Associate Professor of History
Jonathan Zatlin teaches modern European history, focusing on Germany in particular. His initial work centered on the collapse of communism, but more recently he has become interested in Jewish history. He is currently writing a book that disentangles the (surprisingly persistent) notion that Jews have an affinity for money by tracing the fortunes and misfortunes of German Jews and their detractors during the last 150 years. Zatlin has held fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), the Fulbright Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council.
Courses in Jewish Studies
- Jews in Modern German History (HI 443