Stephen J. Whitfield is the Max Richter Professor of American Civilization at Brandeis University, where he has taught since receiving his doctorate there in 1972. He has also served as a visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Catholic University of Louvain, the Sorbonne and the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. Whitfield’s books include Into the Dark: Hannah Arendt and Totalitarianism; American Space, Jewish Time and In Search of American Jewish Culture.