Northwestern Courses related to the “Certificate of Achievement” in Holocaust Studies
These courses are subject to change. Please check CAESAR for most up-to-date information.Current Academic year (2025 - 2026)
Spring 2026
Core Course
HISTORY 349-0-20: The Holocaust
Ed Westermann, MW 3:30PM - 4:50PM
Holocaust Studies Electives
GNDR_ST 321-0-03/HISTORY 393-0-22: Gender, Race, & the Holocaust
Sarah M. Cushman, MW 12:30PM - 1:50PM
PSYCH 317-0: The Holocaust: Psychological Themes & Perspectives
Ben Gorvine, MW 3:30PM - 4:50PM
LRN_SCI 224-0-20: Holocaust Education Design
Danny M. Cohen, TTh 12:30PM - 1:50PM
SESP 323-0-20: Holocaust Memory, Memorial and Museums
Danny M. Cohen, TTh 2:00PM - 3:20PM
Context Courses
HISTORY 300-0-22: Jewish Environmental History
David Shyovitz, MW 11:00AM - 12:20PM
JWSH_ST 279-0/MENA 290-6: Short History of the Jewish Short Story
Guy Ehrlich, TTh 11:00AM - 12:20PM
JWSH_ST 280-4-1/MENA 290-4-1: Arabs and Jews in Palestine/The Land of Israel
Maayan Hilel, MW 3:30PM - 4:50PM
JWSH_ST 280-4-2/MENA 290-4-2: Leisure and Popular Culture in 20th Century Palestine
Maayan Hilel, MW 11:00AM - 12:20PM
JWSH_ST 280-4-3/MENA 290-4-3: Fossil Fuels and Climate Change in Palestine/Israel
Shira Pinhas, TTh 12:30PM - 1:50PM
JWSH_ST 339-0-1: Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism
Barry Wimpfheimer, TTh 9:30AM - 10:50AM
JWSH_ST 339-0-2: Kabbalah
Barry Wimpfheimer, TTh 2:00PM - 3:20PM
POLI_SCI 389-0: Understanding Genocide
Jeff Rice, TTh 2:00PM - 3:20PM
Winter 2026
Holocaust Studies Electives
GERMAN 228-0-20: History of German Film
Anna Maree Parkinson, TuTh 12:30-1:50pm
HIST 350-0-1: Representing the Holocaust in Literature and Film
Guy Ehrlich, TuTh 11:00am-12:20pm
HIST 393-0-20: Approaches to History: Comparative Fascism
Lauren Stokes, MW 3:30pm-4:50pm
HIST 393-0-24: Approaches to History: What is Anti-Semitism?
David Shyovitz, MW 2:00pm-3:20pm
SESP 323-0: Holocaust Memory, Memorial, and Museums
Danny Cohen, TuTh 12:30pm-1:50pm
Context Courses
SLAVIC 218-0-1: Introduction to Polish Literature
Michał J. Wilczewski, MW 2:00-3:20
JWSH_ST 220-0-1: Introduction to Hebrew Bible
Barry Wimpfheimer, TuTh 9:30am-10:50am
JWSH_ST 230-0-1: Introduction to Judaism
Shira Schwartz, MW 11:00am-12:20pm
JWSH_ST 280-4-1: Violence in Israel/Palestine: A History
Shira Pinhas, TuTh 12:30pm-1:50pm
HIST 200-0-24: Jerusalem: History, Memory, Fantasy
Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern, TuTh 2:00pm-3:20pm
HIST 203-1-20: Jewish History I: 750-1492
David Shyovitz, MW 11:00am-12:20pm
HIST 253-0-20: A Global History of Prisons and Camps
Benjamin Frommer, TuTh 3:30pm-4:50pm
HIST 344-2-20: German History: Germany Since 1945
Lauren Stokes, TuTh 11:00am-12:20pm
MENA 290-6-2 / JWSH_ST 279-0-1: Exploring Hebrew Literature (in Translation): Past
Guy Ehrlich, TuTh 11:00am-12:20pm
Fall 2025
Holocaust Studies Electives
SESP 360-0-20: Holocaust Educational Design /Magic, Monsters, and the Holocaust
Danny Cohen, TTh 2:00-3:20
HIST 101-7-24: First Year Seminar: Resisting the Nazis
Benjamin Frommer, TTh 3:30-4:50
Context Courses
HIST 300-0-20: New Lectures in History: Life Under Communism
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, MW 11:00-12:20
JWSH ST 279-2: Yiddish, Our Setting Sun
Hanna Tzuker Seltzer, MW 11:00-12:20
POLI-SCI 384-0-20: International Responses to Mass Atrocities
Daniel Krcmaric, MW 11:00-12:20
Of Interest (does not count towards certificate)
HISTORY 250-2-20: Global History: The Modern World
Robin Duffin Bates, TTh 2:00-3:20
POLI_SCI 395-0: Nationalism
Zekeria Denna, W 2-4:50