LISA MOSES LEFF Department of History, American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20016-8038 leff@american.edu POSITIONS HELD Associate Professor of History, American University 2009- Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University 2008-09 Associate Professor of History, Southwestern University 2007-2009 Assistant Professor of History, Southwestern University 2000-2007 EDUCATION Ph.D. History, University of Chicago 2000 M.A. History, University of Chicago 1993 B.A. with High Honors Philosophy and History, Oberlin College 1991 BOOKS The Archive Thief: the Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2015). Sacred Bonds of Solidarity: The Rise of Jewish Internationalism in Nineteenth-Century France (Stanford University Press, 2006). EDITED VOLUMES and SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS Co-editor (with Ethan Katz and Maud Mandel), Colonialism and the Jews: French and Comparative Perspectives. (forthcoming, Indiana University Press, 2016). Guest editor, Histoires d archives, a special issue of Archives Juives: Revue d histoire des juifs en France. Forthcoming as vol. 49, no. 1 (1 e semestre 2016). Co-editor (with James Jordan and Joachim Schlör), Jewish Migration and the Archive. Initially published as a special issue of the journal Jewish Culture and History vol. 15, no. 1-2 (June 2014). Republished as a book entitled Jewish Migration and the Archive (Routledge, 2015). Guest Co-Editor (with Kenneth Stow), Jewish Racial Self-Fashioning in Comparative Perspective. Special issue of Jewish History, vol. 19, no. 1 (January 2005). 1
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES Post-Holocaust Book Restitutions: How One State Agency Helped Revive Republican Franco- Judaism, in Steven Katz and Sean Hand, eds., Post-Holocaust France and the Jews, 1945-55 (New York University Press, 2015), pp. 71-84. The Jewish Oath and the Making of Secularism in Modern France. Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook 58, 1 (2013): 23-34. Recue or Theft? Zosa Szajkowski and the Salvaging of French Jewish History. Jewish Social Studies vol. 18 no. 2 (Winter 2012): 1-39. L Histoire des juifs de France vue des Etats-Unis. Archives Juives (March 2010): 126-136. The Impact of the Napoleonic Sanhedrin on French Colonial Policy in Algeria. CCAR Journal (Winter 2007): 35-54. Jews, Liberals, and the Civilizing Mission in Nineteenth-Century France. Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques 32, 1 (Spring 2006): 105-28. To be republished in Zvi Jonathan Kaplan and Nadia Malinovich, Re-examining the Jews of Modern France: Images and Identities (forthcoming, Brill, 2016). Self-Definition and Self-Defense: Jewish Racial Identity in Nineteenth-Century France. Jewish History vol. 19, no. 1 (January 2005): 7-28. Jewish Solidarity in Nineteenth-Century France: The Evolution of a Concept. The Journal of Modern History 74 (March 2002): 33-61. AWARDS Polonsky Visiting Fellowship, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies 2016-17 Distinguished Lecturer, Association for Jewish Studies 2015- Faculty Mellon grants, American University 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 International Travel Awards, American University 2013, 2015 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Fellowship 2009-10 Vining-Davis Fellowship, Marcus Center, American Jewish Archives 2009 Sam Taylor Research Grant, United Methodist Higher Education Board 2008 Fellow, University of Chicago Research Center, Paris 2008 Fellow, Columbia University Institute for Scholars at Reid Hall, Paris 2007 Southwestern University Teaching Award 2007 2
Cullen International Travel/Research Grants, Southwestern University 2001-06 Finalist, Koret Foundation Jewish Publication Program Award 2004 Brown Fellowship, Southwestern University 2003-04 Southwestern Young Investigator Award (for Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher) 2003 Bernadotte E. Schmitt Fellowship, American Historical Association 2001 Fellow, Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization 1999 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship 1998-99 University of Chicago Overseas Research Fellowship 1998 Bourse Chateaubriand 1996-97 Fulbright Fellowship, France (declined) 1996-97 Council for European Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship 1995 University unendowed fellowship, University of Chicago 1993-96 ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES and BOOK REVIEWS Entry, Crémieux Decree in Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture, ed. Dan Diner (Stuttgart: Metzler Verlag, 2012), Vol. 2: 77-80. Two Entries ( Eugénie Foa and Rachel ) in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, Paula Hyman and Dalia Ofer, eds. Jerusalem: Shalvi Publishing (CD-ROM), 2006. Six Entries ( Infamous Decree ; Fourier, Charles ; Toussenel, Alphonse ; Gougenot des Mousseaux, Henri ; Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph and Veuillot, Louis ) in Antisemitism : A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution, ed. Richard S. Levy. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2005. Twenty-one book reviews, appearing in these scholarly journals: American Jewish History; Archives Juives: Revue de l histoire des Juifs en France; H-France; H-Judaic; Journal of Modern History; Modern Jewish Studies; Journal of National Identities; Shofar; Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions POPULAR PRESS Iraqi Jewish Treasures Displayed in DC before Being Shipped back To Iraq? in Tablet (published October 7, 2013, URL: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-andculture/147736/iraqi-jewish-treasures) 3
The Book Thief, longform essay in Tablet (published April 17, 2013, URL: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/129210/the-book-thief) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS and INVITED TALKS (Academic Settings) On The Archive Thief: Kalamazoo College Jewish Studies Program (April 2016); University of Florida Jewish Studies Program (January 2016); University of Albany Jewish Studies Program (October 2015); LMU Jewish Studies Program, Munich, Germany (July 2015); Association for Jewish Libraries Annual Meeting, Silver Spring, MD (June 2015); Texas A&M University -Corpus Christi, Texas (November 2014); Washington History Seminar, National History Center (September 2014), Center for Jewish History, New York (May 2014); Modern European Jewish History Seminar, Oxford University, UK (March 2014); Hebrew University/Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem (January 2013); University of Cincinnati (May 2012); History Workshop, University of Delaware (March 2012); George Washington University Jewish Studies Workshop (December 2011); University of Kentucky Jewish Studies program (September 2011); The Archives and Jewish Migration International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa (April 2011); Association for Jewish Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (December 2010); The University of Chicago Jewish Studies Workshop, Chicago, Illinois (October 2010); Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies, Tempe, Arizona (April 2010); Institute for French Studies, New York University (February 2010); Rhodes College (October 2009); Marcus Center, American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio (August 2009); Boston College History Department (February 2009); Visiting Scholars Seminar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University (February 2009) On Post-Holocaust Book Restitutions European Association for Jewish Studies Conference, Paris, France (July 2014); Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies, Los Angeles, California (March 2012); Boston University Judaic Studies conference, Jews in France/France and the Jews, 1945-1955 (October 2011); U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Workshop on Jews and the Law (August 2011) On Jewish Internationalism Histories of Humanitarianism Conference, German Historical Institute (March 2014); Center for Jewish History, New York (December 2013); Conference on Jewish Internationalism, Columbia University, New York (September 2012); Association for Jewish Studies Annual Meeting, Washington DC (December 2011); George Washington University (September 2011), Williams College (March 2009); Jews in Modern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies, Harvard University (May 2008); Association for Jewish Studies Annual Meeting, Boston (December 2000); American Historical Association, Washington, D.C. (January 1999) 4
On the Jewish Oath Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, UK (March 2014); Society for French Historical Studies, Houston (March 2007) On General Trends in the History of Jews in France Association for Jewish Studies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland (December 2014); conference Jewish History after the Imperial Turn, Brown University (November 2012); Keynote address, Annual Meeting of the Commission française des archives juives, Paris (March 2008); Nineteenth Century French Studies, Athens, Georgia (1997) On Jewish Racial Thought Association for Jewish Studies Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (December 2002); Society for French Historical Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto (April 2002); Social Science History Organization Annual Meeting, Chicago (March 1998); The Identity Concept in Social Science Research Conference, Chicago (November 1997) PUBLIC LECTURES Book talks and extended interviews about my book, The Archive Thief at Politics and Prose Bookstore (Washington D.C., 2015); Vox Tablet podcast (2015); WKNO Memphis s radio show, Counterpoint (2015); Tifereth Israel Synagogue (Washington, D.C., 2015); Houston Jewish Community Center (2015); JCC of Greater Washington (Rockville, Md., 2015); Town and Village Synagogue (New York, 2015); Adas Israel Synagogue (Washington D.C., 2015); Providence Jewish Alliance (2016); Great Neck Synagogue (New York, 2016); Temple Sinai (Washington D.C., 2014) Jews in France: Historical Roots of the Recent Antisemitic Attacks, Temple Sinai, Washington D.C. (2/15) France and the Jews: History of a Love/Hate Relationship, Foundation for Jewish Studies Distinguished Scholar Series (Rockville, Maryland, 2014); Salasky Lecture, Temple Beth El (Williamsburg, Virginia, 2011) Three-part adult education course on Jewish Women in France at B nai Israel, Rockville, Maryland (11/10) Talk at Beit Aviv, Columbia, Maryland on Napoleon and the Jews (5/10) Talks at Havurah Shalom, Georgetown, Texas on Assimilation and Jewish Identity (2000) and Jewish Life at Southwestern, in Georgetown, and in the South (5/07) Roundtable discussant on Paris radio program (Radio Chalom) (5/97) 5
COURSES TAUGHT (at American) History 140 Modern European History, 1750-present History 245 Modern Jewish Civilization History 419/619 Holocaust History 438/638 French History since 1789 History 500 Graduate Seminar: Nations and Nationalism in World History History 500 Graduate Seminar: Jews and Muslims in Modern Europe History 500 Graduate Seminar: History and Memory History 720 Graduate Colloquium: Nineteenth-century Europe History 721 Graduate Colloquium: Twentieth-century Europe SELECTED UNIVERSITY SERVICE Service to the University Steering Committee and Undergraduate Studies Committee Co-chair, 2012-14 Middle States Self-Study Search Committee for Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies 2010-12 Service to the College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Fellow for the Humanities, CTRL/SETH/CAS Teaching Program 2014-15 Interim Director, Jewish Studies Program 2010-11 Search Committee for Director of Jewish Studies 2011-12 Search Committee in tenure-track position in French 2011-12 History Department Positions and Committees Deputy Chair, History Department 2014-16 Chair, German history search committee 2015-16 Co-Chair, Personnel Committee 2014-15 Director of Undergraduate Studies, History Department 2010-13 SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Incoming Co-President, Society for French Historical Studies (2016-17) Member, Editorial Board of Archives Juives: Revue d histoire des Juifs de France (2008- ) Member, Program Committee of the American Historical Association (2013-15) Member, Program Committee of the Association for Jewish Studies (2012-15) Board Member, Western Society for French History (2012-14) 6