Jewish Studies
Albert Kaganovitch
e-mail:
dr.kaganovitch@gmail.com
Current position:
Senior Research-Fellow, Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba
PhD:
Bukharan Jews and Russian Empire, 1867-1917 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2003
Research interests:
Russian Empire, Central Asia, Jewish Studies, ethnic relations, socio-economic history, state and minorities
Selected publications:
The Mashhadi Jews (Djedids) in Central Asia, Berlin: Anor, 2007. ISBN 978-3-87997-141-6
Речица: история еврейского местечка Юго-Восточной Белоруссии, Иерусалим 2007 г. ISBN 965-7129-45-1
Current research project:
Jewish Refugees in Soviet Eastern areas during World War II
Nati Cantorovich
e-mail:
natican@post.tau.ac.il
Current position:
PhD candidate, The Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, Tel-Aviv University
Senior Archivist and Researcher, The Pinhas Lavon Institute for Labour Movement Research, Tel-Aviv
Research interests:
Israeli-Soviet relations, Russian heritage and impact in Eretz-Israel and the State of Israel, The Jewish Question in Russia and the Soviet Union
Anti-Semitism, nationalism and the racial intolerance, Soviet attitude towards the Holocaust
The History of the Jews in Belarus, The Judaizing Heresy in Russia (15-16 centuries)
Selected publications:
“Soviet Reactions to the Eichmann Trial: A Preliminary Investigation 1960–1965”, Yad Vashem Studies, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2007, pp. 103-141.
Current research project:
The Jewish Community of Palestine and the Soviet Union 1930-1945
Olga Minkina
e-mail:
olga-minkina@yandex.ru
Current position:
Европейский Университет в Санкт-Петербурге, Межфакультетский Центр «Петербургская Иудаика»
European University, St.Petersburg. Interdepartamental Center «Petersburg Judaica»
PhD:
MA
Research interests:
История и культура евреев Российской империи конца XVIII-начала XIX вв.
History and Culture of Russian Jews of Late 18th – Early 19th Century
Olga Gershenson
e-mail:
Gershenson@judnea.umass.edu
Current position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
PhD:
Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst,
Research interests:
Jewish history, communication studies
Selected publications:
Gesher: Russian Theatre in Israel; A Study of Cultural Colonization. New York: Peter Lang, 2005
Current research project:
Work in progress: The Holocaust in Soviet and Russian Cinema.
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Marina Mogilner
e-mail:
office@abimperio.net
Current position:
Editor of Ab Imperio Quarterly (Russia and CIS)
PhD:
PhD Rutgers University NJ (USA)
кандидат исторических наук, Казанский государственный университет
Research interests:
history of anthropology in Russia and Europe in the 19-beginning of 20 cc.;
history of Russian Jewry (national projects, professional, foremost medical), discourses within Russian Jewry
theory of empire and nationalism studies
Selected publications:
Homo imperii. История физической антропологии в России. Москва, 2008
Current research project:
Homo Alter: Jewish physical anthropology in Russia in the middle of 19-beginning of 20 cc.
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