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Mary Gluck is an intellectual cultural historian specializing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe, with particular expertise in Central Europe and France. She has published extensively on the works of Georg Lukacs, modernism, and avant-garde culture, addressing complex themes such as the Jewish Question in the context of modern urban life. Her research notably brings together various disciplinary areas including intellectual history, avant-garde art, social history, and cultural history. Gluck's most recent book, 'Invisible Jewish Budapest: Metropolitan Culture Fin de Siècle,' examines the role of Jewish commercial entertainment in shaping popular culture during the Dual Monarchy. Additionally, her prior work 'Popular Bohemia: Modernism Urban Culture Nineteenth-Century Paris' explores the aesthetic roots of modernism in the bohemian culture of Paris, linking these cultural movements with broader historical contexts and issues, including growing anti-Semitism.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Former Dorot Professor Emerita focusing on History and Judaic Studies, teaching various courses on modern European history and Jewish culture.
Department: Department of Economics