College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor
Phone: (239)590-7561
E-Mail: jmcox@fgcu.edu
Office: Modular 1 - Office 37

Assistant Professor, Modern European History
jmcox@fgcu.edu

Ph.D., History, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2005
M.A., History, Brandeis University, 1998
B.A., History, Appalachian State University, 1986

Research and teaching interests: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, anti-Nazi resistance, labor and working-class history, Islamic civilizations

Courses offered:
EUH 1001 Western Tradition, Part II (1650-present)
EUH 2031 Modern Europe (1789-present)
EUH 3462 Modern Germany (1870-present)
EUH 3142 Renaissance & Reformation Europe
EUH 3572 Modern Russia (1865-present)
EUH 6939 Graduate Seminar in European History
HIS 2930 The Islamic World
HIS 3930 The Holocaust

For more information, including Dr. Cox's C.V.: http://johncox.typepad.com/dr_js_page/

Recent and upcoming publications and major conference papers:

• Forthcoming: Article, “Raul Hilberg: An Appreciation,” in The Journal of Jewish Identities 1:2 (July 2008)
• "Individual vs. Official Memory: Jewish Anti-Nazi Resisters in Post-War East Germany.” Presented at the European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, February 2008.
• Chapter, “Herbert Baum: Jewish Resistance to the Nazi Dictatorship,” for The Human Tradition in Modern Europe, Cora Granata and Cheryl Koos, eds., Rowman and Littlefield, 2007
• Forthcoming: Chapter, “Lost Worlds: Genocide and Diego Rivera’s “Tenochtitlán’,” for Evoking Genocide: Researchers and Activists Describe the Works of Art and Media That Shaped Their Lives, Adam Jones, ed., 2008
• “Politics and Culture in the Jewish Youth Movements of Weimar Germany.” Presented at the Legacy of the Holocaust: The World Before, The World After, Krakow, Poland, May 2007.
• “The Passing of an Illusion: ‘The Sorrow and the Pity’ and Post-War French Mythology.” Presented at the War in Film, Television, and History Conference, Dallas, November 2004.
• “Jewish Anti-Nazi Resistance and Its Relation to Jewish Identity During the Third Reich.” Presented at the German Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2004.

Service to the profession

• Member, editorial board, Journal of Jewish Identities
• Director, FGCU Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Human Rights Studies