German Historical Institute Warsaw, East European History at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Ruth Leiserowitz, PhD, is Deputy Director at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw and Professor for East European History at the Humboldt University, Berlin. Her research is focused on the European history of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on transnational history, Baltic history, Jewish history as well as the history of memory and border regions. She is currently researching a project entitled “Jewish Trading Areas in Transition 1772-1850″. Her most recent publication is “Space as a Category for the Research of the History of Jews in Poland-Lithuania 1500-1900″, zusammen mit Maria Ciesla, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2022 [Quellen und Studien Bd. 40].