{"id":749,"date":"2026-03-02T09:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=749"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:40:07","slug":"nathan-lucky","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/nathan-lucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Lucky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lucky\u2019s dissertation,\u00a0<em>Information Borderlands: Jewish News Networks during the Holocaust, 1933-1950 <\/em>charts how the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) used their news agency and its more than 150 employees in bureaus around the world to spy on the Nazis and resist fascism on a global scale. News agencies like the JTA, Associated Press, and Reuters are powerful global companies that gather and supply information to newspapers, fundamentally shaping what news readers encounter. Outwardly, the JTA was the primary, and often only, news organization reporting on the annihilation of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Behind the scenes, JTA doubled as a global spy agency dedicated to resisting fascism. Studying their activities helps reveal the essential global role of Jewish news in the twentieth century while also suggesting new ways to explore the geography of Jewish diasporic networks. Lucky analyzes the intertwined histories of news and espionage, the connections between the press and the Holocaust, and the vulnerability of diasporic networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advisor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/frances-tanzer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frances Tanzer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>B.A. Honours, History, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;A Voice Behind the Headlines: The Public Relations of the Canadian Jewish Congress during the Holocaust.\u201d <em>Journal of Holocaust Research<\/em> 38, no. 1 (2024): 18-34, DOI: 10.1080\/25785648.2023.2256615.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c(New) Media and the Circulation of Knowledge: A Historical Framework for <em>The Conversation Canada<\/em>.\u201d <em>Information &amp; Culture<\/em> 58, no. 3 (2023): 221\u201346. DOI: 10.7560\/IC58301. With Gene Allen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fellowships:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Award, 2022-2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rose and Isidore Drench Memorial Fellowship and the Dora and Mayer Tendler Endowed Fellowship in American Jewish Studies at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 2023-2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claimscon.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claims Conference Fellow (The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany)<\/a> , 2022-2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Persky Graduate Research Support Fellow, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kent Graduate Research Award, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucky\u2019s dissertation,\u00a0Information Borderlands: Jewish News Networks during the Holocaust, 1933-1950 charts how the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) used their news agency and its more than 150 employees in bureaus 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