Department of History to Host Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow

Martina Biondi Newest Curie Fellow in Department of History

Beginning in September 2024, Martina Biondi will be a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in UMD’s Department of History and the University of Venice. She is working on a project entitled "HICAMA - History of Care in the Maghreb: Infectious diseases, healthcare infrastructures and international aid (1956-1999)." Dr. Biondi’s research interests focus on gender history, the history of public health, and political and solidarity networks in and beyond Morocco, North Africa, and the Middle East. Biondi's Department of History Faculty host and advisor will be Peter Wien.

Martina Biondi received her PhD in History and Institutions of Africa from the University of Perugia (Italy) in 2023. Her thesis examines women’s activism and memory construction of the Moroccan Years of Lead under the supervision of Prof. Anna
Baldinetti. Biondi served as adjunct professor of history and institutions of Islamic countries at the University of Macerata (Italy) in 2023. She was a visiting researcher at the University of Casablanca's Department of History and Civilization in 2021–2. In 2024, she became a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of History and Art at the University of Utrecht.

Biondi was the recipient of the Italian Society of Women Historians' 2022 Anna Vanzan Prize. Her publications have appeared in the Journal of Asian and African Studies; Rivista degli Studi Orientali; Middle East Topics and Arguments; and Occhialì--Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico.

See more about Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellows at UMD's Department of History HERE.