Join the vibrant academic community of the world-renowned Strassler Center.
The Strassler Center is committed to pushing boundaries in order to foster greater knowledge as well as to train professionals who hope to find solutions, offer healing and aid, education, and opportunities for memorialization. Professors Kühne, MacLean, Semerdjian and Tanzer serve as dissertation directors and are happy to respond to queries on the Ph.D. programs.
Research
Graduate research
Our Ph.D. students conduct innovative research in archives around the world, with survivors of genocides, and at sites of mass violence. They secure prestigious fellowships, like those offered by the United States Holocaust Memorial, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which is supported by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future and by the German Federal Ministry of Finance, the Fulbright Foundation, and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, and travel the globe to present their research at conferences and academic institutions. They publish in peer-reviewed journals and contribute chapters to edited volumes.
Faculty research
The expertise of our world-class faculty members, who have published extensively and are leaders in their fields, is a hallmark of the program. They are recipients of numerous awards and fellowships — among them a Guggenheim — for their groundbreaking research. Several hold endowed professorships that recognize their contributions to the university and the field. Faculty connections at various institutes and organizations worldwide provide pathways for our graduate students’ independent inquiries, and their mentoring has led to co-authorships on articles and books.
Research facilities
Alumni careers
Graduates of the Ph.D. program pursue careers as leaders, curators, education directors, and historians at renowned institutions including the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Wiener Holocaust Library, Chapman University, Stockton University, and the United States Military Academy at West Point.
