The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies supports monographs, edited volumes, and digital projects and publishes them in association with scholarly nonprofit presses. These publications help advance the field of Holocaust studies. Through New Research in Holocaust Studies, the Mandel Center supports books written to the highest scholarly standards by authors from diverse fields that look at the Holocaust through many lenses. Our support permits books to be published open access upon publication, increasing accessibility to high-quality, innovative Holocaust studies scholarship.
Publishers can nominate books under contract for consideration in October and April. Submissions must include a book proposal, table of contents, introduction and first chapter, peer reviews, and the author’s response to reviews. Please use our nomination form to nominate books for the program. The next submission period will be from April 1 through April 30, 2026.
For more information, please contact Academic Publications at academicpublications@ushmm.org.
Recent Publications
- Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks in Jewish Resistance
By Chad S.A. Gibbs, 2026
In this groundbreaking work, Chad S.A. Gibbs draws upon recently discovered sources and novel research methods to fundamentally reassess Jewish resistance at Treblinka—both before and during the famous August 2, 1943 revolt. Critical to these new interpretations of the revolt are the actions of women prisoners, who here assume a central place in this story for the first time.
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