Daniel B. Schwartz

Daniel B. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of History at George Washington University specializing in modern European and American Jewish intellectual, cultural, and urban history. His office is located at 801 22nd St NW, Washington DC 20052, and he can be reached at (202) 994-2397.

Dr. Schwartz's research focuses on Jews and the city, Jewish historical consciousness, early modern and modern Jewish identities, Jewish secularism, Jewish socialism, and Jewish intellectuals. His work bridges historical analysis with contemporary cultural questions, particularly examining how historical concepts like the 'ghetto' have evolved over centuries from sixteenth-century Venice to the present.

His publications reveal a consistent interest in the intersection of Jewish thought with broader intellectual currents, particularly through his extensive work on Spinoza's legacy in Jewish history. Schwartz's scholarship demonstrates how philosophical figures become cultural symbols within Jewish communities across different historical periods.

• 2012 American Academy for Jewish Research's Salo W. Baron Prize (co-winner)
• 2012 National Jewish Book Award in history (finalist)

Professor Schwartz teaches a range of courses including History of Jewish Civilization, Modern Jewish History, The Ghetto: History of a Concept, and The Jewish Intellectual. His current research project examines the history of the modern Jewish intellectual as a social and cultural type from the Dreyfus Affair in France at the turn of the nineteenth century to the present.