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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 22h

Very exciting to be co-organising this symposium next week in Berlin on behalf of @pop-jrnl.bsky.social with colleagues from @parkesinstitute.bsky.social - open to all to attend in person!

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

For our final session of #BIAJS26, Jay Prosser on 'The Jewish Mahallah of Singapore as a Site of Transcultural Memory' @lahri.bsky.social & a great panel on 'Memory, ethics and ecology in literature and poetry' w/ Anat Koplowitz-Breier, Emma Trott & Dan Misheiker chaired by @anoushka-ar.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A couple of weeks left to apply for this great opportunity for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in UK Jewish studies!

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BIAJS2026 begins at sunny Birkbeck - check out today’s schedule here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - our next session includes panels on borders in ancient Judaism, Israeli culture, Jewish American history, British diversity & gender in religious spaces

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Great to be part of a roundtable discussing what jewish heritage is, who it is for, how to pluralise, and navigate policy with Yulia Egorova as part of our @durhamanthropology.bsky.social ESRC project with @mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Looking forward to joining a panel on 'Jewish Heritage Now: Politics, Visibility, Agency' with Anne Caldwell, Yulia Egorova, Eva Frojmovic & Jay Prosser (representing Leeds & Durham initiatives!)

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📣 all UK-based PhDs and ECRs in jewish studies: apply to attend Limmud festival 2026 at a 90% discount, receive invaluable mentoring and become part of an emerging cohort! Deadline: 31st July Email phdprogramme@limmud.org for questions More info & apply here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Deadline this Friday 12th June for proposals for our CFP on the Wandering Jew! Especially looking for explorations of this figure and its legacy in other contexts…

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

🦋 A few days at lovely @princeton.edu for the (De)Stabilizing Nabokov conference - talking about changing how we read his treatment of the Holocaust in Lolita & Pnin, alongside other great papers challenging all sorts of assumptions, and an exhibit of artist books

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

CFP: 'The Wandering Jew and other myths' special issue for Patterns of Prejudice, guest-edited by me and Elisabeth Becker Topkara, as part of our @volkswagenstiftung.de project & exhibition See details below! 1-page proposals due 12 June 2026 @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Very proud to have been part of this wonderful project for the last two years! Please do visit if you're in Manchester to learn about Maimonides in his context…

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Some new words from me on collaging the Wandering Jew after taking the exhibition and workshops to the 'Arts and Humanities Day' @unisouthampton.bsky.social: thewanderingjewexhibition.co.uk/reflections/...

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🎊 @parkesinstitute.bsky.social at Limmud! I am organising the PhD engagement programme with 5 post/doctoral researchers presenting on Jewish studies. Participants include @josephfinlay.bsky.social, and @hannahewence.bsky.social as mentor! Also, sessions on heritage, academia & Wandering Jews 🎊

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

My paper, "Reflections on Translating, Curating and Collaging the Wandering Jew", explores personal and ethnographic insights on working through this thorny legend in textual and visual form, and a workshop hosted at Limmud! journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ethnoscripts...

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Reflections on Translating, Curating, and Collaging the Wandering Jew | Ethnoscripts

Reflections on Translating, Curating, and Collaging the Wandering Jew

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

📜 Our 2025 bulletin is live! Read a message from our incoming president @bengidley.bsky.social, a report from this year's conference, details of our book prize, the CFP for our 2026 conference @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, reports from institutions & more ➡️ bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/u...

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Our first event of the academic year is taking place in one week! Join us for a talk from Simone Gigliotti (@rhulholocaustri.bsky.social) 📅 Tuesday 28 October, 6pm GMT 📍Avenue Campus & online via Zoom 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-close-ye...

Poster for Simone Gigliotti's talk "A Close yet Distant Suffering: Tracing the Holocaust Survivor Diaspora in New Zealand" taking place at 6 pm on Tuesday 28 October on Avenue Campus and Online. Logos of the University of Southampton and of the Parkes Institute

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Extended deadline til 10th September! >>>

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Now the contract is signed, my postdoc project 'Figuring the Wandering Jew: Jewish Artists and the Redrawing of Europe' with Elisabeth Becker-Topkara at the Max Weber Institute for Sociology @uniheidelberg.bsky.social begins! I'll be in Berlin for the next month then based at the Winchester Gallery

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Deadline next week for extremely subsidised places at Limmud this December, along with bespoke training on presenting for public audiences and opportunities for peer-led mentoring! All Jewish studies PGRs and ECRs (within 5 years of submitting, w/o permanent academic positions) invited to apply ➡️

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Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

#CfP | EAJS invites propasals for the EAJS Virtual 2025: Translating Maimonides in late autumn | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #JewishStudies #Translation #workshops #Maimonides Deadline for abstracts: September 18, 2025

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📜 Catching up … Having successfully passed my Viva in May, defending my doctoral thesis 'Vladimir Nabokov's Jewish Muse' examined by Leonid Livak (Toronto) and James Jordan (Southampton), supervised by Devorah Baum & @clairelefoll.bsky.social, I graduated yesterday! @parkesinstitute.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🎊 Calling all current PGRs and ECRs - be a part of Limmud Festival’s PhD engagement programme, created to build a cohort of emerging academics in the field of Jewish studies across the UK. Apply below by 15th August for a place at 90% discount, and please do share in your networks! lnkd.in/eVtmrHsu

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

📣 CFP for our EAJS Virtual 'Translating Maimonides' on 7th December 2025. We invite cross-disciplinary papers related to linguistics, intercommunal/interreligious dialogue, archives and material heritage, Sephardi identities, creative engagement & more… Abstracts due 18th September lnkd.in/ey3fie6c

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The Wandering Jew takes Scotland! Exhibition on display at #BIAJS2025 @biajs.bsky.social for all attending… @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @jewishhistorical.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🕯️

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Today at 6pm - view our newly digitised Wandering Jew exhibition and hear from Lisa Lampert-Weissig about Heinrich Heine’s interest in the legend >>

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A whirlwind fortnight: exhibition launch with David Rudrum @holocaustnorth.bsky.social, Maimonides workshops in Manchester & Marseille & an afternoon discussing Jewish heritage beyond the UK @mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social with @samsamev.bsky.social @clairelefoll.bsky.social @jaydprosser.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Very excited to reveal the online version of my Wandering Jew travelling exhibition, with the amazing digital help of @katiepower.bsky.social, alongside a talk from Lisa whose research was so formative for my own project and curation. Do come!

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Our final event of the year is a double bill with @llampertweissig.bsky.social talking about her recent 'Instrument of Memory: Encounters with the Wandering Jew' & @anoushka-ar.bsky.social launching her digital travelling exhibition 🎟️ May 27th 6pm, online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrument...

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Tomorrow - with my former prof and external examiner (post viva!) - will be excellent >>

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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Who is the Wandering Jew, and why does this figure still resonate today? Join us at Holocaust Centre North on May 12th from 5pm for the launch of The Wandering Jew, a travelling exhibition exploring the enduring legacy and reinterpretations of this elusive symbol. Tickets here: bit.ly/4iuEM8M

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The Wandering Jew is going up north! The travelling exhibition will be on display at HCN 12th May - 30th June, launched with a conversation on the Holocaust context of the legend and origins of 'Der ewige Jude' @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social

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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We’re delighted to have played a key role in a major new report into the value and importance of visual arts. The ‘Framing the Future’ report sets out recommendations to the government on investment to safeguard art for the future. Read more 👉 tr.ee/Bdqnp0

Professor Jane Falkingham speaking at the launch event for the report. Stood in front of microphone and wooden stand. White/cream curtain behind her.

Group photo outside in London with key London landmarks behind, including parliament and London Eye. From left: Woodrow Kernohan, Jack Lewis, Louise Siddons, Joseph Owen, Pascal Matthias, Anoushka Alexander-Rose.

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John Hansard Gallery @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Framing the Future: The Political Case for Strengthening the Visual Arts Ecosystem 🚀 Launching today at House of Commons and backed by the APPG Visual Arts & Artists, the report sets out a plan for the government to unlock the potential of the UK’s visual arts sector. >>> cvan.art/work-campaig...

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Join us next week for the talk 'Writing Jerusalem, Erasing Jerusalem: on Arabic and Hebrew texts in the streets of modern Jerusalem' by Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social 📅 Tuesday 29 April, 6pm (GMT) 📍 Avenue Campus (Southampton) & online Register now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-je...

A promotional poster for a University of Southampton event titled “Writing Jerusalem, Erasing Jerusalem: A talk with Yair Wallach.” The background shows a photograph of a conflict-damaged urban area with rubble, graffiti-covered walls, and buildings in disrepair. Event details read: “Tuesday 29 April | 6 PM | Avenue Campus & Online.” Logos for the University of Southampton and the Parkes Institute appear in the bottom corners.

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Wandering Jew goes digital 🌎 Sign up to a double bill — a talk from @llampertweissig.bsky.social on her monograph 'Instrument of Memory' and the launch of the online Wandering Jew exhibition — in our forthcoming @parkesinstitute.bsky.social webinar on 27th May at 6pm, register below!

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‘Instrument of Memory: Encounters with the Wandering Jew’

Talk and Digital Exhibition Launch with Lisa Lampert-Weissig and Anoushka Alexander-Rose

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

🗺️ The Wandering Jew comes to @biajs.bsky.social! Our panel with Richard Cohen @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social and @llampertweissig.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social rethinks the legend across formal and literal borders, and my travelling exhibition will be on display throughout #BIAJS2025

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Excited to be part of this panel! I’ll be talking about the emotional and colonial perspectives of water as both balm and punishment for the Wandering Jew, situating him in wider contexts of forced movement, and literary legacies of power, suffering & yearning #BIAJS2025

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Last week I submitted my PhD thesis 'Vladimir Nabokov's Jewish Muse!' - hugely privileged to be supervised by Professors Devorah Baum and @clairelefoll.bsky.social and to have the wonderful @parkesinstitute.bsky.social as my academic home! Thanks to many others who supported along the way… 🦋

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A timely, stimulating and lively Parkes Lecture: @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social in conversation with Devorah Baum and Jonathan Leader on Hannah Arendt, love, disobedience, justice, judgement and more. Thanks to all for joining us, and VP Pascal Matthias for such sensitive chairing.

Pascal (left) standing, and Devorah, Lyndsey and Jonathan seated

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Final (bittersweet? exhilarating?) visit to the BL today to check some references before I submit on Friday! Through 4 hour monitored slots during lockdown, a cyber attack, and getting to first name basis with many an Origin coffee barista, this place has been a rather important part of my PhD…

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Come along for this discussion of Lyndsey Stonebridge's new book 'We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience' (truly timely!)

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We're very pleased to announce that Anoushka Alexander-Rose's (@anoushka-ar.bsky.social) exhibition will stay with us at the GHIL for a while longer! It reframes the Wandering Jew from its origins in medieval Christian myth and presents how the legend has evolved across time and cultures. 👇

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

On Monday, we hosted Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day on behalf of @unisouthampton.bsky.social and the city. We were honoured to have Janine Webber BEM, a survivor of the Lvov ghetto, give her testimony in conversation with doctoral researcher and Parkes Outreach fellow, @anoushka-ar.bsky.social.

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

A privilege to get to know Janine and facilitate her testimony this evening, a story which so acutely overlaps with the gaps in my family’s past, and which offers a new perspective on what it means to be a “survivor” — listen to our YouTube recording of tonight’s event! #HMD2025

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Some thoughts on unknown stories, names and renaming, and a duty to remember, inspired by @philippesands.bsky.social and Diana Matar (who I heard speak about the words and photographs of City of Lions last year at Jewish Book), ahead of tonight’s #HMD2025 with Janine

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Was very fun to play librarian! Check out some reading list highlights from the @ghilondon.bsky.social collection (with some more on display in person) ahead of next week's launch event 📚

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