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Inside Mediterranean History: Med-Or’s Conversation with Professor David Abulafia

Ginevra Leganza meets David Abulafia, Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge

A conversation with David Abulafia, Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge, hosted by Ginevra Leganza.

In this interview, Professor David Abulafia, one of Europe’s leading historians, shares his insights on the Mediterranean as a dynamic space of exchanges, encounters, and conflicts that have shaped global history.

Author of landmark works such as The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean and The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans, Abulafia offers an in-depth analysis of the central role the Mediterranean has played over the centuries: a crossroads of trade, religions, empires, and diverse cultural exchanges.

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