Giacomo Ghedini
Giacomo Ghedini is a post-doctoral researcher. He joined the Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po Paris and the ERC (European Research Council) «SlaveVoices», headed by Professor M'hamed Oualdi, in November 2021. In 2022/2023 he taught at the TD (Travail Dirigé) d' "Histoire du Brésil au XIXe siècle" at Sorbonne Université. In 2021, he obtained a fellowship at the Centro Universitario Cattolico.
Ghedini works on the trajectories of the «moretti»: child slaves of sub-Saharan origin rescued by Catholic missionaries mainly in the 19th century and educated in Europe, often with the aim of then sending them back to Africa as missionaries.
After obtaining a joint Master's degree between the University of Bologna and the University of Paris, Ghedini completed his PhD thesis I «moretti» : schiavitù e missioni tra Africa ed Europa (1824- 1947) defended on October 15, 2021, under the supervision of Umberto Mazzone and Charlotte de Castelnau L'Estoile. The thesis was awarded of the Sangalli Institute Prize for Religious History 2021 and has been publisched recently: "Da «selvaggi» a «moretti». Schiavitù, riscatti e missioni tra Africa ed Europa (1824-1896)", Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2023.
Ghedini has also published "Da schiavo a missionario. Tra Africa ed Europa, vita e scritti di Daniele Sorur Pharim Den (1860-1900)", Roma, Studium, 2020.
Ghedini works on the trajectories of the «moretti»: child slaves of sub-Saharan origin rescued by Catholic missionaries mainly in the 19th century and educated in Europe, often with the aim of then sending them back to Africa as missionaries.
After obtaining a joint Master's degree between the University of Bologna and the University of Paris, Ghedini completed his PhD thesis I «moretti» : schiavitù e missioni tra Africa ed Europa (1824- 1947) defended on October 15, 2021, under the supervision of Umberto Mazzone and Charlotte de Castelnau L'Estoile. The thesis was awarded of the Sangalli Institute Prize for Religious History 2021 and has been publisched recently: "Da «selvaggi» a «moretti». Schiavitù, riscatti e missioni tra Africa ed Europa (1824-1896)", Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2023.
Ghedini has also published "Da schiavo a missionario. Tra Africa ed Europa, vita e scritti di Daniele Sorur Pharim Den (1860-1900)", Roma, Studium, 2020.
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