Natolin community mourns the passing of Prof. David ABULAFIA

It is with great sadness that the Natolin community has learnt about the sudden loss of Professor David ABULAFIA, a member of our Flying Faculty and Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge (Gonville & Caius College).  

We mourn not only a great specialist, but also an exceptional person. 

Professor Abulafia joined Natolin in the academic year 2017-2018. For eight years, he taught a course Maritime History: the Mediterranean and Other Seas, where he shared his immense knowledge with our students. We will remember Prof. Abulafia for his professionalism, genuine care and kindness towards students which he showed when he supervised the work of many of our alumni on their master’s theses.  

Professor Abulafia’s legacy thus survives within the community of Natolin’s alumni but also for future generations of our students through his contributions to academic research evidenced by the books which we keep in our Library:  

• The Great Sea : A Human History of the Mediterranean. London : New York ; Penguin Books Ltd, 2011.
• The Mediterranean in History / edited by David Abulafia. London : Thames and Hudson, 2016.
• A Mediterranean Emporium : The Catalan Kingdom of Majorca. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
• The Discovery of Mankind : Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2009.
• The Boundless Sea : A Human History of the Oceans. London : Allen Lane, 2019.
• The Boundless Sea : A Human History of the Oceans. This library owns a copy London : Penguin, 2020.
• The Mediterranean in History / edited by David Abulafia. London : Thames and Hudson, 2022.