Conference Activity
Panels Organized
2021 Multi-Session Workshop: Masculinity as Historical Subject and Theory, American Historical
Association (Panels: Man Enough: Masculinity and Belonging in American History; Visibility and
Virility: Masculinity in Print and Image), Seattle, WA (cancelled)
2020 Soldiers as Saviors: Twentieth-Century Humanitarian Actions by Combat Forces, Society for
Military History, Arlington, VA (cancelled)
2015 Approaching History Through Generations, Dean Hopper New Scholars Conference at Drew
University, Morristown, NJ, June 5-6
Papers Presented
2023 “Career Paths in Jewish Studies & Holocaust Studies: Libraries and Archives,” Association for Jewish Studies, San Fransisco, CA (Roundtable)
2022 “Jewish Criminals, Scammers, and Swindlers: Religion, Race and Repugnance,” Association for
Jewish Studies, Boston, MA (Roundtable)
2021 “Manning the Gates: Variant Manhoods to Justify Nativist Rhetoric,” American Historical
Association, Seattle, WA (cancelled)
2020 “Radical Identities: Gender, Race, and Jewish Antiwar Student Protestors of the 1960s and '70s,”
Association for Jewish Studies, Virtual Conference, December 13-17
2020 “‘As Brutal as the Nazis’: Jewish Toughness, Historical Revisionism, and Rising Antisemitism,”
Midwest Jewish Studies Association, Virtual Conference, October 18-21
2020 “’Strength Not Weakness, Courage Not Cowardice’: Jewish Militancy as a Masculine American
Phenomenon,” Biennial Scholars Conference of the American Jewish Historical Society, NYC,
June 21-23 (moved online)
2020 “Housing, Feeding, and Dancing the Hora: United States Armed Forces and the Religious Needs
of Displaced Jews in Occupied Europe,” Society for Military History, Arlington, VA (cancelled)
2020 “‘That Old Canard’: Emasculating the Jewish Man in Anti-Semitic Rhetoric,”
American Historical Association, NYC, January 3-6
2019 “Militant Mimicry: Jewish Masculinity and Admiration of Black Culture in the Antiwar and
Countercultural Movements of the 1960s and ‘70s,” Association for Jewish Studies,San Diego,
CA, December 14-17
2019 “Jewish American Manhood and World War I,” Society for Military History, Columbus, OH,
May 9-12
2015 “Blintz Bearers & Diamond Divas: Generational Distinctiveness of Jewish Women on Screen,”
Dean Hopper New Scholars Conference, Morristown, NJ, June 5-6
2015 “Rebellion by Muscle: The State of Israel and the Redefinition of Jewish Manhood,”
Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado Springs, CO, March 12-14
2014 “‘The Flag My Dad Died For’: Cultural Genocide in Northern Ireland,” International Association
of Genocide Scholars, Winnipeg, Canada, July 16-19
2014 “Heroes, Victims, and Villains: Character Inversion in Holocaust Cinema,” Society for the
Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado Springs, CO, March 20-22
2021 Multi-Session Workshop: Masculinity as Historical Subject and Theory, American Historical
Association (Panels: Man Enough: Masculinity and Belonging in American History; Visibility and
Virility: Masculinity in Print and Image), Seattle, WA (cancelled)
2020 Soldiers as Saviors: Twentieth-Century Humanitarian Actions by Combat Forces, Society for
Military History, Arlington, VA (cancelled)
2015 Approaching History Through Generations, Dean Hopper New Scholars Conference at Drew
University, Morristown, NJ, June 5-6
Papers Presented
2023 “Career Paths in Jewish Studies & Holocaust Studies: Libraries and Archives,” Association for Jewish Studies, San Fransisco, CA (Roundtable)
2022 “Jewish Criminals, Scammers, and Swindlers: Religion, Race and Repugnance,” Association for
Jewish Studies, Boston, MA (Roundtable)
2021 “Manning the Gates: Variant Manhoods to Justify Nativist Rhetoric,” American Historical
Association, Seattle, WA (cancelled)
2020 “Radical Identities: Gender, Race, and Jewish Antiwar Student Protestors of the 1960s and '70s,”
Association for Jewish Studies, Virtual Conference, December 13-17
2020 “‘As Brutal as the Nazis’: Jewish Toughness, Historical Revisionism, and Rising Antisemitism,”
Midwest Jewish Studies Association, Virtual Conference, October 18-21
2020 “’Strength Not Weakness, Courage Not Cowardice’: Jewish Militancy as a Masculine American
Phenomenon,” Biennial Scholars Conference of the American Jewish Historical Society, NYC,
June 21-23 (moved online)
2020 “Housing, Feeding, and Dancing the Hora: United States Armed Forces and the Religious Needs
of Displaced Jews in Occupied Europe,” Society for Military History, Arlington, VA (cancelled)
2020 “‘That Old Canard’: Emasculating the Jewish Man in Anti-Semitic Rhetoric,”
American Historical Association, NYC, January 3-6
2019 “Militant Mimicry: Jewish Masculinity and Admiration of Black Culture in the Antiwar and
Countercultural Movements of the 1960s and ‘70s,” Association for Jewish Studies,San Diego,
CA, December 14-17
2019 “Jewish American Manhood and World War I,” Society for Military History, Columbus, OH,
May 9-12
2015 “Blintz Bearers & Diamond Divas: Generational Distinctiveness of Jewish Women on Screen,”
Dean Hopper New Scholars Conference, Morristown, NJ, June 5-6
2015 “Rebellion by Muscle: The State of Israel and the Redefinition of Jewish Manhood,”
Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado Springs, CO, March 12-14
2014 “‘The Flag My Dad Died For’: Cultural Genocide in Northern Ireland,” International Association
of Genocide Scholars, Winnipeg, Canada, July 16-19
2014 “Heroes, Victims, and Villains: Character Inversion in Holocaust Cinema,” Society for the
Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado Springs, CO, March 20-22