Lorena Rizzo

Lorena Rizzo is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of History, University of Basel, and a Research Associate at the Centre for African Studies. She is a Member of the Management Board of the eikones Center (Center for the Theory and History of the Image).

• University: University of Basel
• Department: Department of History
• Email: lorena.rizzo@unibas.ch

Research Interests:

• African History with focus on Namibia and Southern Africa
• Gender History analyzing women's roles in colonial contexts
• Visual Culture through photography and image analysis
• Oral History and archival research
• Colonial Studies examining imperial structures and resistance

Article Trends: Her publications span 20th-21st century African history, with emphasis on colonial visual culture, oral narratives, and archival analysis. Key subfields include Namibian history, photography in Africa, and gendered colonial experiences.

Collaborations: She works with institutions like the Basler Afrika Bibliographien and eikones Center, focusing on photographic archives and colonial resistance narratives.