Marco SALATI

Marco SALATI is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, where he has been an academic since 1992. He holds a PhD in Historical and Philological Sciences of Islamic Civilization from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and has taught extensively on Islamology, Shari'a, and political discourse in Arab countries.

• PhD in Historical and Philological Sciences of Islamic Civilization, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', 1990
• Degree in Literature (Islamic Studies), University of Rome 'La Sapienza', 1983

His research focuses on the history of Islamic countries, particularly Ottoman Aleppo, Shari'a law, Shiism, and Islamic biographical literature. He investigates legal practices, religious movements, and cross-school jurisprudential interactions in the Ottoman Empire, with a special interest in Shiite travelers and legal flexibility in Hanafi-dominated regions.

His recent publications reveal a strong trend in Ottoman legal history, Islamic travel literature, and the interplay between religious law and social dynamics. The works center on primary source analysis, especially court records and biographical texts, shedding light on judicial processes, gender issues, and intellectual networks in the Islamic Levant.

Marco SALATI has not been mentioned as receiving any scientific awards in the provided text.

He advises on academic matters and teaches courses such as 'Religious Movements in the Islamic World' and 'Shari'a: Religion and Law'. No specific grants are mentioned, but his research is clearly supported by institutional and scholarly publishing activities.

He is involved in scholarly editing and publication projects, particularly in the critical edition of travelogues from the Islamic world, contributing to the preservation and analysis of primary sources in Islamic history.