Bacchin, Elena

"I am interested in the transnational history of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a particular focus on political actors such as exiles, foreign fighters, and political deportees. The circulation of people, ideas, and practices across borders has influenced and shaped political mobilization and engagement. This research allows us to better understand not only the interconnected world and the relationships between its different parts, but also the effects of contact, exchange, and mutual influence."

• Transnational history of the 19th century
• History of mobility and migration
• Italian and European political history (19th–20th centuries)
• History of nationalism
• Transnational and humanitarian movements (19th–20th centuries)
• Cultural history

• 2007-2010 PhD in History, University of Padua
• 2011-2015 Doctorate, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
• 2017-2018 Lecturer in Modern Italian and European History, Queen Mary University of London 2018-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Padua
• 2019-2022 Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow, Columbia University and Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• 2021-2023 Assistant Professor, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• 2023 (Spring) Fellow Remarque Institute, New York University
• 2023-2024 Associate Professor of Modern History, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• 2023-2024 Principal Investigator of the Political Repression and International Solidarity Networks (PRISON) project, Italian Ministry of Research
• Since July 2024 Professor of Modern History, University of Vienna