Silverman, Lisa
Associate Professor
Degree(s)
PhD, Yale University
MA, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
BA, Yale University
Research Interests
Modern European Jewish history
German and Austrian cultural history
Photography and Visual Culture
Gender
Teaching Areas
Jewish History from Antiquity to the Present
Modern European Jewish history and culture
Holocaust History and Representation
Courses Offered
Hist/Jewish 358 - The Jews of Modern Europe - History and Culture
Hist 364 - History of the Holocaust
Hist/Jewish 379 - Introduction to Jewish History
Hist 398 - Challenges in Holocaust History and Representation
Hist 950 - Holocaust History and Memory
Selected Publications
Silverman, Lisa. “Revealing Jews: Culture and Visibility in Modern Central Europe.” Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 36.1 (2018): 134-160.
Silverman, Lisa. “Absent Jews and Invisible Antisemitism in Postwar Vienna: Der Prozeß (1948) and The Third Man (1949).” Journal of Contemporary History 52.2 (2017): 211-228.
Silverman, Lisa, and Holmes, Deborah, eds. Jews, Jewish Difference, and Austrian Culture. 24. Austrian Studies, 2016.
Silverman, Lisa. “Art of Loss: Madame d’Ora, Photography, and the Restitution of Haus Doranna.” Leo Baeck Institute Year Book 60.1 (2015): 173-190.
Silverman, Lisa, and Magilow, Daniel H. Holocaust Representations in History: an Introduction. Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2015.
Silverman, Lisa. “Leopoldstadt, Judenplatz, and Beyond: Rethinking Vienna’s Jewish Spaces.” East Central Europe 42.2-3 (2015): 249-267.
Silverman, Lisa, and Sen, Arijit, eds. Making Place: Space and Embodiment in the City. Indiana University Press, 2014.
Silverman, Lisa. Becoming Austrians: Jews and Culture between the World Wars. Oxford University Press, 2012.