Dr Roberto Mazza
@robbyref.bsky.social
Historian of MENA and conspiracy theories: run, officiate basketball, editor JQ #podcaster
'If my grandma had wheels, she would have been a bike' (cit.)
Looking for a job.
'If my grandma had wheels, she would have been a bike' (cit.)
Looking for a job.
just saying....I am not sure what's new here.
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
just saying....I am not sure what's new here.
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This week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my recent book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. If anyone has a commute they'd like to liven up with tales of war, take a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...
Selena Daly, "Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my recent book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. If anyone has a commute they'd like to liven up with tales of war, take a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...
The latest episode of Jerusalem Unplugged is with Elizabeth Imber author of Uncertain Empire, highlighting diverse and sometimes conflicting visions of Jewish political futures for Palestine
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Uncertain Empire with Elizabeth Imber | Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast
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October 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The latest episode of Jerusalem Unplugged is with Elizabeth Imber author of Uncertain Empire, highlighting diverse and sometimes conflicting visions of Jewish political futures for Palestine
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Happy to announce that the new issue of Jerusalem Quarterly 102 is now available online and in print
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Jerusalem Quarterly, Summer 2025 (Special Issue)
Latest Journal Issue | This issue of the Jerusalem Quarterly is a special issue dedicated to the works of Tawfiq Canaan (1882–1964), the foremost Palestinian ethnographer of the twentieth century; gue...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Happy to announce that the new issue of Jerusalem Quarterly 102 is now available online and in print
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
Happy to see the latest work of my good friend Lee Brice
It arrived today on the last day of the year, and I couldn’t be happier. It is very validating to see my name in a Cambridge University Press publication.
October 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Happy to see the latest work of my good friend Lee Brice
Besides, not only Trump tends to disappoint, also Netanyahu, which has more reasons to see on of these 'if' failing than anybody else.
If this deal holds, if it goes beyond the 1st phrase, if all of the hostages on both side are released, if Israel withdraws its troops & doesn't resume bombing, if aid gets in, then I'll give Trump credit.
But I count 5 "ifs" above. Let's see. Trump always tends to disappoint.
But I count 5 "ifs" above. Let's see. Trump always tends to disappoint.
BREAKING: Israel and Hamas reach agreement on "first phase" of plan to stop fighting, release hostages and prisoners, Trump says.
October 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Besides, not only Trump tends to disappoint, also Netanyahu, which has more reasons to see on of these 'if' failing than anybody else.
Here is the latest episode of Jerusalem Unplugged with Michael Kinnamon and Philip Graubart discussing their novels and Jerusalem.
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Fiction and Jerusalem with Michael Kinnamon and Philip Graubart | Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast
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October 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Here is the latest episode of Jerusalem Unplugged with Michael Kinnamon and Philip Graubart discussing their novels and Jerusalem.
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Meloni is now suggesting that the flotilla may lead to the failure of the ceasefire, as if there was one in place. The reality is that she's under a lot of pressure, should something happen to the flotilla, she may have to (unwillingly) take action so much is the popular support for Gaza now.
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Meloni is now suggesting that the flotilla may lead to the failure of the ceasefire, as if there was one in place. The reality is that she's under a lot of pressure, should something happen to the flotilla, she may have to (unwillingly) take action so much is the popular support for Gaza now.
So in the of the rubbles and destruction, they found documents, I mean paper and folders. If it was not in the middle of a genocide, it could be a good joke.
The Israelis have started their usual disinfo campaign to smear the activists on the flotilla on their way to try and break the starvation siege of Gaza.
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
So in the of the rubbles and destruction, they found documents, I mean paper and folders. If it was not in the middle of a genocide, it could be a good joke.
Maybe there's even some good in the plan, yet it doesn't take into account the larger picture of the West Bank, Palestine, the future of the people under Israeli rule, utltimately it's whitewashing Israel. I hope peace for the people of Gaza and accountability for those who bear responsability
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Maybe there's even some good in the plan, yet it doesn't take into account the larger picture of the West Bank, Palestine, the future of the people under Israeli rule, utltimately it's whitewashing Israel. I hope peace for the people of Gaza and accountability for those who bear responsability
So far Trump has regurgitated tropes, like the conflict is tousands of years old, that Israel left Gaza to Hamas peacefully etc etc..he essentially stated no state for the Palestinians, and then, what is the plan?
September 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So far Trump has regurgitated tropes, like the conflict is tousands of years old, that Israel left Gaza to Hamas peacefully etc etc..he essentially stated no state for the Palestinians, and then, what is the plan?
Another @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode. I interviewed Elizabeth Imber discussing her latest book Uncertain Empire
Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism published by @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism published by @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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Elizabeth E. Imber, "Uncertain Empire: Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism" (Stanford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Another @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode. I interviewed Elizabeth Imber discussing her latest book Uncertain Empire
Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism published by @stanfordpress.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/uncertain-em...
Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism published by @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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latest interview for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with Paris Papamichos discussing his new book on Saloniki @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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Paris Papamichos Chronakis, "The Business of Transition: Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek Rule" (Stanford UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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September 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
latest interview for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with Paris Papamichos discussing his new book on Saloniki @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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The new episode of Jerusalem Unplugged with George Tsourous discussing boundaries within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is now out
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Orthodox Choreographies with Georgios Tsourous | Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast
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September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The new episode of Jerusalem Unplugged with George Tsourous discussing boundaries within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is now out
@gorgiaspress.bsky.social
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Reposted by Dr Roberto Mazza
September 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Dr Roberto Mazza
The comparison of Israel to Sparta is literally what Hannah Arendt predicted would happen back in 1947.
September 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The comparison of Israel to Sparta is literally what Hannah Arendt predicted would happen back in 1947.
We don't know yet anything about motivations, but given my experience teaching about conspiracy theories, I learned that at times those who are dissatisfied with something not happening may take a violent turn.
September 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We don't know yet anything about motivations, but given my experience teaching about conspiracy theories, I learned that at times those who are dissatisfied with something not happening may take a violent turn.
Right from around the corner! I don't understand, and maybe there is nothing to understand here.
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
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September 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Right from around the corner! I don't understand, and maybe there is nothing to understand here.
Just launched my historical consulting site - turns out institutions and businesses actually need someone who can explain why history matters for modern strategy.
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Historical Consultancy
Dr. Roberto Mazza
Historical Consultant & Middle East Scholar
Translating centuries of knowledge into strategic advantage
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September 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just launched my historical consulting site - turns out institutions and businesses actually need someone who can explain why history matters for modern strategy.
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Se ne e' andato Stefano Benni, il mio scrittore preferito, ho letto e riletto all'infinito Bar Sport, ogni volta vedendoci dentro qualcuno che conosco. Buon Viaggio e goditi una luisona paradisiaca.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Se ne e' andato Stefano Benni, il mio scrittore preferito, ho letto e riletto all'infinito Bar Sport, ogni volta vedendoci dentro qualcuno che conosco. Buon Viaggio e goditi una luisona paradisiaca.
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My favorite tv series ever, each and one of them. I watched the original with my mum in Italy, she loved sci-fi and then that was the beginning.
59 years ago today, Star Trek first aired in the US. A five-year mission that became six decades of imagination, inspiration, and community.
From Kirk to Burnham, DS9 to Lower Decks, every era has added something unique.
What was the first Trek you watched—and which one made you fall in love?
From Kirk to Burnham, DS9 to Lower Decks, every era has added something unique.
What was the first Trek you watched—and which one made you fall in love?
a picture of a space ship with the words these are the voyages on the bottom
Alt: a picture of a space ship with the words these are the voyages on the bottom
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September 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My favorite tv series ever, each and one of them. I watched the original with my mum in Italy, she loved sci-fi and then that was the beginning.
Reposted by Dr Roberto Mazza
59 years ago today, Star Trek first aired in the US. A five-year mission that became six decades of imagination, inspiration, and community.
From Kirk to Burnham, DS9 to Lower Decks, every era has added something unique.
What was the first Trek you watched—and which one made you fall in love?
From Kirk to Burnham, DS9 to Lower Decks, every era has added something unique.
What was the first Trek you watched—and which one made you fall in love?
a picture of a space ship with the words these are the voyages on the bottom
Alt: a picture of a space ship with the words these are the voyages on the bottom
media.tenor.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
59 years ago today, Star Trek first aired in the US. A five-year mission that became six decades of imagination, inspiration, and community.
From Kirk to Burnham, DS9 to Lower Decks, every era has added something unique.
What was the first Trek you watched—and which one made you fall in love?
From Kirk to Burnham, DS9 to Lower Decks, every era has added something unique.
What was the first Trek you watched—and which one made you fall in love?
Umberto Eco 14 “typical” features of fascism
September 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Umberto Eco 14 “typical” features of fascism