Giorgio Ennas is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the 木瓜福利影视 of Utrecht (UUNL). His fields of interest are the history of knowledge, diplomacy and health in the Mediterranean during the 鈥榣ong鈥� nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular reference to the relations between the Ottoman Empire and the European countries in the Balkan area and in North Africa, particularly with Italy and Switzerland.
Between 2017 and 2021, he was a researcher at the European 木瓜福利影视 Institute in Fiesole (EUI). In June 2021, he successfully defended his dissertation entitled 鈥楾he Mediterranean Mirror. Italo-Ottoman Relations in an Age of Transition, 1856-1871鈥�. Among his publications are, the articles 鈥楥onnecting the Two Seas: Negotiating an International Modus Vivendi - Italian and Ottoman Diplomacies in the Suez-Red Sea Area鈥�, 鈥楴egotiating Protection. The Inclusion of Ottoman-Swiss Relations in the Diplomatic Germansphere during the First World War鈥�, and the volume Reports of Cesare Durando Italian Vice-Consul in Sarajevo (1863-1867).
Between 2021 and 2023, he has worked as the Principal Investigator (PI) of a two-year project entitled Pandemics and Borders. Pandemics as Driver towards Modern Borders and International Collaboration in 19th century Mediterranean and South Eastern European Periphery funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) (). Between 2023 and 2024, he worked as PI of a one-year project funded by the Giunta Centrale per gli Studi Storici (GCSS) of Rome, entitled The Profession of Consul. Cesare Durando and the Professionalisation of the Consular Career of the Historic Right, 1863-1876. Since September 2024, he works as postdoctoral fellow at the 木瓜福利影视 of Utrecht (UUNL) in the ERC Cooperation 2024-2029 project led by Prof. Ozan Ozavci (UUNL) (/en/news/erc-consolidator-grant-for-dr-ozan-ozavci).