Susan L. Tananbaum

Associate Professor of History

Fall 2008

  • Honors Seminar in History (HIST 451)
Phone (207) 725-3669
Title Associate Professor
Department HISTORY
Work Location 204 Hubbard Hall
E-Mail stananba@bowdoin.edu

Previous Experience:

Visiting Lecturer Mount Holyoke College and Wellesley College

Education:

BA in Religion and Self-Designed Interdisciplinary Major in Judaic Studies, (Trinity);
MA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies; (Brandeis)
MA in Compartive European History; (Brandeis)
PhD Joint Degree in History and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (Brandeis)

Professor Tananbaum teaches courses in British, Jewish, and European history. She teaches the British surveys, a course on Sports and Culture, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Europe since 1939. Her research specialities include immigrant acculturation, philanthropy, and child care in the VIctorian era. She completed two MAs and her PhD at Brandeis University. Most recently, Bowdoin awarded her a Kenan Fellowship. She has also been a Bunting Fellow at Radcliffe, had an NEH fellowship and a travel grant, and has received research grants from the Indiana Center on Philanthropy and the Littauer Foundation.