Enzo Traverso

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Enzo Traverso
École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), M.A. (Laurea), University of Genoa
OccupationHistorian
EmployerCornell University

Enzo Traverso (born 14 October 1957) is an Italian scholar of European intellectual history.[1] He is the author of several books on critical theory, the Holocaust, Marxism, memory, totalitarianism, revolution, and contemporary historiography. His books have been translated into numerous languages. After living and working in France for over 25 years, he is currently the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University.[2][3]

Education

Enzo Traverso obtained a master's degree (Laurea) in modern history at the

School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in 1989, under the direction of Michael Löwy.[4] In 2009 he achieved the academic qualification of habilitation (accreditation to supervise research).[5]

Career

From 1989 through 1991, he worked for the

Universidad Nacional de La Plata
, in recognition of his historical scholarship.

Works

Original works

English translations

  • Singular Past: The I in the Historiography, transl. from the French by Adam Schoene, Columbia University Press, 2022.
  • The Jewish Question: History of a Marxist Debate, Brill, Leiden, 2018
  • The End of Jewish Modernity, Pluto Press, London, 2016, translated by David Fernbach.
  • Fire and Blood: The European Civil War, 1914–1945, Verso, 2016[12][13]
  • The Origins of Nazi Violence, New Press, 2003, translated by Janet Lloyd.
  • Understanding the Nazi Genocide: Marxism after Auschwitz, Pluto Press, London, 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 Marxists and the Jewish question. The history of a Debate (1843-1943), Humanities Press, New Jersey, 1994, translated by Bernard Gibbons,

References

  1. ^ Glaser, Linda (Fall 2013). "Historian Enzo Traverso named first Winokur Professor". Ezra Magazine. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Enzo Traverso | History Cornell Arts & Sciences". history.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  3. ^ Taibi, Nidal (2020-10-13). "Enzo Traverso : "Nos historiens restent enfermés dans leur univers"". www.marianne.net (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  4. ^ "Enzo Traverso, la lucidité d'un " vaincu "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  5. ^ a b ""Curriculum Vitae"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
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  8. ^ Mesny, Thierry (1991). "Enzo Traverso, Les marxistes et la question juive : histoire d'un débat (1843-1943)". Raison présente. 97 (1): 185–187.
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  10. ^ "Enzo Traverso : après la révolution, le post-fascisme ?". France Culture (in French). 13 March 2017. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
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  12. ^ "Fire and Blood: The European Civil War by Enzo Traverso review – a history to destablise [sic] liberal complacency". the Guardian. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  13. ^ Nitzan Lebovic. "Critical Inquiry". criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-17.

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