Benjamin M. Baader

Benjamin M. Baader is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba. His work focuses on Jewish history, gender history, German history, and historiography, with particular interest in identity constructions, cultural entanglements, and memory studies.

• PhD in Jewish History (Columbia University, 2001)
• MA in Jewish History (Columbia University, 1993)
• BA equivalent in German History and Judaic Studies (Technische Universität Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin, 1991)

His research explores the intersections of Jewish and German identities, gender dynamics in historical contexts, and the theoretical frameworks of historiography. Recent publications emphasize fluid Jewish identity, postwar memory, and transnational cultural interactions.

Selected publications include:

• Analyzing gender and integration in 19th-century German Jewish communities
• Investigating trauma and identity in Holocaust studies
• Reconceptualizing historiography through transatlantic perspectives