Paolo Maria Militello

Paolo Militello is Professore Associato of Early Modern History in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Catania; at the same University, he is Scientific Manager of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree “TEMA+ European Territories: Heritage and Development”.
He holds a PhD in “Storia moderna”, as well as his Doctorat en “Histoire et Civilisations” from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, where he was a visiting professor in 2005, 2012 and 2015.
He is member of the Mediterranean Institute of the University of Malta, of the Real Academia Burgense de Historia y Bellas Artes of Burgos, and of Red Cibeles - Red nternacional de estudios interdisciplinares de ciudades. He is also member of the Editorial Board of “Storia urbana”, “Journal of Maltese History” and “I.S. MED Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean”.
Specializing in Cultural History, Urban History and History of Cartography, he is currently researching society, cities and territories in the Euro-Mediterranean area during the Early Modern Age.

The project

Title: Society, cities and territories in the Euro-Mediterranean area during the Early Modern Age

Hosting institution: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Selective bibliography

Storie mediterranee. Destini di uomini e cose tra XV e XIX secolo, Carocci, Roma 2018.

Il disegno della storia. Storici e immagini nella Sicilia d’età moderna, Bonanno Editore, Acireale-Roma 2012.

Ritratti di città in Sicilia e a Malta (XVI-XVII secolo), Officina di Studi Medievali, Palermo 2008.

L’isola delle carte. Cartografia della Sicilia in età moderna, Franco Angeli Editore, Milano 2004.

La contea di Modica tra storia e cartografia. Rappresentazioni e pratiche di uno spazio feudale (XVI-XIX secolo), L’Epos Editore, Palermo 2001.

Frontiers, Migrations, Anchorages. Frontières, Migrations, Ancrages. Seminars and Theses from the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Course in Catania “TEMA - Territoires Européens Master” (2011-2017), a cura di Paolo Militello e Melania Nucifora, New Digital Frontiers, Palermo 2017.

Il Mediterraneo delle città. Atti del convegno internazionale, a cura di Enrico Iachello e Paolo Militello, FrancoAngeli Editore, Milano 2011.

L’insediamento nella Sicilia d’età moderna e contemporanea, a cura di Enrico Iachello e Paolo Militello, Edipuglia, Bari 2008.