Paul Mojzes | |
Birth Date: | 1936 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Osijek, Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | American |
Alma Mater: | University of Belgrade Florida Southern College BA Boston University PhD |
Occupation: | Professor emeritus Religious studies scholar |
Notable Works: | Balkan Genocides: Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing in the Twentieth Century |
Paul Mojzes (born 10 November 1936)[1] is an academic who is professor emeritus of Religious Studies at Rosemont College.[2]
Mojzes was born in Osijek and grew up in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.[3] Upon graduation from the gymnasium in Novi Sad, he studied at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law before coming to the United States in 1957.[4] He received his B.A. from Florida Southern College in 1959[5] and doctorate in Eastern European Church History from Boston University in 1965. As well as teaching, Mojzes was also chair of the Religious Studies and Humanities Department at Rosemont College.[6]
He was the co-editor of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, and founder and co-editor of Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe.[7] Additionally, he was the interim director of the Gratz College Holocaust and Genocide Studies doctoral program and continues to teach at Gratz as an adjunct professor.[8] He was also distinguished visiting professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Richard Stockton College.[9] He is a member of the United Methodist Church.[10]