Research Supervisor Connect
Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod is an historian and linguist with extensive experience in secondary, tertiary, adult and teacher education. Michael currently teaches in the areas of post-Second Temple Jewish history, medieval Jewish history, modern Jewish history, Jewish education and in the emerging field of interdisciplinary studies. His key focus research areas are on the Holocaust, modern European Jewish history, the history of Zionism, the history of the State of Israel and the history of the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Michael’s niche research interests include German-Jewish history since its inception, German-speaking Jewry under Nazism and micro-studies of Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust. He is currently embarking on a major research project involving the documenting of the school curriculum and educational ethos and experience of young Jews in Nazi Germany. Michael is also fluent in French, German and Russian and possesses a good knowledge of Modern Hebrew and Yiddish.
Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies, School of Languages and Cultures (SLC)
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Supervision
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3280