ELEONORA DI RENZO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XL
email: eleonora.direnzo@uniroma1.it
building: Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia. Dipartimento SARAS. Università Sapienza di Roma

supervisor: Manfredi Merluzzi
co-supervisor: Emily Pierini
co-supervisor (2): Giovanna Capponi

Research: Orienting oneself in the light: the Ciganos' presence in Afro-Brazilian mediunic practices.

Eleonora Di Renzo is a PhD student in Anthropology on the National PhD Programme in Peace Studies (Curriculum 2 “Identities, Memories, Religions and Peace”) and an honorary research fellow at La Sapienza University of Rome. Since 2023, she has been researching the intersection of political and religious aspects in Afro-Brazilian religious practices in Rio de Janeiro. She will undertake PhD mobility in the MSCA Staff Exchange project RHEAL – Religion and Healing: Collaborative and Participatory Methodologies (PI: Emily Pierini), starting in 2026. She is currently working on mediumship practices and intercultural dialogue between Roma communities and culture and Afro-Brazilian religious spaces.

Research products

11573/1753187 - 2025 - Neocolonialismo europeo e criminalizzazione della solidarietà: un breve contributo teorico-antropologico

Di Renzo, Eleonora - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: DIALOGHI MEDITERRANEI (Mazara del Vallo, TP : Istituto Euro Arabo) pp. - - issn: 2384-9010 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1733369 - 2024 - Respostas religiosas às crises ecológicas: resistência e negociações de poder e identidade em um terreiro de Candomblé

Di Renzo, Eleonora - 02a Capitolo o Articolo

book: Mostranges, M. et Al., Antropologias em diálogo: para partilhar saberes e refazer caminhos, Florianópolis: PPGAS/UFSC - (978-85-8328-308-9)