Dr. Francesca Petricca
Ph.D. candidate (Scholarship holder 10/2007 - 09/2010)
Dissertation defense: 01.02.2011
Predicate: magna cum laude
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Paul
Overview
The rise of National Egyptian Law: studies on a transition society. 1937-1955
The process of decolonisation studied through juridical sources is the subject of this research. In the period taken in consideration (1937-1955) Egypt goes through big changes in political, cultural and social life. The analysis of the evolution of the Egyptian legal system, since the European direction to the promulgation of the National Civil Code can help us to understand the transition of the society (Arabic And Islamic), as a whole, focused on the process of "National Identity building". The analysis of coeval juridical cases plays a big role in this historical reconstruction. Interdisciplinarity and non Euro-centric point of view are the keywords of the Project.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Work experience
| From 06/2007 | CIERA, Centro italo-egiziano per il restauro e l’archeologia (Italo- Egyptian center for restoration and archaeology), Cairo, Egypt Archive and bibliographical researches, administrative follow up with the Italian Embassy in Cairo. |
| From 01/2007 | Nuba Mountain International Organization, Cairo, Egypt Organization of English classes for refugees (children, women) |
| 2005-2006 | Cooperativa Sociale Armadilla, Rome , Italy Assistance and emotional support for Arabic children under health treatment |
Languages
Native Italian, fluent English , good knowledge of Arabic, French and Spanish
| 2006-2007 | Dar Comboni for Arabic Studies, Cairo. Courses of Classical and colloquial Arabic |
| 2004-2006 | IsIAO (Italian Institute for Africa and Orient), Rome Courses of Classical Arabic |
| 2001 | Trinity College, Rome Intensive English course |
Publications
- “Filling the Void: Šarīʿa in Mixed Courts Jurisprudence (1876-1949)” will become an article published by the JESHO (Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient) within 2011.
- "Aux origines du phénomène associatif en Egypte (1888-1952). Sondages dans les fonds d'archives et pistes de recherche", in LUIZARD Pierre-Jean, L'essor de la "société civile" dans le monde musulman contemprain, paradoxes et convergences, La Découverte, Paris, forthcoming.