Sara Zanotta

Sara Zanotta is a research fellow in the ERC CoG project REDMIX – “Unpacking Mixedness for an Inclusive History of the Red Sea, 1800s–2000s”, based in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Turin. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Pavia, with a dissertation entitled “Long-Distance Constitutionalists: Trans-Imperial Mobility and Cross-Border Strategies of the Iranian Constitutional Movement (1850s–1910s).”

Her research focuses on the modern history of Iran, with a particular interest in migration dynamics from Iran to the Red Sea region between the 19th and 20th centuries.

The project

Title: From Iran to the Red Sea: Encounters, Exchanges, and Mixedness in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Selective Bibliography

• Zanotta, Sara (2023). “Oil, Water, and the Veil: A History of the Recent Iranian Waves of Protests.” In G.M. Arrigo and J. Franceschini (eds.), Revolutionary Times: Mediterranean Perspectives, Rome: Aracne, pp. 61–82.
• Zanotta, Sara (2022). “In Support of a Constitutional Government: Women’s Voices in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.” Afriche e Orienti, 25(2), pp. 9–25.