Albahari received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California at Irvine and held research fellowships at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (University of California at San Diego) and at the Erasmus Institute (University of Notre Dame). Albahari specializes in social-cultural anthropology and teaches on international migration, pluralism, and European societies. His first book is titled Crimes of Peace: Mediterranean Migrations and the World’s Deadliest Border, and he is the author of several publications on migration and religion in Italy and Europe. In Rome, Albahari will share his research on migration, citizenship, and diversity in Italy, with specific attention to the changing qualities and aesthetics of select spaces in the capital.