Institute for Advanced Research: Staff
The Institute for Advanced Research at the Center for Jewish History unites scholarly research, preservation, and public access, creating a dynamic ecosystem for historical discovery. By integrating the Lillian Goldman Reading Room with Metadata and Discovery Services (online library), the Institute expands its reach and impact, connecting researchers with the Center’s vast collections, over 500,000 volumes and 100 million archival documents. Public services staff and metadata experts work together to ensure materials are accessible and discoverable, helping scholars uncover new insights. Each year, ten fellows conduct original research alongside Partner fellows in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room, contributing to a growing body of influential scholarship.
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is President of the Center for Jewish History and Professor of History at Fairfield University. His books include the co-edited volume (with Janet Ward), Fascism in America: Past and Present (Cambridge University Press, 2023), The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 2019), and Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust (Yale University Press, 2011). He is also an editor at the Journal of Holocaust Research.
Dr. Mirjam Thulin is Associate Director of the Institute for Advanced Research at the Center for Jewish History. Her publications include Jewish Networks, European History Online (EGO), ed. by the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz, online & open access; Jewish Families as Intercessors and Patrons: The Case of the Wertheimer Family in the Eighteenth Century, Jewish Culture and History 19 (2018), 39–55; and Kaufmann’s News Service: A Jewish Scholarly Network in the 19th Century (in German; Goettingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2012).
