Prof. Joanna Beata Michlic is an internationally recognized social and cultural historian of the Holocaust and its aftermath whose work focuses on Jewish children and families, memory, antisemitism, and nationalism in East Central Europe, particularly Poland. She currently serves as Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Program Director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Graduate Programs, and Associate Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights at Gratz College. Michlic’s latest publication is: Through the Eyes of Jewish Child Survivors from Poland: Family, War, Identity and Nationhood. (NUP, 2026)