Ester Capuzzo

Ester Capuzzo is a Full Professor of Contemporary History at Sapienza University of Rome, affiliated with the Department of Modern Literature and Culture within the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy. Her research spans key themes in 20th-century Italian history, including tourism, emigration, Jewish communities, and the eastern border.

• Education: Former State Archivist (Trieste State Archives) and researcher in Italian Legal History (1988-2000)

Research Interests intersect with Risorgimento studies, tourism historiography, Italian Jewish identity, and emigration from Habsburg territories. She explores how tourism shaped cultural narratives in interwar Italy and postwar Europe, as seen in her book Vacanze romane (2022).

Notable Roles include:

• President of the National Edition of Garibaldi's Writings
• Member of the Giunta Storica Nazionale (National Historical Board)
• Expert on interministerial commissions for Italian citizenship recognition

Projects like Roman Holidays analyze tourism's impact on Rome's cultural identity. Her work bridges academic research with public engagement, such as curating the 2016 exhibition 1946: L'anno della svolta (Women's Suffrage).