Professional Background
Nathan Lucky is a PhD candidate at Clark University and holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in history from the University of British Columbia. His research explores Jews in journalism, Jewish and non-Jewish relations, and the circulation of information during the Holocaust. His work has been published in the Journal of Holocaust Research and Information & Culture.
Mr. Lucky has received support for his research through various fellowships and grants from several institutions. These include the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the American Jewish Archives, the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Fellowship Research
While at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a Miles Lerman Center for the Study of Jewish Resistance Research Fellow, Nathan Lucky will conduct research on Jewish news networks during the Holocaust and how they transformed between 1933 and 1945. His work examines how news about the Holocaust was transformed as it moved across borders, languages, and institutional contexts, reshaped through processes of translation, concealment, and ideology. Focusing on refugee journalists, activists, and Jews in occupied Europe, he will analyze how these actors navigated censorship, surveillance, and political constraint to circulate information, build connections between Western and Eastern Jewish communities, and shape global awareness and Jewish survival strategies.
Residency Period: January 1, 2026–August 31, 2026