The Jerusalem Archives

 



In today's podcast, Dr Roberto Mazza discusses the digitisation and relocation of the Jerusalem Archives. 


Dr Mazza is currently Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Limerick. He has published two books with IB Tauris, in 2009 'Jerusalem from the Ottomans to the British' and in 2011 'Jerusalem in World War I: the Palestine Diary of a European Consul'. Dr Mazza is the Executive Editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly. 

Dr Mazza also runs the Jerusalem Unplugged podcast, dedicated to Jerusalem, its history, and its people. Jerusalem Unplugged is available at https://jerusalem-unplugged.simplecast.com/ and on all major platforms.

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