Ofer Ashkenazi and Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, "Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography" (SUNY Press, 2025)
About this episode
The episode features a discussion with Ofer Ashkenazi and Thomas Pegelow Kaplan on Jewish history and memory as explored through photography.
Ofer Ashkenazi is a Professor of History and the director of the Richard Koebner-Minerva Center for German History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. While on sabbatical, in 2025-2026 he is the Mosse Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the co-author of the recently published monograph Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany (2025) , as well as Anti-Heimat Cinema (2020); Weimar Film and Jewish Identity (2012); and Reason and Subjectivity in Weimar Cinema (2010). He edited volumes and published articles on various topics in German and German-Jewish history including Jewish youth movements in Germany; the German interwar anti-war movement; Cold War memory culture; Jewish migration from and to Germany; and German-Jewish visual culture. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan is a Professor of History and the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. His research focuses on the linguistic, visual, and cultural history of Nazi Germany, modern German-Jewish history, historiography and historical theory, transnational history, and global protest movements in the twentieth century. His recent…
People in this episode
Host: Marshall Poe
Guests: Ofer Ashkenazi, Thomas Pegelow Kaplan
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Colorado Boulder
Books & works: Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany, Anti-Heimat Cinema, Weimar Film and Jewish Identity, Reason and Subjectivity in Weimar Cinema, Taking the Transnational Turn: The German Jewish Press and Journalism Beyond Borders, 1933-1943, Holocaust Testimonies: Reassessing Survivors’ Voices and their Future in Challenging Times
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