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Carsten Schapkow is an Associate Professor and the L.R. Brammer Jr. Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma, holding appointments in the Department of History and the Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies. He also serves as director of the Center for the Study of Nationalism within the College of International Studies.
He earned his Ph.D. from Free University Berlin in 2000, following prior research fellowship at Leipzig University's Simon Dubnow Institute (2000-2005) and visiting positions at Illinois, Trier, and Graz universities. Since 2012, he has maintained affiliation with Berlin's Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies.
Specializing in German-Jewish History, Modern Jewish Historiography, and Sephardic History, his research examines Jewish identity formation within European nationalism frameworks. His teaching portfolio includes Transformation of the Jews, Rebirth of Israel, and Jews and Nationalism in Eastern Europe, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with diaspora studies and minority experiences.
His publication trajectory reveals consistent thematic evolution from Sephardic cultural history toward contemporary nationalism studies, with recent co-edited volumes addressing transnational dimensions of political identity and Jewish-Israeli academic intersections. This progression demonstrates increasing focus on nationalism as both historical phenomenon and modern political strategy.
His scientific recognition includes:
- L.R. Brammer Jr. Presidential Professor
Schapkow secured Fritz Thyssen Foundation research funding (2003-2005) for his Golden Age of Iberian Jewry scholarship. He mentors graduate and undergraduate students in history and Jewish studies while leading the Center for the Study of Nationalism's interdisciplinary research initiatives examining national identity formation across historical and contemporary contexts.
