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 (2024 - 2025)
Spring 2025
Core Course
HIS 349-0-20 The History of the Holocaust
Benjamin Frommer MW 3:30-4:50
Holocaust Studies Electives
GNDR_ST 321-0 Gender, Race, and the Holocaust
Sarah Cushman MW 12:30-1:50
HIS 101-8-21 Holocaust Testimonies - First Year Writing Seminar (European History)
Benjamin Frommer TTh 3:30-4:50
LRN_SCI 224-0 Holocaust Educational Design
Danny Cohen TTh 12:30-1:50
SESP 323-0-20 Holocaust Memory, Memorials
Danny Cohen TTh 2:00-3:20
Context Courses
HIS 347-0-20 Christians and Jews
David Shyovitz TTh 11:00-12:20
JWSH ST 210-0-1 Jewish Studies: An Overview
David Shyovitz TTh 2:00-3:20
JSWH ST 279-0-1 Modern Jewish Literature
Guy Erlich MW 11:00-12:20
MENA 290-4-2 Jews and Arabs in Palestine/The Land of Israel
Maayan Hilel TTh 3:30-5:00
POLI SCI 101-8-21 The Politics of Antisemitism and Zionism
Jeffrey Rice TTh 9:30-10:50
POLI SCI 384-0-1 International Responses to Mass Atrocities
Daniel Joseph Krcmaric MW 11:00-12:20
REL 220-0-20 Introduction to Hebrew Bible
Barry Wimpfheimer TTh 9:30-10:50
REL 376-0-20 Christianity and the Making of Modernity
Christine Helmer MW 9:30-10:50
THEATRE 160-2 Intro to Jewish Theatre
Noah Benjamin Carter Marcus TTh 9:30-10:50
Winter 2025
Holocaust Studies Electives
MENA 290-4-1: Introductory Topics in Middle East and North African Studies: The Holocaust and its Memory in Israel
Maayan Hilel, TTh 11am-12:20pm
HISTORY 253-0-20: A Global History of Prisons and Camps
Benjamin Frommer, TTh 3:30-4:50pm
GERMAN 331-0-1: Shattered Worlds: Representation after the Shoa (in German)
Anna Maree Parkinson, TTh 3:30-4:50pm
Context Courses
RELIGION 230-0-20: Introduction to Judaism
Barry Scott Wimpfheimer, MWF 11-11:50am
HISTORY 101-8-24: What is Genocide?
Ipek Kocaomer Yosmaoglu, TTh 3:30-4:50pm
JWSH_ST 280-4-2: Topics in Israel Studies: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict- Competing Narratives
Maayan Hilel, TTh 3:30-4:50pm
HISTORY 201-2-20: Europe in the Modern World
Claire Courtney Arnold, MW 3:30-4:50pm
HISTORY 351-0-20: Europe in the Age of Total War
Robin Duffin Bates, TTh 2-3:20pm
Courses of Interest (NOT eligible towards the Certificate of Accomplishment in Holocaust Studies)
HISTORY 337-0-22: History of Modern Europe
Joel Mokyr, TTh 2-3:20pm
POLI_SCI 342-0-20: International Organizations
Ian Hurd, Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM
HISTORY 250-2-20: Global History: The Modern World
Robin Duffin Bates, MW 12:30-1:50pm
GBL_HLTH 319-0-1: Trauma and its Afterlives
Peter Locke, Wed 2-4:50pm
HISTORY 395-0-22: Myths of the Aryans: A Prehistory of White Supremacy
Rajeev Kumar Kinra, TTh 3:30-4:50pm