Mediterranean Europe’s Islamic Past and Orientalism during the Nineteenth Century

Marie Bossaert is an associate professor in contemporary history at Clermont Auvergne University. Her research focuses on the social, cultural, and political history of the Mediterranean during the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially on scholarly Orientalism. She co-edited the book L’orientalisme en train de se faire. Une enquête collective sur les études orientales dans l’Algérie coloniale (2024).Annliese Nef is a professor in medieval history at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her research focuses on the Medieval history of Maghreb and Sicily, and on the way it was written in the 19th century. Among her publications are Conquérir et gouverner la Sicile islamique XIe-XIIe siècle (2011) and Révolutions islamiques (2021).

• IntroductionPart 1. Representing the Islamic past : between literature and historyChapter 1. Representations of the Arabs and Islam in Popular Historiography of Pre-Unity ItalyRolando MinutiChapter 2. The Concept of Luso-Árabes: from Oliveira Parreira’s Novel to the Portuguese HistoriographyElsa CardosoPart 2. Writing the Islamic past’s history : national and transnational circulationsChapter 3. Are Jews Andalusians like others? The Contemporary Challenges of a History of the Jews of al-AndalusEmmanuelle Tixier du MesnilChapter 4. «Notre science est la science libre». Ernest Renan and Michele Amari in Conversation, 1854-1856.Mauro MorettiChapter 5. Writing the history of Sicily’s Islamic Past: Michele Amari’s Networks of InformantsAnnliese Nef Part 3. Nationalizing the medieval Islamic past: historical narratives and political debatesChapter 6. A Nation Shaped Against Islam? The Reconquista and Medieval Iberia in 19th-Century SpainAlejandro García-SanjuánChapter 7. Medieval Islamic Past and the Formation of Portugal: an Analysis of the Parliamentary Discourses of the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy (1821-1910)André Filipe Oliveira da SilvaChapter 8. Towards the Study of the “Internal History” of al-Andalus: Orientalism and National Historiography during the Spanish Restoration (1874-1931)Pablo BornsteinPart 4. Remembering the Islamic past: between collective memory, local history and national narrativeChapter 9. Arabic Coins in Private Collections and Museums in Italy during the Long 19th-century (1782-1912): Society, Oriental Studies and National IdentityArianna D’OttoneChapter 10. “Saracens” in Southern Italy: Local History, Orientalism and Folklore during the Nineteenth CenturyMarie BossaertChapter 11. A Time of Invasions: Nineteenth-Century Historians and the Saracen Presence in Provence, the Alps and Rhône ValleyLaurent Ripart