Brooklyn Hortenstine
MA, Central European University
- bhortenstine@u.northwestern.edu
- Field(s): Modern Europe
- Specialization: History of Science, Technology & Medicine; Legal & Criminal History; Political & Policy History
- Advisor(s): Benjamin Frommer
Biography
Brooklyn is interested in Holocaust memory and memorialization, with a focus on disability and the aftermath of the Nazi euthanasia program. Currently, she is exploring how activists in the German Disability Rights movement grappled with and utilized Holocaust memory for their cause.
Originally from Tennessee, Brooklyn holds a B.A. and M.A. in History from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, as well as an M.A. in Comparative History from Central European University in Vienna, Austria. She is a Mellon Cluster Fellow in Jewish Studies and an affiliate of the Science in Human Culture Program.