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Claire Dillon @clairedillon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For those in Sydney: next month I'm joining artist Gillian Kayrooz to discuss our encounters with the work of Khaled Sabsabi in the 2026 Venice Biennale, and to explore the larger question of representation across cultural and geographic contexts. events.humanitix.com/area-discour...

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Claire Dillon @clairedillon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

CFP: "The Politicized Premodern Past," a special issue of @radhistreview.bsky.social to explore the ways that history is used to advance, legitimate, and contest politics of division and dominance. Deadline: Oct 15. www.radicalhistoryreview.org/the-politici... (Photo: Rodney Dunning CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Claire Dillon @clairedillon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Join Hayaan Heritage on February 25, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM EST, to discuss my research on Mediterranean interventions in Mogadishu's built environment. The webinar will be held at this link: meet.google.com/vuz-xrti-eeb

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Claire Dillon @clairedillon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

It was a pleasure to discuss the Cathedral of Mogadishu with journalist @faisalahali.bsky.social! You can read the interview on Socialist Somalia, and be sure to check out Faisal's other articles about the past century of Somali history. somaliarchive77.substack.com/p/how-did-a-...

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Claire Dillon @clairedillon.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I'm honored to have contributed to "Speculations," the centennial issue of Speculum! My piece reflects on the cathedral of Mogadishu and what its legacy means for representations and research of Mediterranean connections, especially between Europe and Africa www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Claire Dillon @clairedillon.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

My research on the Cathedral of Mogadishu was just featured in Geeska! In this interview, we explore how a medieval Sicilian cathedral inspired this Fascist-era monument, the hidden labor that built it, and the myth of “peaceful conquest” that its design embodied: www.geeska.com/en/claire-di...

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Claire Dillon @clairedillon.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

My article about the Cathedral of Mogadishu is free to read and download until October 22: online.ucpress.edu/jsah/article... In this first comprehensive study of the monument, I argue that its neomedieval design conveys a coercive message of coexistence between the colonizer and the colonized.

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Claire Dillon @clairedillon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

You can read about my time at the American Academy in Rome in this recent interview, which covers everything from medieval silk to the archives of modern missionaries, and the connections that are formed when living among designers, makers, and artists. www.aarome.org/news/feature...

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