Professor Abigail Green
Professor of Modern European History; Fellow of Brasenose College
Professor Abigail Green works at the interface between European and Jewish history. She has particular interests in the histories of liberalism, antisemitism, nationalism and Jewish heritage.
About
Professor Abigail Green is a leading historian of modern Europe, with particular expertise in modern Jewish history and the history of antisemitism. She is the prize-winning author of Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero (2010) and edited, with Juliet Carey, the acclaimed Jewish Country Houses (2024). She writes regularly for the TLS, the London Review of Books and the Jewish Review of Books.
Expertise
- Antisemitism
- Modern Jewish history
- European liberalism
- Heritage
- German history
Selected publications
- Jewish Country Houses (2024)
- Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism: A Global History (2020)
- The Limits of Intervention: Coercive Diplomacy and the Jewish Question in the Nineteenth Century (2014)
- Religious Internationals in the Modern World: Globalization and Faith Communities since 1750 (2012)
- Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero (2010)
Media experience
Professor Abigail Green has media experience including appearing as a panellist and providing interviews for programmes on BBC Radio 4. She also writes regularly for the TLS, the London Review of Books and the Jewish Review of Books.