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: 20th 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.