Research Interests:
Ottoman Empire, Nineteenth Century, Middle East, Migration, Migrants and Refugees, Child and Youth Migrants, State-building, Historical Dictionaries
Selected Publications:
- Governing Migration in the Late Ottoman Empire. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
- Ella Fratantuono and Lucia Carminati, “Introduction: Children and Youth on the Move in Middle East and North African History,” Mashriq & Mahjar, 11, no. 2 (2024): 1-11.
- Ella Fratantuono and Alyssa Martin, “Moving Subjects: Directions and Methodological Challenges in the Historical Study of Migrant Children and Youth.” History Compass e12792, 2023.
- “Useful Refugees in Ottoman and Turkish Politics,” Border Criminologies, 25 May 2023.
- “Colonization, Territorialization, and Displacement in Ottoman Migration Policy, 1856-1918.” In Postcoloniality and Forced Migration: Migration Management, Surveillance and Agency, edited by Martin Lemberg-Pedersen, Sharla M. Fett, Lucy Mayblin, Nina Sahraoui, and Eva Magdalena Stambol, 46-60. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2022.
- “Producing Ottomans: Internal Colonization and Social Engineering in Ottoman Immigrant Settlement.” Journal of Genocide Research 21, no. 1 (2019): 1-24.
- “State Fears and Immigrant Tiers: Historical Analysis as a Method in Evaluating Migration Categories,” Middle East Journal of Refugee Studies 2, no. 1 (Sept. 2017): 97-115. DOI:10.12738/mejrs.2017.2.1.0107
Regularly Offered Courses:
- HIST6693: Historiography and Methodology
- HIST2216: The Modern Middle East
- History Skills Seminar: Genocide before the Holocaust
- HIST1502/LBST2102: Muslims on the Move
- LBST2301/CTCM2530: Critical Thinking and Communication – States and Refugees
Education:
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2016
