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James Loeffler

Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History

Johns Hopkins University

Affiliations

Humanities

Department of History

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Humanities

Social Sciences

Program in Jewish Studies

James Loeffler is currently serving as a History Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University.

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James Loeffler

Johns Hopkins University

Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History

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history religious studies cultural history intellectual history political science culture human rights social history jurisprudence philosophy of law international history nationalism historical review genocide historiography cultural cosmopolitanism legal theory minority rights historical analysis historical reassessment diaspora studies american political thought american studies narrative nationality global history journalism history civil liberties musical analysis raphael lemkin human rights scholarship late russian empire death studies ethical theory islamic thought sociology of religion contemporary islam scientific study of religion research library addictive behaviors sexual behavior philosophy of history historical sociology legal philosophy radical aesthetics religious pluralism women's rights comparative religion journal citation report bibliometrics sexual compulsion transnational history homeland security settler colonialism freedom of speech transatlantic relations art criticism index system clinical disease general internal medicine evidence-based medicine clinical populations global justice twentieth century particularist pursuit american universalism american jewish committee cambridge companion israeli music forgotten zionism soviet jewish culture american jewish politics historical perspective zionist internationalism oscar janowsky diaspora nationalism

Notable Scholarly Works

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The Beautiful Crime. Journal of International Criminal Justice (2026)

lawcriminologycriminal lawtheoretical criminologyinternational criminology

The Right to Banality: Interwar Jewish Global Thought Between Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Nationalities Papers (2025)

cultural cosmopolitanismhistorymiddle eastern studiesreligious studiesglobal studiesnationalisminternational relationsnationality

A Jew in the Street: New Views on European Jewish History. Wayne State University Press (2024)

european societyintellectual historyhistoryhistorical reassessmentdiaspora studiesreligious studies

A Jewish Historian at Home: Michael Stanislawski and the Writing of Modern Jewish History. A Jew in the Streets: New Views on European Jewish History (2024)

social historycultural historyintellectual historyhistoryliterary historyhistorical reassessmentdiaspora studieshistorical reviewhistoriographymodernity

Staging Hillula: Ariel Bension and Avraham Zvi Idelsohn in Early Twentieth-Century Jerusalem. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (2023)

Edwin SeroussiJames Loeffler

cultural historyreligious studiesurban historyavraham zvi idelsohnariel bensioneast asian studiesjournalismjournalism history

The Idelsohn Project: A Digital Humanities Historical Initiative. (2023)

digital heritageheritage studiesarchival researchcivilizationsdigital humanitiesdigital scholarshipculturomics

The Lemkin Project: A Digital Humanities Archive of Law, Literature and Global Thought. (2023)

lawcomparative lawphilosophy of lawhumanitiessociology of law

When Hermann Cohen Cried: Zionism, Culture, and Emotion. Jewish Social Studies (2023)

James Loeffler

culturecultural studiesemotions

Abraham Goldfaden by Abraham Z. Ben Yehuda [Idelsohn]. (2022)

cultural historyinterdisciplinary historyintellectual historyhistoryhistorical analysis

The First Genocide: Antisemitism and Universalism in Raphael Lemkin’s Thought. The Jewish Quarterly Review (2022)

James Loeffler

raphael lemkinintellectual historyhistoryfirst genocidegenocide

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James Loeffler

Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History

Johns Hopkins University

Affiliations

Humanities

Department of History

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Humanities

Social Sciences

Program in Jewish Studies

James Loeffler is currently serving as a History Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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James Loeffler

Johns Hopkins University

Felix Posen Professor in Modern Jewish History

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Beautiful Crime. Journal of International Criminal Justice (2026)

lawcriminologycriminal lawtheoretical criminologyinternational criminology

The Right to Banality: Interwar Jewish Global Thought Between Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Nationalities Papers (2025)

cultural cosmopolitanismhistorymiddle eastern studiesreligious studiesglobal studiesnationalisminternational relationsnationality

A Jew in the Street: New Views on European Jewish History. Wayne State University Press (2024)

european societyintellectual historyhistoryhistorical reassessmentdiaspora studiesreligious studies

A Jewish Historian at Home: Michael Stanislawski and the Writing of Modern Jewish History. A Jew in the Streets: New Views on European Jewish History (2024)

social historycultural historyintellectual historyhistoryliterary historyhistorical reassessmentdiaspora studieshistorical reviewhistoriographymodernity

Staging Hillula: Ariel Bension and Avraham Zvi Idelsohn in Early Twentieth-Century Jerusalem. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (2023)

Edwin SeroussiJames Loeffler

cultural historyreligious studiesurban historyavraham zvi idelsohnariel bensioneast asian studiesjournalismjournalism history

The Idelsohn Project: A Digital Humanities Historical Initiative. (2023)

digital heritageheritage studiesarchival researchcivilizationsdigital humanitiesdigital scholarshipculturomics

The Lemkin Project: A Digital Humanities Archive of Law, Literature and Global Thought. (2023)

lawcomparative lawphilosophy of lawhumanitiessociology of law

When Hermann Cohen Cried: Zionism, Culture, and Emotion. Jewish Social Studies (2023)

James Loeffler

culturecultural studiesemotions

Abraham Goldfaden by Abraham Z. Ben Yehuda [Idelsohn]. (2022)

cultural historyinterdisciplinary historyintellectual historyhistoryhistorical analysis

The First Genocide: Antisemitism and Universalism in Raphael Lemkin’s Thought. The Jewish Quarterly Review (2022)

James Loeffler

raphael lemkinintellectual historyhistoryfirst genocidegenocide

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