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Program Background
The Claims Conference Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies is an international program that supports Ph.D. and Post-doctoral students focusing on Holocaust research. The Kagan Fellowship program funds research and writing, allowing scholars to travel to Holocaust-related archives, many of which have not been closely examined by other researchers.
Originally named The Shoah Teacher Fellowship Program, the fellowship was funded by the Claims Conference Board of Trustees in June 2003. The Fellowship Program began funding Ph.D. students in 2008 and was named after Saul Kagan, Claims Conference Executive Vice President Emeritus, in July of 2010. The program was expanded in 2013 to include the funding of Post-doc candidates.
Publications
Examples of publications and scholarship by previous Kagan Fellows. The Kagan Fellowship program funds research and writing, allowing scholars to travel to Holocaust-related archives, many of which have not been closely examined by other researchers.
Academic Conference
The annual academic workshop conference is held annually in the summer, alternating venues between the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. At the summer workshop, each fellow presents current research and work in progress and responds to questions from peers and veteran scholars.
