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Sara Zanotta

@sarazanotta.bsky.social
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Postdoc @redmix.bsky.social at the University of Turin • Global history, mobility & mixedness of Iranians in the Red Sea • Editor for Persian, Turkic and Biblical Studies @digitalorientalist.bsky.social

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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Great news from Utrecht! During the biennial conference of the Association for Iranian Studies I received the Mehrdad Mashayekhi Dissertation Award and the Conference to Journal Paper Award. I am extremely grateful to the award committees for both of these prizes!
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
📌Latest publication “Persian-Arab Life Trajectories in the Red Sea (19th-20th Centuries): Tracing Mixedness through Digital Humanities” by @sarazanotta.bsky.social and @tizypas.bsky.social for #Connections #REDMIX #ERC #ERCCoG @erc.europa.eu www.connections.clio-online.net/article/id/f...
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Persian-Arab Life Trajectories in the Red Sea (19th-20th Centuries): Tracing Mixedness through Digital Humanities
The special issue “Digital Humanities in Area Studies” brings together contributions from the summer school “Open(ing) Science? Digital Humanities in Area Studies” held at Leipzig University in July 2...
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European Network in Universal and Global History @eniugh-comparativ.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
ENIUGH is proud to announce that dissertations by Monique Ligtenberg and Burak Sayim were honoured with the Walter-Markov-Prize. Sara Zanotta was awarded an honourable distinction. eniugh.org/walter-marko...
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Walter-Markov-Prize
The call for applications for the Walter-Markov-Prize 2025 has been closed, the recipient(s) will be announced at the eighth ENIUGH congress taking place at Linneaus University, Växjö, Sweden…
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
📍Seminar series “Histories across the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf” Join our online seminar series at 🔗 unito.webex.com/meet/redmix #ERC #ERCCoG #REDMIX @erc.europa.eu
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🔴 Call for papers for the international seminar “Tides of connections and tensions. Revisiting the Indian Ocean and Red Sea as Spaces of Historical Entanglement” Send your abstract by 26/10/2025 to redmix@unito.it and tidesconnect@christuniversity.in #ERC #ERCCoG #REDMIX @erc.europa.eu
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I am excited to announce that my PhD thesis "Long-distance constitutionalists: Trans-imperial mobility and cross-border strategies of the Iranian constitutional movement (1850s-1910s)" received the honorary distinction of the Walter-Markov-Prize eniugh.org/walter-marko...
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Walter-Markov-Prize
The call for applications for the Walter-Markov-Prize 2025 has been closed, the recipient(s) will be announced at the eighth ENIUGH congress taking place at Linneaus University, Växjö, Sweden…
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
REDMIX research fellows Sara Zanotta and Adnen el Ghali will be the guest editors of a special issue of Northeast African Studies on #mixing and #mixedness in #RedSea cities 📩 send your title and abstract proposals to redmix@unito.it by 30 October 2025 #ERC #ERCCoG #REDMIX @erc.europa.eu
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
🔴 Cfp “A Sea of Mixedness: Mobility and Mixing Shaping Red Sea Cities and Urban Life (1800s-2000s)” Adnen el Ghali and I will be the guest editors of an issue of Northeast African Studies on mixing and mixedness in Red Sea cities and towns 🔗 zenodo.org/records/1699... #ERC #REDMIX @erc.europa.eu
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Call for Papers NEAS - Special Issue "A Sea of Mixedness: Mobility and Mixing Shaping Red Sea Cities and Urban Life (1800s-2000s)"
Call for Papers for a Special Issue "A Sea of Mixedness: Mobility and Mixing Shaping Red Sea Cities and Urban Life (1800s-2000s)" of Northeast African Studies.
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
My article “Losing Confidence: Iranian Revolutionaries and Italy from the Lesser Despotism to the Italo-Ottoman War (1908-1911)” has just been published in The International History Review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Losing Confidence: Iranian Revolutionaries and Italy from the Lesser Despotism to the Italo-Ottoman War (1908–1911)
This article explores the evolution of the relationship between Iranian revolutionaries and Italy from the repression of the Iranian constitutional revolution in June 1908 to the outbreak of the It...
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
📍Last Friday at #Archivissima , I reconstructed the experience in 19th-century #Turin of Hajj Sayyah and Nasser ed-Din Shah. #Qajar #Iran #ERCCoG #REDMIX #erc @erc.europa.eu @redmix.bsky.social
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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
And that's a wrap! 🎉 We've had a wonderful & vibrant day exploring #AI and #DigitalHumanities. Thank you to @tsujihirohito.bsky.social‬, our Conference Manager & Editor; our chairs James Harry Morris, Emma Kiey, & @sarazanotta.bsky.social; our speakers for sharing their work; and all attendees! 🙏
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Diacronie - Studi di Storia Contemporanea @diacronie.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
↪️Numero 69 | Invio di contributi #CallForPapers "La notte nell’età contemporanea: interpretazioni, conflitti e mutamenti" A cura di Sofia Miola (Università di Pavia) e Sara Zanotta (Università di Torino) www.studistorici.com/2025/05/05/n... #storia #ricerca #cfp #storiacontemporanea #cultura
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Diacronie - Studi di Storia Contemporanea @diacronie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
↪️Next Issue 69 | #CallForPapers "The Night in the Modern Era: Interpretations, Conflicts, and Changes" Edited by Sofia Miola (Università di Pavia) and Sara Zanotta (Università di Torino)
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Next Issue 69 | Call for papers
. . . . The Night in the Modern Era: Interpretations, Conflicts, and Changes . Edited by Sofia Miola (Università di Pavia) and Sara Zanotta (Univers [...]
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🔴 Call for applications for a PhD student on the topic “Layered Histories: Mobility, Mixedness, and Memory in the Horn of Africa (1800-2000) Deadline: 16 June 2025, 12PM CEST Click here for further details: zenodo.org/records/1548... #ERCCoG #REDMIX #Mixedness #History #RedSea
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REDMIX - PhD position
Call, in Italian and English, for public selection for admission to the PhD courses of the XLI cycle - 2025/2026.Doctoral Position in African History: "Layered Histories: Mobility, Mixedness, and Memo...
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MENALIB @menalib.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Catch-up date: On 21 May, Dr J. Jeschke will represent the #FID with an online presentation on the following topic at the #OIB #Cairo: "Who is Indigenous? Aspects of Digital Historical Research" Further information: www.facebook.com/DAADEgypt/po... Registration link: www.daad.de/surveys/1785...
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DAAD Egypt
📣 Online Format: Who is Indigenous? The Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Digital Historical Research For those who were interested in participating at the 11th public lecture in the "OIB-COSIMENA....
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🌊REDMIX at #SaloneOFF Don’t miss our book presentations! 📍19-20 May 2025, 17:30-19:30 at Libreria L’Ibrida Bottega, Torino 🧶 a thread @erc.europa.eu #salonedellibro #redmix
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Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient @zmo-berlin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
📝 Call for papers 📝 Forms of (un)freedom: #emancipation and #post-#slavery in the #Red #Sea region 📍 International #conference at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin 📅 November 13-14, 2025 www.zmo.de/fileadmin/us... www.zmo.de/en/career/ca... Deadline for abstracts is May 1, 2025.
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Call for Papers
Current calls for the publication of scientific papers or other contributions.
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
♦️REDMIX meets #MSCA 🔍Interested #Mixedness in/from the #RedSea? Consider joining the team of the #ERCCoG #REDMIX project at the University of Turin! We can support the development of research proposals and help you prepare a competitive application for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowships.
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Our kick-off meeting “Unlocking the Red Sea’s Mixedness” has come to an end. Two amazing days of prolific discussions on #mixedness in the #RedSea Stay tuned for our next meetings in Turin and beyond @erc.europa.eu #ERC #ERCoG #REDMIX
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Our kick-off event “Unlocking the Red Sea’s Mixedness” is approaching! 📍25-26 March 2025, Archivio di Stato di Torino Register here to follow the streaming of our conference➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/1Pdk... #ERC #ERCCoG #REDMIX #History #RedSea #Mixedness @erc.europa.eu
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We are now also on #Instagram! Follow us here @redmix.bsky.social and on Instagram @redmix_erc to learn more about our research activities @erc.europa.eu #ERC #ERCCoG #REDMIX #mixedness #Redsea
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
On 7th March 2025, I successfully defended my PhD thesis “Long-Distance Constitutionalists: Trans-Imperial Mobility and Cross-Border Strategies of the Iranian Constitutional Movement (1850s-1910s)” at the University of Pavia. Abstract and table of contents ➡️ www.academia.edu/128111280/Lo...
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Contemporary Levant @contemplevant.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
4 one-year Postdoc positions in Near & Middle Eastern Studies at University of Basel, working with @falestinnaili.bsky.social: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
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Universität Basel: 4 one-year Postdoc positions in Near & Middle Eastern Studies
The Seminar for Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Basel is offering up to four fully-funded one-year postdoctoral positions in the framework of the collective research group Futures...
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REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🔴 Unlocking the Red Sea’s Mixedness Join us for the kick-off meeting of the #ERCCoG project #REDMIX – Unpacking #Mixedness for an Inclusive History of the #RedSea, 1800s-2000s 📅 March 25-26, 2025 📍 Auditorium, Archivio di Stato di Torino 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/... @erc.europa.eu
The launch event of REDMIX project will feature a keynote lecture and thematic sessions. The event will explore the historical dynamics of the Red Sea, the role of mixed ancestry people in its socio-political transformations, and the methodological innovations that guide REDMIX.
By bringing together experts from different disciplines, the launch will lay the groundwork for a pioneering exploration of the history of mixedness in the region and its wider implications.

The programme of the kick-off event which will take place on 25 and 26 March
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Mattin Biglari @mattinbiglari.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Very pleased to share the news that this is finally out! Hopefully it will be of interest to anyone working on histories of energy, labour, science & technology, and decolonisation!
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The Society of Turkic, Ottoman & Turkish Studies @gtot.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
📢 Exciting news! Diyâr is now Gold Open Access—all past and future issues will be freely available! 🎉 We’re launching this new era in May with a special issue: "Cultures of Expertise in the Eastern Mediterranean", edited by Barbara Henning, Taisiya Leber & Ani Sargsyan. Stay tuned! #OpenAccess
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The official profile of #REDMIX is online! Follow us for updates on our research on #mixedness in the Red Sea between the 1800s and the 2000s
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Inalco @inalco.fr · 24/02/2025
L’Inalco suspend son activité du réseau social X pour rejoindre Bluesky, un réseau davantage en phase avec ses valeurs et ses idéaux d’exigence scientifique et démocratique. #HelloESR 👋 Lire notre communiqué : www.inalco.fr/actualites/l...
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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
🎉 #meettheteam who have been reading, transcribing and translating documents written in #Persian! We took a moment today to celebrate their incredible achievements 💪 📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus. 🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org #skystorians
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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Hello and welcome to our new profile on Bluesky! We're the Institute for Iranian Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences - a key centre internationally for understanding the languages, cultures and history of the wider Iranian-influenced world, from the Caucasus through to central Asia.
Several old books, two of them open, with Persian script visible on the pages.
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Arms, Beads, Cloth @arms-beads-cloth.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The program of our online seminar series is finally out! From February to June, ABC will host world-renowned experts in the fields of #Africanstudies and #Globalhistory 🔗 Zoom link: bit.ly/4g6hVPr
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Arms, Beads, Cloth @arms-beads-cloth.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Welcome to “Arms, Beads, and Cloth: African Consumers and the 19th-Century Global Economy”! 🌍 Our #research project explores 19th-century trajectories of #arms, #beads and #cloth in east-central #Africa. 🧵a thread
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
A new year, a new beginning!✨ I am excited to announce that as of 1st January I am a research fellow for the #ERCCoG #REDMIX - Unpacking Mixedness for an Inclusive History of the #RedSea, 1800s-2000s (P.I. Valentina Fusari) at the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Turin!
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
My first editor’s digest for @digitalorientalist.bsky.social
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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
News! From next year "Global Intellectual History" will increase from 6 issues to 8 issues per annum. Thank you to all who contributed to, read, & shared our articles & reviews over the year. More broadly, we wish everyone who celebrates across the globe a happy holidays, winter snows or summer sun!
An oil painting of people in early modern European attire walking on ice - Hendrick Avercamp, A Scene on the Ice, c. 1625
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Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Last week, I took part in the workshop "Officina Internazionale". I presented a paper on how representatives of Persian-language newspapers across Asia, North-East Africa and Europe acted as connectors between these geographically Iranian distant communities🌍
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