Jonathan Zait

Jonathan Zait entered the program in the fall of 2024. As a student of Modern European Intellectual History, his research examines the intersection of philosophy and statecraft in the context of Zionism and Pan-Europeanism during the interwar period. More broadly, he is interested in how personal experiences contribute to the formation, evolution, and distribution of political ideas, with a particular focus on the participation of philosophers in national and supranational discourses and state-building endeavors. In his previous work, Jonathan researched the impact of the Holocaust on the history of psychoanalysis. Before coming to Harvard, he studied at Tel Aviv University, where he obtained degrees in History and Philosophy.