Prof. David Rechter is Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Brasenose College. His research centres on the history of Jews in the Habsburg Monarchy, particularly Austrian Bukovina and Vienna during the First World War. Key publications include Becoming Habsburg: The Jews of Austrian Bukovina 1774-1918 (Oxford, 2013) and At Eden’s Door: The Habsburg Jewish Life of Leon Kellner, 1859-1928 (London, 2023).