
Jennifer L. Foray
Associate Professor
// History
Faculty
Associate Professor
// Jewish Studies // SIS
Faculty
Associate Professor
// SIS
Faculty
Office and Contact
Room: UNIV 125
Office hours: By appointment
Email: jforay@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 494-4132
Fax: (765) 496-1755
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2006
Specialization
Modern Europe, Imperialism, Decolonization, The Netherlands
A native New Yorker, I received my Ph.D. and M.A. in Modern Western European History from Columbia University, and my B.A. in anthropology from Fordham University. My book, Visions of Empire in the Nazi-Occupied Netherlands, examines Dutch experiences with war, occupation, imperialism, decolonization, specifically focusing upon the attempts of leading anti-Nazi resisters to create a new “imperial consciousness” in the wartime Netherlands. Other recent publications and works in process examine German military behavior and attitudes in the occupied Netherlands; the Diary of Anne Frank as a uniquely Dutch text, and the history of the Dutch “commonwealth” arrangement supported by generations of lawmakers and political thinkers as a third way between Indonesian independence and continued colonial rule.
In general, my teaching and research interests include imperialism and decolonization; social and cultural responses to war and trauma, especially memorialization and commemoration; and the Netherlands. I also regularly teach HIST 104, Purdue's general survey class examining Early Modern and Modern European History.
Visions of Empire in the Nazi-Occupied Netherlands