Rebekka Grossmann

Rebekka Grossmann is an Assistant Professor of Migration History at Leiden University, specializing in the history of minority cultures with a focus on Jewish communities. She is affiliated with the Department of History and Leiden Jewish Studies Network, and her work bridges migration studies, visual culture, and global media communication.

• PhD in History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2020)
• M.Phil, University of Oxford
• BA, University of Freiburg

Her research explores how mobility shaped minority-majority cultural encounters, particularly through visual culture. Key projects include Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany (Pennsylvania University Press) and a new monograph on migrant contributions to humanitarian photography.

Recent publications analyze photography's role in German-Jewish displacement and Nazi visual culture. She has received the Gerald Westheimer Fellowship (2024) and held postdoctoral positions at Hebrew University and The Hebrew University Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center.

• Salo Baron New Voices in Jewish Studies Award (2020)
• Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme (2017-2018)
• Binational Visiting Fellowship in Migration History (2019-2020)