Academic Staff
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Dr. MAVROPOULOS, Nikolaos
馬承澤博士

Assistant Professor, Department of History

PhD: Sapienza University of Rome,

MA: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

BA: University of Western Macedonia.

(852) 3411 6477

RESEARCH FOCUS

Modern European History;
Strategic Studies;

Colonial Studies;

Modern Italian History

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

A. Monograph

 

  • Italians in Africa and the Japanese in South-East Asia: stark differences and surprising similarities in the age of expansion (1868 - 1901), 2022 De Gruyter

 

B. Selected Articles

 

  • “Japanese militarism in early colonial Taiwan: two dissidents muted – the Takano and Isawa cases” in Voiced and Voiceless in Asia, Olomouc Asian Studies, Jun 20, 2023

 

  • “The first Italo-Ethiopian clash over the control of Eritrea and the origins of Rome’s Imperialism” In Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historique, Issue no 1, vol 47, (Spring 2021)

 

  • “Italy in East Asia: colonial ambitions, power politics and failures” in China and the World, Ancient and Modern Silk Road (CWSR) Vol. 03, Issue 02 (May 2020)
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS (Selected)
  • “Mapping Colonial Heritage” (https://postcolonialitaly.com/the-project/)

 

  • “The image of China in school textbooks around the world”