ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
Unpacking Mixedness for an Inclusive History of the Red Sea, 1800s-2000s
The debate on mixed-race people is gaining momentum, and the Red Sea – located at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, of the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean – stands as a privileged venue to investigate mixedness. Focusing on a timeframe (1800s-2000s) marked by increasing mobilities and mixed-race unions and offspring (e.g. Afro-Arabs, Afro-Asians, Euro-Africans), REDMIX investigates the roots and routes of mixed-race people and groups through a bottom-up, long-term, and interdisciplinary perspective, to create a digital archive about mixedness in the Red Sea. African and Middle Eastern Studies have examined the Red Sea, its mobilities, and its entanglements, but mixedness…
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