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Tamar Aizenberg

Rose Mibab and Carl Goldberg Postdoctoral Fellow in Holocaust Studies

Education
PhD in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, 2026
MA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, 2023
BA in History and Jewish Studies, Williams College, 2018

Research Interest
Tamar Aizenberg is the Rose Mibab and Carl Goldberg Postdoctoral Fellow in Holocaust Studies. Her research and teaching interests include modern Jewish history, culture, and identity, Holocaust history and memory, and oral history. Tamar’s current work focuses on how descendants of Holocaust survivors and descendants of Holocaust perpetrators narrate and explore their family histories.

Courses Taught
  • HONS 118 – Modern Jewish History

Selected Publications
“‘I have bits and pieces’: Comparing accounts of the Holocaust from survivors and their grandchildren,” Special Issue: Third-Generation Holocaust Storytelling, Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 20, no. 4 (December 2023): 54-68.