Lorenzo Ferrari (Reggio Emilia, 1991) completed his PhD at the Universities of Padova, Ca’ Foscari Venezia and Verona (Programme in Historical, Geographical and Anthropological Studies, 2017–2020). He graduated from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 2014 (B.A. in Humanities and Cultural Studies) and in 2016 (M.A. in Anthropology and History of the Modern World). In 2019 he was visiting scholar at Oxford University (Lincoln College, Erasmus+ scholarship). His PhD dissertation—passed with no revisions and defended in May 2021 —focuses on Norman Cohn’s intellectual biography and vision of history. He is currently working at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s Centre for Interdepartmental Research on Digital Humanities (DHMoRe) as post-doctoral research fellow.
2025. “Norman Cohn.” In The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism and Millennialism, edited by Tristan Sturm, Andrew Crome, London: Bloomsbury: 173-185
2024. “Homo interfector. Norman Cohn and the Origin of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (1979-90).” Journal of History, 59, 2: 136-153.
2024. M. Al Kalak, L. Ferrari, “Digitalizzare l’eredità del passato: valorizzazione, industria creativa e archivi d’impresa.” In Analogie digitali. Digital Humanities tra ricerca e imprese culturali, a cura di V. Iervese, S. Marabello, Milano-Udine: Mimesis: 135-147.
2023. “Il progetto della modernità. Temi e percorsi storiografici nei lavori e negli insegnamenti di Gianvittorio Signorotto.” In La crisi della modernità. Studi in onore di Gianvittorio Signorotto, a cura di M. Al Kalak, L. Ferrari, E. Fumagalli, Roma: Viella: 455-471.
2023. Norman Cohn e il lato oscuro della Storia. Una biografia culturale. Milano: FrancoAngeli.
2021. “Norman Cohn.” In Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements, ed. by James Crossley and Alastair Lockhart [open access: https://www.cdamm.org/articles/norman-cohn].
2019. “The Pursuit of Humanity’s Inner Demons: The Reception of Norman Cohn’s Intellectual Journey.” Storia della Storiografia: Rivista internazionale, 75, 1: 59-82.