Dr. Warren Rosenblum

Professional Background

Dr. Warren Rosenblum is currently Chair of History, Politics, and International Relations Department at Webster University. He holds a PhD and an MA in history from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Fellow for Research in the International Tracing Service Archive, at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, Dr. Rosenblum will be conducting research for his project “The Feeble-Minded in Germany: Between Sympathy and Persecution.”

Dr. Rosenblum is fluent in German, and has writing and conversational skills in French, and Spanish.

Dr. Rosenblum is the author of Beyond the Prison Gates: Punishment and Welfare in Germany, 1850-1933 (2009) and the forthcoming Jews, Justice, and the Politics of Emotion: An Antisemitic Scandal in Germany Before Hitler. Dr. Rosenblum  has also published several book chapters and articles. He gave the Jacobson Lecture in Judaic Studies at Brown University in 2011 and The Marilyn & Arthur Gale Lecture at The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis in 2015.  He has been the recipient of several fellowships and awards throughout his career.

Fellowship Research

While in residence at the Mandel Center, Dr. Rosenblum conducted research on the othering of the ‘feeble-minded’ and the foundations of German faith in the asylum . He looked to provide insight into the role of families, doctors, and asylum personnel in stripping away legal and customary rights from persons with disabilities. Drawing on the Museum's resources, he sought to understand processes of confinement and the impact of scarcity, war, and political upheaval upon treatment.

Dr. Rosenblum was in residence from October 1 to December 31, 2017.