Brandon Bloch is college fellow in modern European history at Harvard University, where he teaches courses on Nazi Germany, postwar Europe, and the idea of Europe from the enlightenment to the present day. His research focuses on the history of twentieth-century Germany and Central Europe, especially themes of religion and politics, intellectuals in public life, and the roles of Central Europeans in international human rights movements.
His current book project asks how West Germany's Protestant churches emerged as vocal advocates for democracy and human rights after the Second World War, following a legacy of compromise and complicity under National Socialism. It explores the ongoing salience of religious communities for German debates about national identity, historical responsibility, and the ethics of democratic citizenship, during the Cold War and beyond.
Bloch received his Ph.D. from Harvard in May 2018, and has held fellowships from the Krupp Foundation, the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, and the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Free University of Berlin. His work has appeared in Modern Intellectual History.
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