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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 29/09/2026
A 3-day EHRI seminar is taking place now at the beautiful former synagogue St. Pölten in Austria, organised by @ehri-de.bsky.social and EHRI-AT members. The keynote is by Rachel Pistol of @ehri-uk.bsky.social. A truly trans-national event! A report will follow. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-seminar...
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Moadim L'simchah 🎉 During Sukkot, we're revisiting some of our favourite Collections Encounters. Next up is the Liverpool Record Office at Liverpool Libraries and Information Services. Read the blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect... #Archives #Liverpool #JewishHistory
A quote saying “It was the first Jewish community in the north, and it dates back to the 1740s so there’s material stretching all the way back to that time, there’s so much here”A person among shelves full of boxes holding a poster of prices for Kosher meat.
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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On 5 October, the Wiener Holocaust Library hosts a book talk with Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer on their new book, Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust. 5 October, 3:00–4:30pm. Details here: lbilondon.ac.uk/events/book-love-loss
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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.jhse.org/event-detail... Jews in the Welsh Imagination Mon 2 Nov 6pm Zoom JHSE President Prof Gavin Schaffer talks to Dr Nathan Abrams about his recent book, asking how Wales has imagined Jews, Judaism and Israel-Palestine from medieval times to the present. £5 - JHSE members free Book now ⬇️
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Jews in the Welsh Imagination: Medieval Times to the Present | JHSE
President's conversation and lecture series
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ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Applications are now open for the OSRJL Jewish Music Class for Michaelmas Term 2026! This term will focus on Yiddish Song Cultures, from the 1300s to the 21st Century! For more information, visit the following webpage: www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla... #music #MusicHistory #oxford
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📣 Save the date! The 7th Alfred Wiener Memorial Lecture will be delivered by esteemed historian Professor Zoë Waxman Her talk, Material Witness: Understanding the Objects of Auschwitz, will explore how analysis of these remains can offer new insights into the Holocaust buff.ly/xZtKmwR
Pile of eyeglasses from Auschwitz as the background for a poster announcing the Seventh Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture, "Material Witness: Understanding the Objects of Auschwitz" by Professor Zoë Waxman, hosted by The Wiener Holocaust Library and Gresham College.
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
omorrow! Our 26/27 seminar series opens with @brunssen.bsky.social on 'The Making of "Jew Clubs": Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures'. 📅 Tues 29 September, 6pm BST 📍 Online via Zoom 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performing...
Dr Pavel Brunssen, smiling, in a navy shirt with arms crossed, leaning against a pillar.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Moadim L'simchah 🎉 With Sukkot still being celebrated, we're revisiting some of our favourite Collection Encounters. First up is Dock Worker IDs to the Battle of Cable Street with @tharchives.bsky.social Read the full blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect...
A quote saying "The Jewish story of the area is just embedded into our collection here"A London Dock workers' identity card with a picture of a man with a mustache attached.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Chag Sukkot Sameach 🎉 Sukkot begins at sunset tonight. This photograph from @jewishmuseumldn.bsky.social shows children at the Jewish orphanage at Norwood, seated at the table in their sukkah around 1955-58. Read more about the orphanage here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/stories/sukk... #Sukkot
A group of children sat around a table with two adults all raising a glass.
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📢 Our Semester 1 lecture & seminar programme is here! Talks this term cover football fandom and antisemitism, Jewish refugee nurses in Britain, Jewish-Black anti-racist activism, and more. All hybrid and open to everyone. Full programme & booking on our Eventbrite 👇 www.eventbrite.ie/o/the-parkes...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join us on 5 October for a book talk about a new work, Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust The evening will include a book talk by co-authors Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer followed by a reception with an opportunity for book signing @rutgersupress.bsky.social buff.ly/DuxIEv4
Book cover for Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust by Charlie Scheidt with Kat Rohrer, showing a vintage black-and-white photo of a smiling young boy on an older man's shoulders, evoking family, memory, and generational legacy.
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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry is now inviting submissions for its 2028 Year Book Essay Prize. Full rules and details on how to enter are available on the LBI website: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications... Closing date 1 March 2027
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📍 Exhibition Open Day! 📅 Sunday 11 October 🎟 Free guided tour - booking now open Join us for a weekend opening of our exhibition gallery, offering an exclusive chance to see this exhibition outside of our usual hours buff.ly/oJ2VlXD
Poster for The Wiener Holocaust Library exhibition "Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators & Victims" (free, 20 May–30 Oct 2026) alongside a black-and-white portrait of a wounded man wearing a head bandage and round glasses, touching his chin.
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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yom Kippur was observed last Sunday and Monday, so we share the cover of a Yom Kippur sermon given by Rabbi Raymond Apple in 1972, from the archives of Rabbi Abraham Levy buff.ly/AlW9WER @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @cjewishhistory.bsky.social
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Register now for the first talk of our 26/27 seminar series, @brunssen.bsky.social on 'The Making of “Jew Clubs”: Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures'. 📅 29 September, 6pm 📍 Online via Zoom 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performing...
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Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football & Fan Cultures
Join us for an online talk from Dr Pavel Brunssen on 'The Making of "Jews Clubs"'.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
G’mar Chatima Tova 🔯 At sundown on Sunday, Jewish communities begin marking Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. This painting, titled 'In the Synagogue' is by Alfred Wolmark, is in the collections at Ben Uri Gallery & Museum. #YomKippur #JewishArt #HighFestivals
A painting of a man wearing a tallit crouched in a synagogue.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📣 Coming soon! In 1894 in Paris, Alfred Dreyfus was arrested and falsely accused of treason. As the only Jewish captain in the French Army, antisemitism underlay his conviction for selling military secrets to Germany...
Exhibition poster showing a mustached late‑19th‑century French officer in uniform with a monocle against a newspaper background and the headline "J'Accuse!", promoting "Press, Polemic and the Dreyfus Affair" (5 Nov 2026–26 Feb 2027) at The Wiener Holocaust Library.
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Incredible semester of events from @parkesinstitute.bsky.social as usual - don’t miss out!
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A wonderful report of highlights from this year’s BIAJS - and you can submit proposals for 2027 now! See the full cfp in our pinned post - next year in Leeds 🤩
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Join us on Sunday 11 October for a weekend opening of our exhibition, offering an exclusive chance to see this display outside of our usual hours. The curators will also be offering a guided tour of the display, including insights into their research and curatorial decisions... buff.ly/kxOxPHW
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Exhibition Open Day – Weekend access and guided tour of Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators & Victims
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 16/09/2026
EHRI-UK | 📢Are you based at an institution in the UK and would like to carry out Holocaust-related research at an archive or institution also in the UK? Then apply for the 2026-27 @ehri-uk.bsky.social National Research Fellowships! Now open!➡️ www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-uk-nati...
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EHRI-UK National Research Fellowship Programme 2026-2027
Alert: these are the EHRI-UK fellowships, not to be confused with the EHRI-ERIC Conny Kristel Fellowships. EHRI-UK is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026-27 EHRI-UK National Research Fellowship...
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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just over a week to go until our next LBI Film Club screening. From 24 to 30 September, we're streaming Outsider. Freud (Yair Qedar, 2025) free online. Details here: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-...
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Liminal Waterway Countercultures @liminalwater.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sami Everett @samsamev.bsky.social will present his work in progress at our next lunchtime webinar on 2 October. Watch this space for joining details! @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @telemme.bsky.social
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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to invite you to another free online screening from our LBI Film Club, starting Thursday 24 September 2026. Find out more: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/film-... #GermanStudies #JewishStudies #GermanHistory #JewishHistory #LBILondon #SigmundFreud
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A great series of events coming up from @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, including: 'German, Jewish, British? Histories of Exile and Emigration' by Jan Rüger @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, 4th November 6.30-8pm in person, register here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/german...
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German, Jewish, British? Histories of Exile and Emigration | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This 18th-century shofar is from @jewishmuseumldn.bsky.social. The engraving reads “Blow the horn on the new moon, at the beginning of the month for our day of festival; or it is a statute for Israel, a decree of the God of Jacob” 📷 Engraved Shofar • Jewish Museum London
A shofar horn with intricate engraving including Hebrew.
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BISA at Birkbeck @bisa-bkk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join us on 6 Oct for a panel discussion on ‘The Battle of Cable Street ninety years on: the struggle against fascism and antisemitism, then and now’ with Nadia Valman, Liam Liburd (@liamliburd.bsky.social) and Joseph Finlay (@josephfinlay.bsky.social). Book here: bit.ly/4xoQuJC
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🚨CFP: BIAJS Annual Conference at @universityofleeds.bsky.social, 28-30 June 2027 Submit proposals on the theme "Rethinking Pluralism and Peripheries in Jewish Studies” by 1 December! biajs.co.uk/2026/09/09/c...
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CfP for BIAJS Annual Conference 2027, ‘Rethinking Pluralism and Peripheries in Jewish Studies’
British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference Call for Proposals Conference Theme: “Rethinking Pluralism and Peripheries in Jewish Studies” Dates: 28th to 30th June, 2027 Venue…
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Most read in the Journal of Jewish Studies: 'The exegetical function of the Qurʾān in the Christian-Arabic Pentateuch' by Tareq Moqbel . Explores the Qurʾān’s potential to interpret the Bible and as a resource for Judaism and Christianity: bit.ly/JJS-Moqbel @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social
Graphic for The Journal of Jewish Studies: White text on a dark grey background reads 'The leading forum in the world for new research in Jewish history, literature, and culture from biblical times to the present day'. Journal of Jewish Studies cover sits to the right, the cover is also dark grey with white overlaid text for the journal's title, 'of' is in a contrasting golden yellow. Journal of Jewish Studies logo also in a golden yellow colour sits in the bottom right. Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies logo and the Liverpool University Press logo sit in the bottom left corner. Background features a handwritten Hebrew script.
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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Polish Jewish Refugee Fund provided relief for people seeking refuge in Great Britain from the 1938. Some cases are supported by additional correspondence such as Stanislaw Krol's. He ran a Paints & Varnishes factory and was discharged from the Polish Army on health grounds @biajs.bsky.social
Polish Jewish Refugee Fund registration form stamped 19 Jan 1945, typed questionnaire filled in blue ink listing "Krol S.", born Warsaw 13.6.1910, address 3 Alma Terrace, West Newport near Dundee, arrival 12.8.1940, occupation manager of a paints & varnishes factory, with signature.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Join our Collections Team as a part-time Digitisation Officer! The job is now live on @araukie.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️
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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
www.jhse.org/event-detail... 🌟LAUNCH event🌟 JHSE Oral History Archive 22 Sept 5-6pm Wiener Holocaust Library 29 Russell Sq WC1B Hybrid event Oral historians Alan Dein and Madeline White discuss recorded interviews and stories from JHSE members, associates & a new generation of friends To book ⬇️
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Hybrid Event; Launch of the JHSE Oral History Archive by Alan Dein and Madeline White | JHSE
Hybrid Event - join in person or online
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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) invites applications for its fellowships for the academic year 2027/28. @biajs.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social vwi.ac.at/news/news-de...
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Call for Fellowships 2027/28 - Vienna Wiesenthal Institute
Das Vienna Wiesenthal Institute (VWI) gibt die Ausschreibung seiner Fellowships für das Studienjahr 2027/2028 bekannt.
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Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre @sjhcscotland.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📣Free Evening CPD Event for Primary and Secondary Teachers 📍16th September, 5.30pm - 7pm Attendees will tour the Synagogue and find out in detail about our learning resources covering Judaism, the WW2 period and Migration & Empire. Refreshments will be provided 🎟Book your tickets - see 🔗 in bio
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A job with @wienerlibrary.bsky.social !
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Our latest exhibition is accompanied by a series of free evening events in which experts will elucidate some of the display's key themes. Attendees will also have the chance of an after-hours view of the exhibition. The next event is 2 September, find out more and book: buff.ly/cEY7r5j
Poster for "Echoes from Auschwitz: Jewish child forced labourers and the Holocaust" featuring a black-and-white photo of railway tracks leading to the Auschwitz camp entrance; event 2 September, 6:30–8pm, free tickets.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On 27th August 1889, the Great Tailor’s Strike began. This balance sheet comes from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and shows contributions and expenses for the strike fund. Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/gr... #Archives #WorkingClassHistory #JewishHistory
A balance sheet showing the income and expenditure of the Great Strike of East London Tailors.
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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lovely write up of London's first Zumerfest in @jewishchron.bsky.social. Great to see this grassroots Yiddish culture festival getting good press. www.thejc.com/community/or...
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Organisers schep naches from success of first Yiddish festival in the suburb - The Jewish Chronicle
ZumerFest UK was the brainchild of Norrice Lea member Martin Kaye
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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Looking forward to teaching Yiddish dance and leading some dancing at a jam session on Sunday at the JMI Yiddish Culture Weekend. @uclhjs.bsky.social
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In case you missed this piece from our President Ex-Officio, reflections from the Regents Canal… 🛶
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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📣 We’re hiring! Join us in helping to ensure the sustainability of Holocaust memory in the digital age. Find out more and apply: www.digitalmemorylab.com/we-are-hirin...
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We Are Hiring! Communications and Events Officer Needed.
Communications and Events Officer Ref: 43652 (Fixed Term) Apply for this job Location Brighton, UK Hours Full time, 36.5 hours per week Requests for flexible working options will be considered (s...
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Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership @hgrporg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A new publication has just been released from editors Dan Stone and Johannes-Dieter Steinert with a chapter from Christine Schmidt @wienerlibrary.bsky.social, titled 'Refugees, Survivors, Archives: The Wiener Library in 1960's Britain' Learn more here: bit.ly/4zEN7QU @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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JHSE New Generation Group @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Only a few more days left to apply to join our team!
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University of Southampton History Department @historyatsoton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Come to Arundells, Salisbury, on 1 September for a lecture by our colleague Prof. Neil Gregor: “The Nazi Party Rally Grounds – Past, Present, Future.” arundells.org/events/the-n...
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The Nazi Party Rally Grounds - Past, Present, Future - Arundells
In 1936 Edward Heath was among the many visitors to the Nuremberg Rally Grounds, the vast architectural stage for the annual Nazi Party rallies and one of the most potent symbols of the regime’s power. After 1945 the site’s monumental remains posed a pressing question: what should be done with the physical remnants of dictatorship?
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Last chance to sign up for tickets for Thursday's event! Book now: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/book-t...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📣Last chance to apply! An EHRI Transnational Workshop is taking this December at the Library. The call for applications for the workshop - Documentation as Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks - closes on 24 August buff.ly/zUyE7d6
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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Zumerfest, London’s new grassroots Yiddish culture festival, is off to a great start! Looking forward to teaching two interdisciplinary workshops based on my literature and dance research and leading some dancing at tomorrow’s ball! @uclhjs.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social
Poster for Zumerfest: The London Summer Yiddish Festival, 17th-21st August 2026, East Finchley
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Next week! Jewish Music Institute is hosting a 'Yiddish Culture Weekend' 28-31 August at @soasuni.bsky.social @lbilondon.bsky.social - a series of workshops, talks, screenings, participatory sessions and performances celebrating Yiddish language & culture Register here: jmi.org.uk/news/yiddish...
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
CFP: Historical and Theoretical Approaches to Mobility, Migration and Citizenship: An ECR Round Table, 1 December 2026 at @sas-news.bsky.social, organised by M. C. Loureiro at @leicesterlawschool.bsky.social Deadline for abstracts: 10 September
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