Jonathan C. Friedman

Contact History

History

Address:
702 Wayne Hall
West Chester, PA 19382

Phone: 610-436-2201
Fax: 610-436-3069

Jean Bauer
Departmental Secretary
Office: 702 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2201
Fax: 610-436-3069
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Dr. Robert Kodosky
Departmental Chairperson
Office: 704 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2288
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Dr. Karin Gedge
Social Studies Coordinator
Office: 729 Wayne Hall
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Brenda Gaydosh
Acting Graduate Coordinator
Office: 721 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-0734
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Jonathan Friedman
Director, Holocaust-Genocide Studies
Office: 723 Wayne Hall
Phone: 610-436-2972
JFriedman@wcupa.edu

Friedman

Jonathan C. Friedman

Professor of History
Director of Graduate Holocaust and Genocide Studies
728 Wayne
610-436-2972
JFriedman@wcupa.edu

Courses Taught

HIS 332/HIS 545: The Holocaust
HIS 349/HIS 543: Jewish History
HIS 331/HIS 536: 20^th Century Europe
HIS 440: American Jewish History
HIS 368: Gay America
HIS 434: 19th Century Europe
HIS 398/602: Holocaust in Film
HIS 397/HIS 603: Race, Gender, and Class in Film
HIS 399: Public History
HIS 100: Global History Since 1900
HIS 520: Racism, Bigotry, Prejudice
HIS 544: The Final Solution in Europe
HIS 547: A-Socials and the Holocaust

About Me

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.