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Global Affairs and History Professor / Podcaster Jerusalem Unplugged - New Books Network / Executive Editor

Profile Summary

Middle Eastern History & Archives Expert | Documentary Research | Cultural ConsultingNorthwestern University faculty member with 20+ years specializing in Middle Eastern history, Ottoman Empire, and Jerusalem studies. Published author (I.B. Tauris) with extensive archival research experience across 6 countries including Turkey, Israel/Palestine, and Vatican archives. Fluent in Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, French, and Spanish for primary source access.Services: Historical fact-checking, archival document research, cultural sensitivity consulting, expert witness testimony, documentary research, academic writing, translation services.Unique Value: Access to rare archival materials, multilingual primary source research, ability to authenticate historical documents, and experience translating complex historical concepts for general audiences through podcast production.Industries Served: Entertainment (film/TV/gaming), legal (expert witness), publishing, museums, corporate cultural training.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Diplomacy & International Relations
• ☆ Middle East History
• ☆ Twentieth Century History
• ☆ Israeli History
• ☆ Italian

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Fact Checking, Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Visiting Lecturer

Northwestern University

September 2022 - Present

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer

University of Limerick

January 2016 - December 2022

Affiliated Assistant Professor

Western Illinois University

August 2009 - June 2015

Education

PhD (Middle East)

School of Oriental and African Studies University of London

September 2003 - June 2008

MA

School of Oriental and African Studies

August 2002 - July 2003

MSc

University of Bologna

September 2001 - July 2002

Certifications

• none

  None

  January 2025 - January 2025

Publications

BOOK CHAPTER

Mazza, R.(2023). From riots to massacres: How space and time changed urban violence in Jerusalem, 1920-29 . Spatiality and Temporality of Urban Violence Histories Rhythms and Ruptures. p. 60-80.

Mazza, R.(2020). A coherent inconsistency: Italian cultural diplomacy in Palestine, 1918-1938 . European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine 1918 1948 Between Contention and Connection. p. 331-352.

Mazza, R.(2015). Transforming the holy city: From communal clashes to urban violence, the nebi musa riots in 1920 . Urban Violence in the Middle East Changing Cityscapes in the Transition from Empire to Nation State. 14. p. 179-194.

Mazza, R.(2014). A DIPLOMAT INTHEHOLYCITY: THE SPANISH CONSUL IN JERUSALEM 1914—1920 . Palestine and World War I Grand Strategy Military Tactics and Culture in War. p. 205-227.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Roberto Mazza(2021). The deal of the century? The attempted sale of the Western Wall by Cemal Pasha in 1916 . Middle Eastern Studies. p. 1--16. Informa {UK} Limited

Roberto Mazza(2021). The charity of war: famine, humanitarian aid, and World War I in the Middle East . First World War Studies. p. 1--2. Informa {UK} Limited

Mazza, R.(2021). The deal of the century? The attempted sale of the Western Wall by Cemal Pasha in 1916 . Middle Eastern Studies. 57. (5). p. 696-711.

Roberto Mazza(2020). Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era, 1908–1914: claiming the homeland . Contemporary Levant. p. 1--3. Informa {UK} Limited

Roberto Mazza(2020). Legacy of empire : Britain, Zionism and the creation of Israel / Gardner Thompson. - London : Saqi Books, 2019. - xv, 350 pages : ill., maps. - ISBN 978-0-86356-361-4 ; 978-0-86356-386-7 (ebk) . The International Spectator. 55. (3). p. 151--153. Informa {UK} Limited

Roberto Mazza(2018). From the First World War to the Arab Spring . First World War Studies. 9. (3). p. 375--377. Informa {UK} Limited

Mazza, R.(2015). ‘The Catholic Church in Palestine/Israel: Real Estate in Terra Sancta’ in Middle Eastern Studies: A Comment on Seth J. Frantzman and Ruth Kark's, Vol.50, No.3 (2014), pp. 370–96 . Middle Eastern Studies. 51. (1). p. 167-168.

Mazza, R., Ouhes, I.(2012). For god and la patrie: Antonin Jaussen, Dominican Priest and French intelligence agent in the Middle East, 1914-1920 . First World War Studies. 3. (2). p. 145-164.

Mazza, R.(2009). Churches at war: The impact of the first world war on the christian institutions of Jerusalem, 1914-20 . Middle Eastern Studies. 45. (2). p. 207-227.

Mazza, R.(2008). Christian churches in Jerusalem during the world war, 1914-1920,Le chiese Cristiane di Gerusalemme nella guerra mondiale, 1914-1920 . Contemporanea. 11. (4). p. 613-638.

BOOK

de Ballobar, C., Moreno, E.M., Mazza, R.(2011). Jerusalem in World War I: The Palestine Diary of a European Diplomat . Jerusalem in World War I the Palestine Diary of A European Diplomat. p. 1-283.

Mazza, R.(2009). Jerusalem: From the Ottomans to the British . Jerusalem from the Ottomans to the British. p. 1-264.