{"id":2463,"date":"2023-06-27T15:38:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T22:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr-temp\/?page_id=2463"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:12:11","slug":"shapiro-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/people\/shapiro-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text text-right\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/06\/Browning-lecture-audience-scaled-e1687027802299-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/06\/Browning-lecture-audience-scaled-e1687027802299-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/06\/Browning-lecture-audience-scaled-e1687027802299-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/06\/Browning-lecture-audience-scaled-e1687027802299-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Shapiro Scholars in Residence\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence fellowship is bestowed annually by invitation only to eminent scholars in the field of Holocaust Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Past Fellows\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2026\/02\/06\/professor-sarah-gensburger-named-the-2025-2026-shapiro-scholar-in-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Sarah Gensburger\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2025-2026 Shapiro Scholar in Residence<\/p>\n<p>Survivors returning to Paris after Liberation who found their apartments emptied of their possessions and occupied by new tenants. Stripped of their rental rights, most were unable to reclaim their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2025\/03\/08\/professor-atina-grossmann-named-the-2024-2025-shapiro-scholar-in-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Atina Grossmann\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2024-2025 Shapiro Scholar in Residence<\/p>\n<p>Experiences, emotions, and memories of Jews who found refuge from National Socialism and the Holocaust in India and Iran after 1933<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2024\/02\/02\/professor-dan-stone-named-the-2023-2024-shapiro-scholar-in-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Dan Stone\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2023-2024 Shapiro Scholar in Residence<\/p>\n<p>Challenging prevalent preconceptions about history of the Holocaust<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2023\/02\/07\/professor-jan-grabowski-named-the-2022-2023-shapiro-scholar-in-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Jan Grabowski\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2022-2023 Shapiro Scholar in Residence<\/p>\n<p>New research and findings on the Holocaust in Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2021\/03\/18\/sara-horowitz-named-2020-2021-shapiro-scholar-in-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Sara R. Horowitz\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2020-2022 Shapiro Scholar in Residence<\/p>\n<p>Gender, agency, and imagination in stories of the Shoah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2020\/02\/03\/peter-hayes-named-the-2019-2020-shapiro-scholar-in-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Peter Hayes\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2019-2020 Shapiro Scholar in Residence<\/p>\n<p>Challenging the prevalent conceptions of industrial murder during the Holocaust<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2019\/01\/25\/marion-kaplan-named-the-2018-2019-shapiro-scholar-in-residence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Marion Kaplan\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2018-2019 Shapiro Scholar in Residence<\/p>\n<p>Tracing three decades of research about gender and the Holocaust<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n           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Bartov\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2016-2017 Shapiro Scholar in Residence<\/p>\n<p>How the town of Buczacz transformed from a site of coexistence to genocide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2017\/02\/01\/the-rebel-academic-the-life-and-work-of-david-cesarani-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    David Cesarani\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2015-2016 Inaugural Shapiro Scholar 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