Sites of European Antisemitism in the Age of Mass Politics, 1880–1918

Acknowledgments

ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It is a great pleasure to thank the institutions that supported us in various ways and the people who offered advice and assistance during the long process of bringing this book to publication. We are fortunate to have enjoyed generous travel and research support from the departments of history at Colgate University and the University of Memphis.We are grateful that both universities continue to place great value on the advance of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences. The editors and contributors benefited from the opportunity to participate in and organize panels related to this volume at conferences hosted by the Association for the Studyof Nationalities, the American Historical Association , and the Association for Jewish Studies. We also want to thank Werner Bergmann, Ulrich Wyrwa, Tim Buchen, and the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University of Berlin for inviting Daniel Unowsky to speak about his work and the project represented in this volume. Several contributors are affiliated with the Center or recently have completed doctorates there. Their scholarship is a testament to the success of this institution. We were humbled by the contributors’ dedication, commitment, and willingness to work with us as we shaped the volume into a coherent whole.We thank Hillel Kieval for his close reading of all the chapters and for his generosity and patience. In addition to his inspired Afterword, he shared numerous insights from his own work with us. Many other colleagues offered suggestions for improvements after listening to conference papers or reading part or all of the manuscript. We are especially grateful to Marsha Rozenblit, Jonathan Sarna, Helmut Walser Smith, Harald Binder, Ted Weeks, and Rebekah Klein-­ Pejšová. The authors would like to thank Noah Dauber for putting them on the track of “Dreyfus in Kasrilevka.” It has been a wonderful experience to work with the editors and staff at Brandeis University Press, and we are thrilled to have this volume appear in the Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry. Our thanks go to Phyllis Deutsch, Susan Abel, and Elizabeth Forsaith for shepherding the manuscript through the review process and beyond. We cannot let this opportunity pass without acknowledging the debt we owe to our teacher István Deák. His magnificent scholarship, meticulous attention to detail, willingness to challenge conventional interpretations, and Menschlichkeit remain a model for us and so many others. SITES OF EUROPEAN ANTISEMITISM IN THE AGE OF MASS POLITICS, 1880–1918 ...