Eileen Ryan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eileen Ryan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eileen |
| FAMILY NAME | Ryan |
| SIGNATURE | RYAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1939 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A bridge across the Mediterranean
War, resistance, and memory in Libya’s oral history project
This article examines the Libyan Oral History Project, an archive created in the 1970s to record the memories of mujahidin involved in anti-Italian resistance in Libya. Though it was not the original intention of the archive, this article argues that the memories of the mujahidin contribute to an effort among historians to reconceptualise the global significance of the First World War. A careful reading of the accounts of the mujahidin reveals a …
Vanishing in Plain Sight
This article examines the Ministry of Italian Africa (MAI) from the initial British occupation of the former Italian colonies in 1941 until the dissolution of the colonial administration in 1953. An analysis of the strategies functionaries used to defend the imperial project in a time of crisis and transformation suggests that the colonial cause retained a broad consensus across the political spectrum, even in moments of heightened ideological di…
Réveiller l’archive d’une guerre coloniale
Historian-geographer Pierre Schill has taken a uniquely exciting approach in this book to exploring an archive. The archive in question is made up of the photographs, letters, and select publicatio
Neelam Srivastava. Italian Colonialism and Resistances to Empire, 1930–1970
Scholars of Italian imperialism often find themselves arguing against a perception that Italian colonialism was too late and too short-lived to be of value as a serious topic of study. Neelam Srivastava’s Italian Colonialism and Resistances to Empire, 1930–1970 disputes this by placing the Italian empire at the center of transnational anti-imperial movements. Srivastava focuses on one brief portion of the longer trajectory of Italian colonialism:…
Religion as Resistance
During the Italian occupation of Libya, debates over where Italy should be on the continuum between coercion and collaboration in colonial rule often reflected contentious battles over religious identity in Italian nationalism. These tensions came into sharpest relief in the Italian attempts to develop a power-sharing relationship with elite members of the Muslim Sufi order, the Sanusiyya in eastern Libya. Perceptions of the Sanusiyya as religiou…
Religion and Power in the Fascist Colonies
Idris al-Sanusi’s departure and the rise of the fascist regime in Italy introduced a new phase in the Italian occupation of Libya. The Sanusiyya came to be redefined as an anticolonial Islamic force rather than an intermediary of state authority. Under the leadership of Mussolini’s first minister of colonies, Luigi Federzoni, the Italian colonial administration moved away from attempts to negotiate authority through Sanusi mediation, though this …
Occupation, War, and the Transformation of the Sanusiyya
Fierce opposition to the Italian invasion of Libya in October 1911 demonstrated the fallacies of Insabato’s predictions that a positive Italo-Sanusi relationship would lead to an easy victory. Nevertheless, Italian colonial officials continued to pursue an alliance with the Sanusiyya as a central objective. During World War I Italian and British officials toyed with the idea of exacerbating divisions within the Sanusi family, descendants of the m…
Italian Imperialism and Sanusi Authority at the Turn of the Century
Italian unification preceded a new era of European imperial expansion. Italian nationalists were eager to ensure Italy’s position as a European great power by claiming overseas territories. For many Italians, adventures in East Africa served only as a distraction from the goal of securing the Mediterranean. After the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881 and the Italian military disaster at Adwa in 1896, Italian imperialists turned their focus to …
Crafting an Italian Approach to Colonial Rule
In the years leading up to the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911, a variety of Italian imperialists considered the possibilities of negotiating a positive relationship with Sanusi elites to facilitate Italian expansion. One of the most vocal proponents of an Italo-Sanusi relationship was Enrico Insabato, an eccentric secret agent of the Italian state police stationed in Cairo starting in 1902. Insabato advocated the projection of a traditionalist…
Essay on Sources
In 1978 the Centre for Libyan Studies in Tripoli began organizing the collection and preservation of oral testimonies from former mujahidin, those who had taken up arms against the Italian occupation. The collection provides an invaluable source of memories of warfare and resistance in colonial North Africa. At the same time, however, it poses certain challenges to historians. The structure of the interviews emphasized military history over daily…
Violence and the politics of prestige
In 1922–1923, Fascist Party leaders hoped to define a sharp break from previous approaches to colonial rule and imperial expansion in Italy's Libyan territories. Mussolini's nomination of Luigi Federzoni, a leading figure of the Italian Nationalist Association, as the Minister of Colonies at the end of 1922 signalled a new era in Italian colonial administration focused on aggressive expansion and the institution of what was known as a ‘politics o…
The Vatican as a World Power
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The Vatican as a World Power
Violence and the politics of prestige
In 1922–1923, Fascist Party leaders hoped to define a sharp break from previous approaches to colonial rule and imperial expansion in Italy's Libyan territories. Mussolini's nomination of Luigi Federzoni, a leading figure of the Italian Nationalist Association, as the Minister of Colonies at the end of 1922 signalled a new era in Italian colonial administration focused on aggressive expansion and the institution of what was known as a ‘politics o…
Religion as Resistance
During the Italian occupation of Libya, debates over where Italy should be on the continuum between coercion and collaboration in colonial rule often reflected contentious battles over religious identity in Italian nationalism. These tensions came into sharpest relief in the Italian attempts to develop a power-sharing relationship with elite members of the Muslim Sufi order, the Sanusiyya in eastern Libya. Perceptions of the Sanusiyya as religiou…
Religion and Power in the Fascist Colonies
Idris al-Sanusi’s departure and the rise of the fascist regime in Italy introduced a new phase in the Italian occupation of Libya. The Sanusiyya came to be redefined as an anticolonial Islamic force rather than an intermediary of state authority. Under the leadership of Mussolini’s first minister of colonies, Luigi Federzoni, the Italian colonial administration moved away from attempts to negotiate authority through Sanusi mediation, though this …
Occupation, War, and the Transformation of the Sanusiyya
Fierce opposition to the Italian invasion of Libya in October 1911 demonstrated the fallacies of Insabato’s predictions that a positive Italo-Sanusi relationship would lead to an easy victory. Nevertheless, Italian colonial officials continued to pursue an alliance with the Sanusiyya as a central objective. During World War I Italian and British officials toyed with the idea of exacerbating divisions within the Sanusi family, descendants of the m…
Italian Imperialism and Sanusi Authority at the Turn of the Century
Italian unification preceded a new era of European imperial expansion. Italian nationalists were eager to ensure Italy’s position as a European great power by claiming overseas territories. For many Italians, adventures in East Africa served only as a distraction from the goal of securing the Mediterranean. After the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881 and the Italian military disaster at Adwa in 1896, Italian imperialists turned their focus to …
Crafting an Italian Approach to Colonial Rule
In the years leading up to the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911, a variety of Italian imperialists considered the possibilities of negotiating a positive relationship with Sanusi elites to facilitate Italian expansion. One of the most vocal proponents of an Italo-Sanusi relationship was Enrico Insabato, an eccentric secret agent of the Italian state police stationed in Cairo starting in 1902. Insabato advocated the projection of a traditionalist…
Essay on Sources
In 1978 the Centre for Libyan Studies in Tripoli began organizing the collection and preservation of oral testimonies from former mujahidin, those who had taken up arms against the Italian occupation. The collection provides an invaluable source of memories of warfare and resistance in colonial North Africa. At the same time, however, it poses certain challenges to historians. The structure of the interviews emphasized military history over daily…
Réveiller l’archive d’une guerre coloniale
Historian-geographer Pierre Schill has taken a uniquely exciting approach in this book to exploring an archive. The archive in question is made up of the photographs, letters, and select publicatio
Neelam Srivastava. Italian Colonialism and Resistances to Empire, 1930–1970
Scholars of Italian imperialism often find themselves arguing against a perception that Italian colonialism was too late and too short-lived to be of value as a serious topic of study. Neelam Srivastava’s Italian Colonialism and Resistances to Empire, 1930–1970 disputes this by placing the Italian empire at the center of transnational anti-imperial movements. Srivastava focuses on one brief portion of the longer trajectory of Italian colonialism:…
War, resistance, and memory in Libya’s oral history project
This article examines the Libyan Oral History Project, an archive created in the 1970s to record the memories of mujahidin involved in anti-Italian resistance in Libya. Though it was not the original intention of the archive, this article argues that the memories of the mujahidin contribute to an effort among historians to reconceptualise the global significance of the First World War. A careful reading of the accounts of the mujahidin reveals a …
Vanishing in Plain Sight
This article examines the Ministry of Italian Africa (MAI) from the initial British occupation of the former Italian colonies in 1941 until the dissolution of the colonial administration in 1953. An analysis of the strategies functionaries used to defend the imperial project in a time of crisis and transformation suggests that the colonial cause retained a broad consensus across the political spectrum, even in moments of heightened ideological di…
A bridge across the Mediterranean
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