RobertoMazza.net

The website is under construction, but soon professional and personal pages both in Italian and English will be available

I am currently Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University and Research Assistant at SOAS University of London. I teach courses on Late Ottoman History and Modern History of the Middle East. I consider myself a historian of the Late Ottoman and Modern Middle East but also a Transnational and International Historian. In fact my are of expertise is late Ottoman Palestine and in particular the period of the First World War, a period of strong ties between this and Western parts of the world.

I officiated my first game in 1992 and for a while I was not really convinced, but then I started my career which was briefly interrupted in 1997 for a short period and then re-started until today. 
I did officiate in Italy until 2002, doing regional games and working for three years as chair of the officials of the province of Reggio Emila - a great honour. I then moved to England and in a couple of years I found myself calling pro-games in the BBL. It was a very good experience: I became an experienced official.
I moved to the US in the summer of 2009 and I am now calling varsity games in Illinois, it's very different from senior games but there is always a great atmosphere.
Next....don't know yet

These pages will be both in Italian and English as I will try to talk a little bit about myself and my friends