Miriam Chorley-Schulz specializes in Yiddish diasporic cultures and thought; Jewish traditions of socialism and antifascism; histories and theories of racism, antisemitism, and fascism; Holocaust and genocide studies; critical theory and cultural studies.
She is the author of numerous publications. Her first monograph Der Beginn des Untergangs: Die Zerstörung der jüdischen Gemeinden in Polen und das Vermächtnis des Wilnaer Komitees (Berlin: Metropol, 2016) was awarded the Hosenfeld/Szpilman Memorial Award as well as the Scientific Award of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Germany (special mention).
Chorley-Schulz is the co-founder of the EU-funded project "We Refugees. Digital Archive on Refugeedom, Past and Present" (https://en.we-refugees-archive.org/).