Jacob Forbes

Jacob is a third-year PhD student in modern European history. His dissertation research focuses on the experiences of elderly Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and the history of elderly care in German-Jewish communities in the immediate postwar period. Additionally, he has research interests in the concept of the minority in modern European history; in the history of science and technology; and in genealogical practice in German-Jewish families. He is also a freelance copyeditor and is currently working on an upcoming publication from Cambridge University Press. Jacob is advised by Professor Helmut Walser Smith. Before coming to Vanderbilt, he worked in the performing arts.