Dan Diner acts as Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and as Chair of the Alfred Landecker Foundation and its Governing Council. Formerly he served as Director of the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at Leipzig University. Presently he is a Member of The Saxonian Academy of Science. Prof. Diner's research focuses on two main topics: the conceptualization of modern Jewish history and an interpretation of WWII observed from the periphery. He has published widely on 20th-century history, modern Jewish history, Middle Eastern history, and German history, particularly in the period of National Socialism and the Holocaust.

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Born in Jerusalem and raised in Mevaseret Zion, I was exposed to immigrants from various Jewish communities.

Following my military service, and inspired by my curiosity for different cultures and foreign languages, I studied International Relations and East Asian Studies (Japanese track) at the Hebrew University.

Upon completing my studies in 2007, I relocated to Paris and worked for El Al Airlines.

In 2014, I returned to Israel and began my research-based master’s degree in the Department of French Culture at Bar-Ilan University. My thesis focused on the immigration stories of elderly Jews from the North African diaspora who moved from France to Israel, examining linguistic, narrative, and rhetorical aspects.

In 2021, after 14 years at El Al, I joined the administrative staff of the Hebrew University, where I held various positions in the Faculty of Social Sciences, primarily in the Department of Communication and Journalism.

Since November 2025, I have been serving as the Administrative Director of the Jacob Robinson Institute for the History of Individual and Collective Rights, founded by the Alfred Landecker Foundation.