Amy Simon

Endowed Chairs College of Social Science

• William and Audrey Farber Family Chair in Holocaust Studies and European Jewish History
• Established through a gift from the William and Audrey Farber Family Foundation and Michael and Elaine Serling

• Jewish Studies

Bio

Amy Simon, the William and Audrey Farber Family Chair in Holocaust Studies and European Jewish History, has devoted her career to the study of first- person accounts of Holocaust victims, and the way their accounts—diaries, letters, memoirs, and postwar testimonials—depict Holocaust perpetrators and the interactions between the two.

Simon has a PhD in history from Indiana University, and two master’s degrees, one in history, also from Indiana University, and one in Holocaust studies from University College, London.

Prior to joining MSU in August, 2016, she worked as a researcher at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and has taught at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Simon is a former Leon Milman Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a former Kagan Claims Conference Fellow. She regularly participates in international workshops and conferences through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem, the Association for Jewish Studies, and the Holocaust Educational Foundation. Dr. Simon has also published several articles on the topics of Holocaust literature and Holocaust perpetrators.