Simon Levis Sullam is Assistant Professor of Modern History at Ca' Foscari, University of Venice. He has held visiting positions at Berkeley, at the European University Institute, and at the University of Oxford. His publications on Jewish history include a modern history of the Jews of Venice ('Una Comunita Immaginata', 2001) and (as co-editor) the multi-volume 'Storia della Shoah' (2006-10).