Lisa Leff
Associate Professor
Department of History
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Additional Positions at AU
Director of the Undergraduate Program, History
- Lisa Leff is a historian of Europe since 1789 whose research focuses on Jews in France. Her first book, Sacred Bonds of Solidarity (Stanford UP, 2006), examines the rise of Jewish international aid in 19th century France; her current research examines the fate of Jewish archives during and after World War II in France. She received her BA from Oberlin College and her PhD from the University of Chicago
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Degrees
PhD University of Chicago, 2000
MA, University of Chicago, 1993
BA, Oberlin College, 1991 -
Languages Spoken:
French (fluent)
Yiddish, German (reading) - DOWNLOAD CV (PDF)
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OFFICE
- CAS - History
- Battelle Tompkins - 131
- Friday 1:00-5:00pm
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SEE ALSO
- History Department
Partnerships & Affiliations
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American Historical Association
Member
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Association for Jewish Studies
Member
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Society for French Historical Studies
Member
Teaching
Spring 2013
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- HIST-419 Holocaust
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- HIST-438 French History since 1789
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- HIST-720 Colloq: Mod Europe 1789-1900
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
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Sacred Bonds of Solidarity: The Rise of Jewish Internationalism in Nineteenth-Century France (Stanford University Press, 2006).
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L’Histoire des juifs de France vue des Etats-Unis,” Archives Juives (forthcoming, October 2009)
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“The Impact of the Napoleonic Sanhedrin on French Colonial Policy in Algeria.” CCAR Journal (Winter 2007): 35-54.
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“Jews, Liberals, and the Civilizing Mission in Nineteenth-Century France.” Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques 32, 1 (Spring 2006): 105-28.
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Guest Co-Editor, “Jewish Racial Self-Fashioning in Comparative Perspective.” Special issue of Jewish History, vol. 19, no. 1 (January 2005).
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“Self-Definition and Self-Defense: Jewish Racial Identity in Nineteenth-Century France.” Jewish History vol. 19, no. 1 (January 2005): 7-28.
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“’Jewish Solidarity’ in Nineteenth-Century France: The Evolution of a Concept.” The Journal of Modern History 74 (March 2002): 33-61.
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
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Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Fellowship (2009-10)
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Davis Fellowship, Marcus Center, American Jewish Archives (2009)
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Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University (2008-09)
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Fellow, University of Chicago Research Center, Paris (2008)
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Fellow, Columbia University Institute for Scholars at Reid Hall, Paris (2007)
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Southwestern University Teaching Award (2007)
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Brown Fellowship, Southwestern University (2003-04)
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Southwestern University Young Investigator Award (for Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher) (2003)
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Bernadotte E. Schmitt Fellowship, American Historical Association (2001)
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Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (1998-99)
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University of Chicago Overseas Research Fellowship (1998)
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Bourse Chateaubriand for dissertation research in France (1996-97)
