Elisa Chazal

Elisa Chazal is a Researcher in the Department of History at the European University Institute. Her doctoral research focuses on "The Industry of Anachronism: (Re)producing the Past in the Immersive Historical Reconstructions in Fin-de-siècle London, Vienna, Budapest, and Paris", supervised by Giorgio Riello and Pieter M. Judson. She is affiliated with EUI's academic community as a 2020 cohort member.

• Research Themes: Visual history, Cultural history, History of consumption and fashion, Material history, Urban history, 19th century, Material and visual culture

Elisa's recent research output includes a 2024 contribution to a book analyzing competing historical reconstitution projects for the 1900 Exposition universelle in Paris. Her work explores how material and visual culture shaped historical memory in fin-de-siècle urban contexts, particularly through architectural reconstructions and exhibition practices.