Enzo Traverso
Encyclopedia
Enzo Traverso is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is an Italian historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
who has been living and working in France
France
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for over 20 years and has written on issues relating to the Holocaust and totalitarianism
Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible...
. He is a professor of political science
Political science
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at the University of Picardie Jules Verne
University of Picardie Jules Verne
The University of Picardie Jules Verne is a university located in Amiens, France, and is under the Academy of Amiens...
in Picardy
Picardy
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.
Education
Enzo Traverso obtained a Master's degree (Laurea) in modern history at the University of Genova (Italy) in 1982. After moving to Paris in 1985 to further pursue his academic trajectory he completed his PhD program at School for Advanced Studies in the Social SciencesÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
(EHESS) in 1989. In 2009 he achieved the academic qualification of habilitation (accreditation to supervise research).
Career
From 1989 through 1991 he worked for the International Institute for Research and EducationInternational Institute for Research and Education
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(IIRE) based in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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, and after that in the Library of contemporary international documentation (BDIC) in Nanterre. He also held the position of a lecturer in the Departement of Political science at the University of Paris VIII (1993–1995) and at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
(EHESS) (1994–1997). In 1995 he was hired by the University of Picardie
University of Picardie Jules Verne
The University of Picardie Jules Verne is a university located in Amiens, France, and is under the Academy of Amiens...
as an assistant professor. Enzo Traverso was promoted to professor, a post he holds since 2009.
Works in English Translation
- The hate factory: xenophobia and racism in Europe, IV Online magazine : IV438 - July 2011.
- The Origins of Nazi Violence, New Press, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 2003, translated by Janet Lloyd. - Understanding the Nazi Genocide: Marxism after Auschwitz, Pluto Press, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 1999, translated by Peter Drucker. - The Jews & Germany: From the "Judeo-German Symbiosis" to the Memory of Auschwitz, U. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1995, translated by Daniel Weissbort.
- "The Marxist and the Jewish question. The history of a Debate (1843-1943)", Humanities Press, New Jersey, 1994, translated by Bernard Gibbons.
External links
- "Nazism’s roots in European culture - Production line of murder" in Le Monde diplomatiqueLe Monde diplomatiqueLe Monde diplomatique is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first created mainly for a diplomatic audience as its name implies...
, February 2005 - Interview with Enzo Traverso: "History can be an ‘arm of power’" in Barcelona Metropolis MagazineBarcelona MetropolisBarcelona Metrópolis is a magazine of urban information and thought dedicated to monitoring the evolution of the city of Barcelona.Barcelona...
, Winter, 2010.