Museum and Cornell University Press Call For New Book Nominations

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Cornell University Press are pleased to invite nominations for a new scholarly book series: Holocaust Studies in Translation. This interdisciplinary series will showcase cutting-edge scholarship from Eastern Europe, newly accessible to an English-speaking audience. 

Scholarship published in Eastern Europe contributes significantly to our understanding of the Holocaust, but to date the audience for this work has been limited by language barriers. Translating such work into English will increase its accessibility, which will in turn promote new research projects and facilitate communication among scholars from different countries. The series will draw attention to research emerging from the region that was at the epicenter of the Holocaust and where scholarship continues to face significant obstacles.

The first set of books currently underway features scholarship originally published in Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine on diverse topics including the development and evolution of key Holocaust sites, local responses to the unfolding persecution, and postwar representations of the Holocaust.

The series is edited by the Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. Holocaust Studies in Translation is funded in part by the Claims Conference.

The series is now accepting nominations for books to consider in future years. Use this nomination form to find out more details and submit books for consideration.