We are delighted to announce that Giorgio Ennas has published an edited volume together with Arda Akinci, Fatma Aladağ and Prof. Dr. Stefan Rohdewald, titled “From the Frontiers of the Empire to the Borders of the Nations.”

This volume explores the daily lives, security measures, and health practices in the borderland regions of the Ottoman Empire and its successor states (1700–1939). With contributions from early-career and senior scholars, the book examines the complex dynamics of these frontier zones, covering regions in the Middle East and Southeastern Europe. It delves into how local communities navigated imperial control, national borders, and quarantine systems, revealing the intersections of public health, military strategies, and border security. By focusing on these marginal areas, the book provides fresh insights into imperial legacies, state formation, and the challenges of governance in the (post-)Ottoman world.

Part of this volume is also Giorgio Ennas’ article “Borders in Progress. The Early Transimperial Development of Tunisian Political Borders in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century”, which describes in a preliminary way how transimperial and cooperative practices shaped the borders delimiting the Regency of Tunis from borderlands to borderlines between the first and second half of the nineteenth century.