Enzo Traverso (born 14 October 1957) is an Italian scholar of European intellectual history.

[1] He is the author of several books on critical theory, the Holocaust, Marxism, memory, totalitarianism, revolution, and contemporary historiography.

After living and working in France for over 25 years, he is currently the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University.

[2][3] Enzo Traverso obtained a master's degree (Laurea) in modern history at the University of Genoa (Italy) in 1982.

After moving to Paris in 1985 to further pursue his academic trajectory he completed his PhD program at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in 1989, under the direction of Michael Löwy.