Latest Research and Publications
Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography / Ofer Ashkenazi et al.
Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography highlights the significant role of photography in modern Jewish history and memory. Considering photographs as unique documents that not only depict reality but also shape how it is perceived and remembered, the volume emphasizes the importance of careful photographic analysis in understanding modern Jewish experiences, self-perceptions, and memories.
Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany / Ofer Ashkenazi & Thomas P. Kaplan
Still Lives is a systematic study of the ways Jews used photographs to document their experiences in the face of National Socialism. In a time of intensifying anti-Jewish rhetoric and policies, German Jews documented their lives and their environment in tens of thousands of photographs. German Jews of considerably diverse backgrounds took and preserved these photographs: professional and amateurs, of different ages, gender, and classes.
Department Seminar
We are pleased to invite you to the first meeting of the Departmental History Seminar and the George Mosse Program for the 2025 Mosse Lecture in Gender and Sexuality.
The seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 14:30 (gathering and light refreshments at 14:00), in Room 521, Mandel Building.
This year’s guest speaker is: Prof. Moshe Sluhovsky
Lecture title: “And Everyone Spoke German”: Migration, Identity, and Socialization in the Formation of a Homosexual Community in the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine.