Mediterranean
The Tempest’s Islamic Ghosts
The Tempest’s Islamic Ghosts
The Barbary powers are a non-negotiable part of the Mediterranean who are engaged with and even married into.
21 September 2026
Gaza to Titus Andronicus: Children on the Frontline of Genocide
Gaza to Titus Andronicus: Children on the Frontline of Genocide
In genocidal circumstances, life, survival and continuity are themselves acts of resistance.
29 June 2026
The Incomparable Urania: A Tunis-Born Daughter
The Incomparable Urania: A Tunis-Born Daughter
Tunis-born and London-migrated, she was something the period had no ready category for.
25 May 2026
Edith Stedham, Consolessa: An Englishwoman in Ottoman Tunis
Edith Stedham, Consolessa: An Englishwoman in Ottoman Tunis
These British women actively shaped the mercantile and diplomatic activities that linked the Maghreb to Britain and the wider Mediterranean world.
18 May 2026
The Body of a Crusader King: The Relics of Louis IX of France between Tunisia and Sicily
The Body of a Crusader King: The Relics of Louis IX of France between Tunisia and Sicily
Upon Louis’s death in 1270, his bones, entrails, and heart were dissected and boiled to ensure that they could be moved back to France and buried locally.
6 April 2026
Reading the Maghreb in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Part 2: Networks of Readership
Reading the Maghreb in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Part 2: Networks of Readership
Books are one of the few material items from the past that can be with certainty connected with a particular owner.
3 August 2025
“Must Everyone be Seen as Equals?”: The Morisco Quest for Belonging
“Must Everyone be Seen as Equals?”: The Morisco Quest for Belonging
Racialised subjects could also enforce and uphold a racist system.
27 January 2025