Enzo Traverso

Enzo Traverso (born 14 October 1957 in Gavi, Piedmont region, Italy) is an Italian historian who has been living and working in France for over 20 years and has written on issues relating to the Holocaust and totalitarianism. He is a professor of political science at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Picardy.

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 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 Education (IIRE) based in Amsterdam, 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 (EHESS) (1994–1997). In 1995 he was hired by the University of Picardie as an assistant professor. Enzo Traverso was promoted to professor, a post he holds since 2009.

Bibliography

He writes mainly in French. His works include The Marxists and the Jewish Question: The History of a Debate 1843-1943 (Humanities Press, New Jersey, 1994), Understanding the Nazi Genocide: Marxism after Auschwitz, (Pluto, London, 1999) and The Origins of Nazi Violence, (New Press, New York, 2003). This bibliography of the author's works provides the titles of the original editions:

• Les Marxistes et la question juive, La Brèche-PEC, Montreuil, 1990.
• Les Juifs et l'Allemagne, de la symbiose judéo-allemande à la mémoire d'Auschwitz, La Découverte, Paris, 1992.
• Siegfried Kracauer. Itinéraire d’un intellectuel nomade, La Découverte, Paris, 1994.
• L'Histoire déchirée, essai sur Auschwitz et les intellectuels, Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 1997.
• Pour une critique de la barbarie moderne : écrits sur l'histoire des Juifs et l'antisémitisme, Éditions Page deux (Cahiers libres), Lausanne, 2000.
• Le Totalitarisme : Le XXe siècle en débat, 2001.
• La Violence nazie : Essai de généalogie historique, 2002, La Fabrique, Paris.
• La Pensée dispersée : Figures de l'exil judéo-allemand, 2004.
• Le Passé, mode d'emploi : Histoire, mémoire, politique, 2005, La Fabrique, Paris.
• À Feu et à sang : De la guerre civile européenne, 1914-1945, Stock, Paris, 2007.
• " L'histoire comme champ de bataille. Interpréter les violences du XXe siècle", La Découverte, Paris, 2011.

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 York, 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, ISBN 0-391-03806-0

External links

• "Nazism’s roots in European culture - Production line of murder" in Le Monde diplomatique, February 2005
• Interview with Enzo Traverso: "History can be an ‘arm of power’" in Barcelona Metropolis Magazine, Winter, 2010.