On Friday 20 March, Salvatore Speziale joined the ERC COOPERATION team to give a workshop on his last article The Turning Point of the 1830s: Epidemics and Health Controls at the Borders in Mediterranean Africa. In this work, Speziale observes how the 1830s constituted a true turning point in the fight against epidemics throughout the Ottoman Empire and, for partly different and partly coincident reasons, in Mediterranean Africa, with important repercussions in the configuration of its internal borders.

We would sincerely like to thank Salvatore for this interesting and productive session!