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Marci Shore (born 1972) is an American professor of intellectual history at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...
, where she specializes in the history of literary and political engagement with
Marxism Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflict, ...
and
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. Shore is the author of ''Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation's Life and Death in Marxism, 1918–1968'', a milieu biography of Polish and Polish-Jewish writers drawn to Marxism in the twentieth century; and of ''The Taste of Ashes'', a study of the presence of the communist and
Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...
past in today's
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. She translated Michał Głowiński's
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memoir, ''The Black Seasons''.


Early life and education

Shore was born in
Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. The county seat of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, it is the List o ...
, in 1972. She is a 1990 graduate of
William Allen High School William Allen High School, often referred to as Allen High School or simply Allen, is one of two large, urban state school, public secondary education in the United States, high schools of the Allentown School District in Allentown, Pennsylvania. ...
in Allentown. She then attended
Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
, receiving a B.A. in 1994. Two years later, in 1996, she received an M.A. from the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...
. She received a
doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...
from Stanford University in 2001.


Career

Shore was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harriman Institute; an assistant professor of history and
Jewish studies Jewish studies (or Judaic studies; ) is an academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history (especially Jewish history), Middle Eastern studies, Asian studies, ...
at
Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...
; and the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Visiting Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
. She has twice been a fellow of the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Institute of Human Sciences) in
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. Shore teaches European
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and
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history at Yale. Shortly after the
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, Shore and her husband,
Timothy Snyder Timothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American historian specializing in the history of Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He is on leave from his position as the Richard C. Levin, Richar ...
, decided to leave their positions at Yale. At the same time, another Yale faculty member, Jason Stanley, also made this decision, which drew national media attention during political attacks on universities. The three academics published a video op-ed in ''The New York Times'' to explain their decision to leave the United States, titling it "We Study Fascism, and We're Leaving the US". These professors later took positions at the
Munk School of Global Affairs The Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto is an interdisciplinary academic centre located at the St. George campus in Downtown Toronto. It offers various research and educational programs in global affairs ...
of the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...
.


Awards

Her book, ''Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation's Life and Death in Marxism, 1918-1968'', won eight awards and was shortlisted for several more. These include the following: * Winner, 2006
National Jewish Book Award The Jewish Book Council (Hebrew: ), founded in 1943, is an American organization encouraging and contributing to Jewish literature. The goal of the council, as stated on its website, is "to promote the reading, writing and publishing of qual ...
in Eastern European Studies, given by the Jewish Book Council. * Winner, 2007 Oskar Halecki Polish/East Central European History Award, given by the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. * Co-winner, 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies/Orbis Books Prize for Polish Studies. * Finalist for the Koret International Jewish Book Award in Jewish Thought.


Publications


Books

* ''The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution'' (Yale University Press, 2017) * ''The Taste of Ashes'' (Crown Books/Random House, 2013, UK edition: Heinemann, German edition: Beck, Polish edition: Świat Ksiazki) * ''Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation's Life and Death in Marxism, 1918–1968'' (Yale University Press, 2006, Polish edition: Świat Ksiazki, 2008) * Translator, Michał Głowiński's ''The Black Seasons'' (Northwestern University Press, 2005)


Articles

* "Czysto Babski: A Women's Friendship in a Man's Revolution". ''East European Politics and Societies'', Aug. 1, 2002 * "Engineering in the Age of Innocence: A Genealogy of Discourse Inside the Czechoslovak Writer's Union, 1949–1967". ''East European Politics and Societies'', September 1998, Vol. 12 Issue 3 * "Children of the Revolution: Communism, Zionism, and the Berman Brothers", ''Jewish Social Studies''. Spring 2004, Vol. 10 Issue 3 * "Conversing with Ghosts: Jedwabne, Zydokomuna, and Totalitarianism", ''Kritika: Explorations of Russian and Eurasian History'', June 2005, Vol. 6 Issue 2 * "Tevye's Daughters: Jews and European Modernity", ''Contemporary European History''. February 2007, Vol. 16 Issue 1 * "When God Died: Symptoms of the East European Avant-Garde—and of
Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek ( ; ; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian Marxist philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual. He is the international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, Global Distin ...
". ''Slovo a smysl/Word and Sense: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theory and Criticism in Czech Studies'', 2005 * "Man liess sie nicht mal ein paar Worte sagen". ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', December 2001 * "Za dużo kompromisów. Stop". ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' (Warsaw), July 11, 2009 * ''“(The End of) Communism as a Generational History: Some Thoughts on Czechoslovakia and Poland”''. Contemporary European History 18, no. 3 (2009) * "A Pre-History of Post-Truth, East and West". ''Eurozine'' and ''Public Seminar'' Sept. 1 2017 * "On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historical Comparisons for Life". ''Public Seminar'' Oct. 19, 2020


Personal life

Shore married Timothy D. Snyder, a professor of history at Yale University, in 2005. They have two children.


References


External links


Biography
at the
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Department of History {{DEFAULTSORT:Shore, Marci Living people 1972 births 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American historians 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women writers American women historians Educators from Allentown, Pennsylvania Historians from Pennsylvania Historians of communism Stanford University alumni University of Toronto alumni William Allen High School alumni Writers from Allentown, Pennsylvania Yale University faculty