Andrea Schatz

Dr. Andrea Schatz is Reader in Jewish Studies at King's College London, specializing in early modern Jewish intellectual and cultural history. Her research examines Jewish historical consciousness, print cultures, and diaspora identities between 1500-1800. She holds a PhD from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.

Current research explores how early modern Jews developed distinctive approaches to history amidst diaspora conditions. Projects include vernacular histories in Hebrew and Yiddish, the transmission of Italian print culture to Eastern Europe, and critical Jewish engagements with Enlightenment thought. Her work provides counter-perspectives to Christian conceptions of historical progress and sovereignty.

Dr. Schatz has held fellowships at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. She leads international collaborations including the annual Winter School in Jewish Studies with University of Amsterdam. Her publications analyze Jewish historical traditions and their modern reinterpretations.