AJ is a PhD candidate in the History Department. Her research interests include: modern Germany, European cultural and intellectual history, illiberal political movements and ideologies, mass violence and its aftermath, and anti-Semitism. Her dissertation, provisionally entitled “Nazis After Hitler: An Experiential History of SS Veterans in the Postwar World,” explores how former SS members recalibrated a sense of self and of history in the wake of the Third Reich’s collapse. AJ graduated with an M.A. in History from the University of Vienna in 2019, and a B.A. in History and English from Williams College in 2015.