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Title: General Husayn and his Legacy: Slavery, Manumission and Nationality in Imperial Contexts Author(s): OUALDI, M’hamed Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP;2010/34 Abstract: In 1887, six years after the colonization of Tunisia by France, General Husayn, a former slave serving the Tunisian state died in Florence. From that moment, a legal conflict over his legacy ensued involving the Tunisian, ...
Title: Hagop Mintzuri and the Cosmopolitan Memory of Istanbul Author(s): RIEDLER, Florian Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This article explores notions of cosmopolitanism in the work of the Armenian-Turkish author Hagop Mintzuri (1886-1978). First of all, this theme is present in the author's autobiography describing his youth in late Ottoman ...
Title: Big structures, social boundaries, and identity in Cyprus, 1400-1700 Author(s): DEMETRIOU, Chares Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article examines the transformation of public identity among the Greek-speaking inhabitants of Cyprus during the late medieval period, when the island was ruled first under Western-style feudalism and then under Ottoman ...

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