Andrea Lanza

Andrea Lanza

First Name: 
Andrea
Last Name: 
Lanza
Title: 
Assistant Professor
Phone : 
416-978-5901
Office Location : 
Carr Hall, Room 213, 100 St. Joseph Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4
Biography : 

Before working at U of T, Andrea Lanza studied and worked in Italy and France. His research has followed two interrelated, main axes: a. the emergence of the socialist discourse and the making of the working classes in the first half of the 19th century in France; b. the historic-philosophical debates on democratic society especially in regard to the French context (eg Lefort, Gauchet, Rosanvallon).

Education: 
Doctorat, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris)
Diplôme d'Études Avancées, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris)
Laurea, Università degli Studi di Milano La Statale

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Areas of Interest: 
  • Early French Socialism (1800-1850) interconnections between political thought
  • Social science, and natural sciences
  • The making of French working classes
  • Receptions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 19th-century France
  • Contemporary French Political Thought (Foucault, Lefort, Gauchet, Rancière)
  • 1970s in Italy
Administrative Service: 
Associate Chair - Undergraduate, Department of Italian Studies, 2022-2023
Other Website: 
Academia.edu: 
https://independent.academia.edu/AndreaLanza

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Profile of Andrea Lanza, a faculty member of the Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto.