Professional Positions

• Assistant Professor (2004 - present), Department of History, University of Michigan.
• Fellow (2004 - present), Michigan Society of Fellows.
• Honorary Research Fellow (2004 - present), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Academic Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) in Modern History (2002), University of Oxford.
• Master of Studies (M.St.) in Music (1998), University of Oxford.
• Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) with Distinction (1996), University of of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Academic Qualifications

• English
• Hebrew
• Yiddish
• German
• French
• Afrikaans

Published Books

• Music in the Holocaust: Confronting Life in the Nazi Ghettos and Camps, Oxford University Press (2005) which was runner-up, 2005 National Jewish Book Award.

Published Articles

• Singing Against Apartheid: ANC Cultural Groups and the International
• Anti-Apartheid Struggle," in Journal of Southern African Studies, (forthcoming 2007)
• "Music as Historical Source: Social History and Musical Texts," in International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music 36/1 (2005)
• "Songs Contest the Past: Music in KZ Sachsenhausen," in Contemporary European History 13/3 (2004).

Selected Fellowships and Awards

• Runner-up, National Jewish Book Award (2005)
• Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Fellowship, United States Holocaust
• Memorial Museum (2005)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2003-4)
• University of Cape Town, Angus Macintyre prize
• Magdalen College, University of Oxford (2002)
• Bryce Research Studentship in Modern History
• University of Oxford (2001-2)
• British Council Commonwealth Scholarship (1999-2001)
• Dean's Medal for the top student in a professional degree, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (1996)