Dario MICCOLI

Position
Associate Professor
Roles
Director's Delegate for Job Placement
Telephone
041 234 8825
E-mail
dario.miccoli@unive.it
Academic discipline
Hebrew [STAA-01/H]
Website
https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/dario.miccoli(personal record)
Office
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dsaam
Where: Ca' Cappello

Office hours

a.y. 2026-27, Ist semester
Wednesday, h 11-13 - Studio 2A, Ca' Cappello or online (Zoom).
it is adviseable to send an email to: dario.miccoli@unive.it
    

Teaching activity current year

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FMR10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LMR20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Laurea

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LMR80]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

Teaching activity previous years

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FMR10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LM80]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LMR20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LMR80]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Laurea

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LM80]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LM80]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

STUDI TRANSMEDITERRANEI: MIGRAZIONE, COOPERAZIONE E SVILUPPO [LM80]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN: TOWARDS INVESTMENT AND INTEGRATION (MIM) [LM8]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Ebraico [STAA-01/H]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
Storia dei paesi islamici [STAA-01/J]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Medio Oriente,Europa
Known languages
Inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Ebraico (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Francese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Arabo (scritto: base parlato: base)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Membro del Comitato di Redazione della rivista "Quest - Issues in Contemporary Jewish Studies".
Participation as referees of national and international research projects
Polish National Science Centre; Israel Science Foundation; European Commission (REC - Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme); Israel Science Foundation.
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Letteratura Linea: Letteratura e arti
Area: Lingue e letterature dell’Africa settentrionale e del Vicino oriente Linea: ebraica
Area: Storia e Antropologia Linea: Storia contemporanea
Area: Studi culturali Linea: Studi culturali
Area: Studi postcoloniali Linea: Francofonia
Area: Studi postcoloniali
Area: Studi storici e relazioni internazionali Linea: Vicino e medio oriente
Ricerca, insegnamento, traduzioni, interviste
Description:
Research, teaching, translations, interviews
Keywords:
Contemporary history, Hebrew language, Hebrew literature
ATECO code:
[72] - ricerca scientifica e sviluppo
A Sephardi Sea: Jewish Memories across the Modern Mediterranean
SSD:
L-OR/08
Giovani ebrei italiani tra sinistra indipendente, sionismo e (post)colonialismo, 1967-1982
SSD:
STAA-01/H
Gli ebrei di Rodi: storie e memorie di una diaspora tra Mediterraneo e Africa, 1920-1960
SSD:
L-OR/08
La traduzione delle lingue orientali: problemi e strategie traduttive
SSD:
L-OR/08
Other members of the research group:
Attilio ANDREINI
Sona HAROUTYUNIAN
Paolo MAGAGNIN
Caterina MAZZA
Daniela MENEGHINI
Federica PASSI
Nicoletta PESARO
Storia della letteratura ebraica moderna, dalle origini a oggi
SSD:
STAA-01/H
Across Borders and Boundaries: Jewish Belongings in the Mediterranean and Beyond
Funding body:
European Association for Jewish Studies
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
Venezia
Starting date:
Year: 2021 Length in months: 3
Other members of the research group:
Piera ROSSETTO
Decentering Holocaust Studies: Comparative Perspectives from the Global South
Funding body:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
remoto, Italia, USA
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 24
Entre trois empires: les Juifs de Rhodes et le Congo Belge, 1920-1960
Funding body:
Ecole Française d'Athènes
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
Atene, Rodi
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 1
Histoire et sociologie des Judaïsmes contemporaines, XX-XXIème siècles
Funding body:
GSRL/EPHE
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per attività di didattica/formazione
Role in the project:
NS
Sito di progetto:
Francia
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 36
Sephardi and Mizrahi Heritage in Europe and Israel
Funding body:
Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2015 Length in months: 24

Publication highlights

Miccoli, Dario "Tierra Prometida: Jews from Rhodes in the Belgian Congo and Southern Rhodesia, 1910s-1960s" in JEWISH HISTORICAL STUDIES, vol. 55, pp. 152-175 (ISSN 0962-9696)
2023, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5046730


Miccoli, Dario A Sephardi Sea: Jewish Memories Across the Modern Mediterranean , Bloomington, Indiana University Press (ISBN 9780253062932)
2022, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/3741193


Miccoli, Dario “‘I come from a country that is no more’: Jewish nostalgia in the postcolonial Mediterranean” in ETHNOLOGIES, vol. 39, pp. 51-68 (ISSN 1481-5974)
DOI - URL correlato 2018, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3707254


Miccoli, Dario La letteratura israeliana mizrahi: narrazioni, identità, memorie degli ebrei del Medio Oriente e Nord Africa , Firenze, Giuntina (ISBN 9788880576471)
2016, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/3666576


Miccoli, Dario Histories of the Jews of Egypt: an Imagined Bourgeoisie, 1880s-1950s , Londra, Routledge, vol. 18 (ISBN 978-1-138-80205-6)
DOI 2015, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/3660158


List of publications

Curriculum vitae

Dario Miccoli is associate professor of Hebrew Language and Literature (2024-). He is also the Coordinator (2025-) of the MA degree TRANSMED - Transmediterranean Studies: Migration, Cooperation, Development and Departmental Delegate for Placement (student internships).

He graduated in Cultures, Institutions and Languages ​​of Eurasia and the Mediterranean (2007) at Ca' Foscari University and obtained a PhD in History and Civilisation (2012) at the European University Institute of Fiesole. He has been assistant professor in Modern Hebrew Language and Literature (2017-2024) and, before that, Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Fellow (2015-2017) at the Department of Asian and Mediterranean African Studies, Ca' Foscari University; FMSH Fernand Braudel fellow at the Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence (2014-2015); fellow of the Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller at the Centre de Recherche Français in Jerusalem (2014); research fellow in Modern Hebrew Language and Literature at the Department of Asian and Mediterranean African Studies, Ca' Foscari University (2012-2014). He carried out research periods at the Université Moulay Ismail, Meknès (2024) and, as Chercheur en résidence (2023), at the Ecole Française in Athens. He has been Vigevani Visiting Lecturer (2018) and Visiting Scholar (2017) at the Department of History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For his research he received grants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; by the Rothschild Foundation, London; from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York and the European Association for Jewish Studies.

He is Editor-in-Chief (2026-) of the journal Quest-Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, CDEC Foundation - Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center, Milan. From 2021 to 2024 he acted as treasurer of the Italian Association for the Study of Judaism. From 2017 to 2020 he was part of the Board of Directors of SeSaMO - Italian Society for Middle East Studies and, from 2019 to 2022, of the Coordination Committee of the CEM - Center for Middle East Studies, Ca' University Foscari.

He is the author of Histories of the Jews of Egypt: An Imagined Bourgeoisie, 1880s-1950s (2015), La letteratura israeliana mizrahi (2016), and A Sephardi Sea: Jewish Memories Across the Modern Mediterranean (2022). His publications focus on the history and memory of Jews in Arab and Eastern Mediterranean countries and on Sephardi and mizrahi culture and literature. He is currently working on a project on the history of the Jews of Rhodes and their migrations to Central Africa (Belgian Congo and Southern Rhodesia) between the 1920s and 1960s. In addition to this, he is interested in Israeli society and politics, migration literatures and cultures, heritage studies and collaborates as a reviewer of Israeli literature with L'indice dei libri del mese.