Sheer Ganor is a historian of German-speaking Jewry and modern Germany. Her work focuses on the nexus of forced migration, memory and cultural identities. She is currently working on a book manuscript titled "Somewhere from Long Ago: The Global Displacement of German-Speaking Jews." This study traces the emergence of a transnational diasporic network of Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi Germany and its annexed territories. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, Sheer held a postdoctoral research fellowship at the German Historical Institute. She has published in Central European History, the Journal of Contemporary History, the Journal of German History and other venues. Her research has been supported by a variety of academic institutions, including the Leo Baeck Institution, the Central European History Society and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
Sheer is an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Center for Jewish Studies, The Center for Austrian Studies, the Human Rights Program, the Immigration History Research Center and the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch.
Educational Background
- PhD: History with focus on Modern European History and Jewish History, UC Berkeley, 2019
Specialties
- German-Jewish History
- Displacement and forced migration
- History and Memory
- Diaspora Studies
- Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- Modern Germany
- Reparations