Jonathan C. Friedman

Jonathan C. Friedman
  • Professor of History
  • Director of Graduate Holocaust and Genocide Studies
  • Department: History
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: JFriedman@wcupa.edu

Education

  • B.A., Diplomatic Studies, Kent State University, 1987
  • M.A., History, University of Maryland, 1990
  • Ph.D., History, University of Maryland, 1996

Research Interests

modern Europeanmodern Germanmodern Jewish historyLGBT historyHolocaust

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

My main areas of specialization are modern European, modern German, and modern Jewish history, but I have also broadened out from there since finishing my Ph.D. to include LGBT history and the history of music and film. My current research involves a good deal of intersectionality, whether that is the intersection of gay and Jewish identity or the intersection of popular culture and representations of race, religion, class, and gender. I have published numerous books on subjects ranging from the Holocaust to gay and Jewish performance, and I am currently working on a monograph entitled Haunted Laughter: Comedic Representations of Adolf Hitler, The Third Reich, and the Holocaust in Film and Television.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-2972