Fartun Mohamed

Fartun Mohamed is a Researcher at the Department of History, European University Institute. Her work bridges colonial memory, cultural history, and postcolonial studies, with a focus on the Somali diaspora and Sub-Saharan Africa. She is supervised by M'hamed Oualdi and Giancarlo Casale, with external guidance from Valentina Fusari.

• Research Themes: Colonialism, Empires, African History, Oral and Visual Memory, State and Empire-building, Decolonisation, Critical Theory, Public History, Racism
• Thesis Title: A voice in the silence: Colonial memory as revealed through the lens of the Somali diaspora