Thesis Title Litigant Use of Legal Pluralism in Fatimid Egypt
Supervisor(s) Professor Judith Olsowzy-Schlanger, Professor Fitzroy Morrissey, Professor Tahera Qutbuddin
Biography Clara Pitocchi is a DPhil student in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford. Her research examines the dynamics of legal pluralism in Fatimid Egypt, focusing on how litigants navigated Islamic and non-Islamic legal systems. Clara holds a Master’s degree cum laude in Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa from the University of Naples “L’Orientale,” where her thesis explored intra-communal disputes among the Jews of Fatimid Egypt. She also completed an Erasmus program in Islamic and Semitic studies at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest.
Educational Background
Master’s Degree cum laude in Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, University of Naples “L’Orientale” (2022)
Erasmus Program in Languages and Humanities, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary
Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Languages and Cultures, University of Naples “L’Orientale” (2020)
Research Interests
Legal pluralism in medieval Islamic societies
Fatimid Egypt and its Jewish communities
Historical interactions between Islamic and non-Islamic legal systems
