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Elizabeth Della Zazzera is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Department of History at the University of Connecticut, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She also serves as Associate Director of the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (2016) and has held fellowships including ACLS/Mellon Public Fellow at Lapham’s Quarterly and Margaret and Wallace McCain Postdoctoral Fellow at Mount Allison University.
Her research focuses on Modern French history, particularly revolutionary and post-revolutionary Paris, with projects exploring cultural conflicts like the Romantic vs. Classical debate in Restoration France, pre-Haussmann urban technologies, and the cultural origins of French colonial ventures. Her work bridges literary analysis, political history, and urban studies.
Her recent publications include The Illumination of Restoration Paris (forthcoming) and Translating Revolutionary Time (2015), which won the Book History Essay Prize. She has also contributed to public history initiatives through Lapham’s Quarterly, analyzing topics like bestseller lists, weather records, and mythological geography.
Awards include the 2015 Book History Essay Prize and an Esri Story Map of the Month award. Her research has been supported by fellowships such as the Doris G. Quinn Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship and a Chateaubriand Fellowship. She advises students in French history and cultural studies, and collaborates with the Humanities Institute on interdisciplinary projects.
