Kevin Ostoyich (B.A., University of Pennsylvania; A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University) is professor of history at Valparaiso University (USA), guest professor at the Center for Applied Policy Research at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and historian for the Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation (USA). He co-edited The History of the Shanghai Jews: New Pathways of Research (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and authored The German Society of Pennsylvania: A Guide to Its Book and Manuscript Collections (German Historical Institute, 2006). He has written many plays about the Shanghai Jewish refugees with university students. The most recent play, titled, “Lyrics and Laughter from Shanghai: A Relevant Cabaret with Historical Commentary,” was premiered at Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, PA.) on May 7, 2025. Prof. Ostoyich interviews Holocaust survivors and lectures on the history of the Holocaust around the world.
