15 Facts About Doris Bergen

Doris Bergen is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto, the only endowed chair in Canada in Holocaust history.

Doris Bergen was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018.

Doris Bergen is of German and Ukrainian descent and was raised a Mennonite in Saskatchewan.

Doris Bergen began her academic career at the University of Vermont in 1991.

In 1996, Doris Bergen was hired by the University of Notre Dame in their history department.

Doris Bergen specialized in 20th century German history, with an emphasis on the Nazi era and the Holocaust, and European women's history.

In 1999, Doris Bergen was a fellow at the Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization at Northwestern University.

Doris Bergen later edited a book on military chaplains, published by University of Notre Dame Press.

In 2006, before taking a leave of absence, Doris Bergen was elected Chair of the University Committee on Women Faculty and Students.

In 2007, Doris Bergen was named a full professor at the University of Toronto.

Doris Bergen replaced Michael Marrus as the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto.

Two years later, in 2014, Doris Bergen was named to the National Holocaust Monument design team.

In 2015, Doris Bergen was selected as a final juror for the Laura Shannon Prize.

Two years later, Doris Bergen collaborated with photographer Edward Burtynsky to produce Chai, a book featuring images from various Holocaust sites in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, and Hungary.

Doris Bergen serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the University of Toronto Press' Genocide Studies International.