Chiara Renzo

Chiara Renzo is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, where she conducts research and contributes to academic programs. She also teaches Migration and Media at the University of Florence, reflecting her interdisciplinary reach across institutions.

Her research centers on modern Jewish history, with a focus on displacement, migration, and identity reconstruction in the aftermath of the Holocaust. She investigates the experiences of Jewish displaced persons (DPs) in postwar Italy, child welfare policies in Jewish communities, and decolonization-related migrations, particularly from Libya. Her scholarly work combines archival rigor with humanistic insight into trauma, memory, and community resilience.

The most recent publications demonstrate a strong thematic coherence in modern Italian and Jewish history, refugee studies, and postwar social policies. Her work frequently engages with primary sources, oral histories, and editorial scholarship, contributing to both academic discourse and public memory.

Scientific Contributions:

• Jewish Displaced Persons in Italy 1943–1951: Politics, Rehabilitation, Identity (Routledge, 2023) – a major monograph analyzing refugee camp life and identity formation.
• Editorial and analytical work on Holocaust diaries and postwar Jewish migration narratives.
• Articles on Libyan Jewish decolonization and child welfare in postwar Italian Jewish communities.

Dr. Renzo advises on historical interpretation and memory studies, though no formal students are listed. Her work is supported by academic affiliations and publication in peer-reviewed venues. She is involved in reconstructing understudied aspects of Jewish life in 20th-century Italy and North Africa.

She is associated with research groups or initiatives focused on migration history and Holocaust memory, though specific lab or team names are not mentioned in the provided texts. Her editorial and monograph projects suggest collaborative and archival-based research workflows.