William Katin
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Education
Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles
M.A. University of California Los Angeles
B.A. University of California Los Angeles
Courses/Teaching
European Intellectual History to 1815 (Hist 406)
World History to c. 1500 (Hist 1400)
World History from c. 1500 (Hist 1440)
Ancient and Medieval Europe to the Renaissance (Hist 3050)
European History from the Renaissance to the Present (Hist 3060)
History of Rome (Hist 3210)
Holocaust in Film and Literature (Hist 3950)
Historiography of World War II (Hist 5840)
Specialization
William M. Katin, Memel's Jewish Space as German west meets Yiddish east in East Prussia. forthcoming.
William M. Katin, “Two Women Behind-the-Scenes in Lion Feuchtwanger’s Escape: Ingrid Warburg and Eleanor Roosevelt,” in Birgit Maier-Katkin (Ed.), Women in Exile; Feuchtwanger and Gender Dynamics in Exile and Exile Literature. Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag, 2024, p.77-94.
William M. Katin, "Recognizing Lion Feuchtwanger's Philological Accomplishments in the Light of Victor Klemperer's Language of the Third Reich," in Tamara Frohler and Andreas Heusler (Ed.), Feuchtwanger und Munchen. Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag, 2022, p.405-420.
William M. Katin, "Galka Scheyer in the International Art Business," in Katrin Kessler (Ed.), Galka Scheyer - A Jewish Woman in the International Art Business. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2022, p.55-64.
William M. Katin, Hostile Takeovers of Large Jewish Companies, 1933-1935; Reassessing Aryanization of Jewish-Owned Firms. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020.
Research and Teaching Interests
Early Modern Humanism
The Weimar Republic
The Holocaust