International security with an emphasis on territorial conflicts and the politics of borders, and the international aspects of state weakness and state failure; the Middle East and Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
German history, US history, and the Holocaust
U.S. foreign relations, national security, migration, civil liberties, and the politics of historical memory
Philosophy of religion, America and the Holy Land, religious and philosophical meaning of the Holocaust, religion, conflict, and peace
Relationship between jazz, blues and racial equality in the American South during the civil rights movement
U.S. immigration and ethnic history; the history of medicine and public health in the United States
Fred Lazin
Public policy in the United States, Israel, and developing countries; Israeli politics and society; Jews in American politics.
Lisa Leff
Jews in France, the rise of Jewish international aid in 19th century France, and the fate of Jewish archives during and after World War II in France
The Russian Empire and questions of citizenship and minorities
The arts and international education for global citizenry; arts education; the interface of theatre and psychology; the Voices of Terezin project
Modern Jewish history, especially American Jewish history and Jewish women's history
Transracial adoption, history of women's rights, abortion, rape, women and crime, civil rights and liberties in Israel, U.S. immigration, jury system, insanity defense, death penalty, impact of mass media on public opinion
Michael Wenthe
Staging of othering and difference as expressed in the polygot, international literature of King Arthur, and Arthurian Outsiders: including Yiddish tales about King Arthur
