Last year I spent a week commuting to the Łódź archive to work through the personal papers of Emil Stanisław Rappaport. He was a criminologist and Supreme Court justice both before and after World War II. He was also Raphael Lemkin’s forgotten mentor in Warsaw. My latest article shows how Rappaport and Polish criminology paved the way for postwar justice, set up mostly by Polish Jews like Lemkin and Lauterpacht. The piece is part of a larger volume on Polish contributions to

My latest article is less of a research piece and more of a series of complaints.  In fact, it serves as a reflection on the frustrations that arise when trying to navigate through the murky waters of historical accuracy and representation. It is an exploration of the challenges faced by historians when dealing with figures whose life stories are not only complex but also riddled with inconsistencies that have been perpetuated over time. I wrote a short article on Raphael Lem

My research interests are (famously?) all over the place. And the latest publication to see the light of day is just another indication of that. For the most part though, I always write about the ways that abstract ideas manage to touch real peoples' lives. This piece shows how both the US and Poland exploited the legal vagueness of "nationality" to address their perceived racial problems, specifically targeting Jews. I'm really proud to be a part of the Ethnicizing Europe v