Team

Kathrin Hansen

doctoral researcher

Modern Jewish History, Dubnow Institute

Academic CV

From 2017 to 2022, Kathrin Hansen studied History and English studies at Humboldt-University Berlin. Pursued an MA degree in History with a focus on Contemporary History at Humboldt-University and completed her degree in 2025 with a thesis on the interaction of space and violence during the November Pogroms 1938. From 2020 to 2025 Kathrin Hansen coordinated the MA program European History at Humboldt University as a student advisor. In 2020, she conceptualized and realized the video project 75 Jahre Befreiung at NS Documentation Center for Forced Labour. Her MA thesis „Keine Tasse, kein Bett – kein Raum: Interaktion von Raum und Akteur*innen am Beispiel der Wohnungszerstörungen im Rahmen der Novemberpogrome am 9. November 1938“ won the Alma Rosé Priz 2025.

Research Interests

Private, Jewish and Urban Space
Everyday Objects
History of Pogroms and Riots
History of Antisemitism and National Socialism

Research Project

“Home was not Home anymore.” The Destruction of Private Jewish Living Spaces in the November Pogroms of 1938

Publications

Article

"Lass sie laufen, sie ist blond". Die junge Mommsen (Student Journal) 6, 2024, 63-81, https://doi.org/10.18452/31136.

Reviews

Krampitz, Karsten: Pogrom im Scheunenviertel. Antisemitismus in der Weimarer Republik und die Berliner Ausschreitungen 1923. Berlin 2023, in: H-Soz-Kult, 12.04.2024, https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-139753.

Awards

Alma Rosé Preis 2025