Professor Pegelow Kaplan听was invited and is now serving on听Yad Vashem (Jerusalem)'s selection committee for its听International Book听Prize听for a monograph on the Shoah. Outside members听are "renowned foreign scholars, chosen according to their international standing and according to their expertise." He was also invited and is currently serving as an external member of the search committee for the new genocide studies chair at SciencesPo in Paris, France.