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First Name
Miriam Eve
Last Name
Mora
Country
United States
State
NY
Affiliation
University of Michigan
Website URL
https://www.miriamevemora.com/
Keywords
Jewish History, History of Antisemitism, American Immigration and Ethnic History, Contemporary Antisemitism, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Collective Memory, History of Masculinity, Irish History, Jewish Gender, Military History, American History, Modern Europe, European Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
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About Me

Dr. Miriam Eve Mora is a historian of American immigration and ethnic history. She is the Managing Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan.

Her areas of research interest and specialization include modern Jewish history, gender and antisemitism, genocide studies, Holocaust memory and representation in pop culture, masculinity, history of Irish conflict, and American Jewish acculturation.  Her first book, Carrying a Big Schtick: Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century was released from Wayne State University Press in 2024 and received the Jordan Schnitzer First Book Publication Award from the Association for Jewish Studies.

She is also currently the lead historian for the Jewish American curricular project as a part of the National History Day “Inclusive History Initiative.” In addition to research and teaching, she has curated museum exhibits, developed curricula and teaching guides, lead campus-wide discussions on antisemitism and identity, and co-created JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience, a comics and pop culture convention celebrating diverse Jewish themes, characters, and narratives in sequential art.

She has taught at various academic institutions, served as Historian in Residence for the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society, and as the Academic Director at the Center for Jewish History in New York City.

She previously earned her B.F.A. in Photography from Columbia College Chicago, M.A. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. in History from Wayne State University.
Recent Publications

“Why the manosphere has an antisemitism problem” The Conversation (April, 2026)
Republished in: Salon, Religious News Service, Times of Israel, and many more outlets through a Creative Commons License.

What is Antisemitism? (A Teacher’s Resource), in the National History Day volume “Teaching Jewish American History in the Classroom” (February, 2026)

“See you in the funny papers: How superhero comics tell the story of Jewish America” The Conversation ​(March, 2025)

Carrying a Big Schtick: American Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century, Wayne State University press, 2024.

“The Jewish Case for Ferenginar: Redeeming Star Trek’s Worst Archetypes,” in Jews in Popular Science Fiction: Marginalized in the Mainstream, edited by Valerie Frankel (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022).

“Husky Jewish Boys”: The Jewish Defense League and the Project of Jewish American Masculinity,” Journal of Jewish Identities, July 2022.

“‘Standing Up To Russian Aggression Really Brings Out His Eyes’: Zelenskyy Thirst-Trapping,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion: Blog (April, 2022) https://www.fsrinc.org/standing-up-to-russian-aggression-really-brings-out-his-eyes-zelenskyy-thirst-trapping/

“Widespread Admiration for Volodymyr Zelensky Could Upend Stereotypes About Jewish Men.”  Made by History, Washington Post (March 22, 2022) https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/22/our-newfound-love-volodymyr-zelensky-could-upend-stereotypes-about-jewish-men/

“Revivifying Virility: Attempts to Remedy Black and Jewish Male Stereotypes During the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s,” G’vanim: The Academic Journal of the Academy for Jewish Religion 11 (2020-2021): 29-46.

“Donald Trump And Masculinity As Motivator.”  History Matters Blog, University of Sheffield, Department of History (November 3, 2020)  http://www.historymatters.group.shef.ac.uk/donald-trump-and-masculinity-as-motivator/

“My Reflections on Anne Frank” (Student workbook, teacher’s guide, and supplementary materials.) Farmington Hills, MI: Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus. ISBN: 978-0-9845213-4-0

Media Coverage
https://www.miriamevemora.com/in-the-news.html
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
19th century, Modern, 20th century, 21st century
Expertise by Topic
Gender, Genocide, Holocaust & Nazi Persecution, Material Culture, Migration & Immigration, Race, Religion, Sexuality, World War I, World War II