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Historians in conversation - Dr Alessandro Grazi

How do historians build their career, what motivates them and how they deal with professional and personal challenges? What shapes their professional path? Dr Michael Green from the Faculty of Philosophy and History welcomes you to his podcast, where he will be inviting interesting guests to explore their stories.

The guest of the 16th episode of the podcast “Historians in Conversation” hosted by prof. Michaël Green is dr Alessandro Grazi, research fellow at the IEG-Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz. His field of specialisation is Jewish history and Italian Studies, and throughout his career he has been pursuing various scholarly opportunities. In this episode, the conversation revolves around the questions of academic career, possibilities or lack of them and the importance of flexibility when dealing with the scholarly world. Check his book: Prophet of Renewal: David Levi, a Jewish Freemason and Saint-Simonian in nineteenth-century Italy, Leiden/Boston: Brill – Studies in Jewish History and Culture, 2022.

Hello and welcome to the 16th episode of the podcast Historians in Conversation, which is hosted by the University of Lodz in Poland. My name is Michal Green and I welcome you to my podcast. My guest today is Dr. Alessandro Grazzi and he is working at the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz. He is actually my second guest from that institution, but Alessandra has a very interesting academic path which I would like to share with you. In my conversation today we will be talki...