Michael Berkowitz
American historian
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Michael Berkowitz is a UK-based American historian and professor of modern Jewish history at University College London.[2]
Born
InstitutionsUniversity College London
Michael Berkowitz | |
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| Born | |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Hobart College University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Doctoral advisor | George L. Mosse[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Main interests | History of Zionism, visual culture, photography |
Early life
Berkowitz was born in Rochester, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from Hobart College in Geneva, New York, and a master's degree and PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3][4]
Career
Publications
- Jews and Photography in Britain (University of Texas Press, 2015)[5]
- The Crime of My Very Existence: Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality (University of California Press, 2007)[5]
- The Jewish Self-Image: American and British Perspectives, 1881-1939 (Reaktion Press, 2000) [US edition: The Jewish Self Image in the West (New York University Press, 2000)[5]
- Western Jewry and the Zionist Project, 1914-1933 (Cambridge University Press, 1997, 2002)[5]
- Zionist Culture and West European Jewry before the First World War (Cambridge University Press, 1993 and University of North Carolina Press, 1996).[5]