prospettiva storica

Nel 1989 la sociologa statunitense Janet Abu-Lughod predisse che l’epoca dell’egemonia occidentale sarebbe stata sostituita dal ritorno a un “relativo equilibrio tra molteplici centri di potere, come accaduto nel sistema mondiale del XIII…

The West and the “trusted allies” inside Afghanistan

During the Afshar Operation in 1993, when Afghanistan was ruled by competing warlords and after a decade of mass displacement and a complete collapse of the state, the late Tajik military commander Ahmad Shāh Masʿūd was among those involved…

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