Mémorial de la Shoah

Nick Underwood received his PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in modern European and Jewish history. His research focuses on Yiddish culture in 20th century France, and his work has appeared in French Politics, Culture & Society, East European Jewish Affairs, and Urban History. Forthcoming articles will appear in Jewish Social Studies and Archives Juives, and he is finishing a book project titled “Yiddish Paris: Nation and Community in Interwar France.”

As an EHRI Fellow at the Mémorial de la Shoah, he will continue and finalize work on a project titled "Yiddish Culture After Liberation and the Holocaust in Paris, 1944-1949. In Summer 2017, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at Leipzig University. He has taught Jewish studies courses at Sonoma State University, and he also serves as the managing editor for the journals East European Jewish Affairs and American Jewish History and project manager for the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project. 

Nick Underwood received his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in modern European and Jewish history. His research focuses on Yiddish culture in 20th century France, and his work has appeared in French Politics, Culture & Society, East European Jewish Affairs, and Urban History. Forthcoming articles will appear in Jewish Social Studies and Archives Juives, and he is finishing a book project titled “Yiddish Paris: Nation and Community in Interwar France.” As an EHRI Fellow at the Mémorial de la Shoah, he will continue and finalize work on a project titled "Yiddish Culture After Liberation and the Holocaust in Paris, 1944-1949.

In Summer 2017, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at Leipzig University. He has taught Jewish studies courses at Sonoma State University, and he also serves as the managing editor for the journals East European Jewish Affairs and American Jewish History and project manager for the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project.