YPSA Postdoctoral Associates

Claire E. Aubin

 

Claire E. Aubin is a historian of Nazism, Holocaust perpetration, and 20thcentury American culture, with a PhD and LLM from the University of Edinburgh. Her doctoral dissertation is the basis for a forthcoming monograph with Cambridge University Press, titledThe Homeland: Nazi Perpetrators as Immigrants to America,and she is the host of the popular general history podcast“This Guy Sucked”.Dr. Aubin has previously taught in the History and Jewish Studies departments at the University of Edinburgh, University of California Davis, and San Francisco State University. 

 

Arash Azizi

  

Arash Azizi is a historian of modern Middle East and global history of the 20th century with a focus on social and political movements. He has a PhD from New York University and is the author ofShadow Commander: US, Soleimani and Iran’s Global AmbitionsandWhat Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom. His upcomingCounterweights: Iran, Israel and the Battle for the Middle Eastwill be published by Public Affairs. His peer-reviewed articles have been published inMiddle Eastern StudiesandInternational Journal of Middle Eastern Studiesand he has previously taught at New York University, Clemson University and Boston University.