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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🎥 Now online: in April, @samsamev.bsky.social joined Karima Dirèche, Cléo Cohen, Zoé Cottin (@pressepapiers.bsky.social) and @yorammelloul.bsky.social for a roundtable on Jews and Muslims in postcolonial Marseille. ▶️ Watch (in French with English subtitles): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkuS...

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Juif·ves et musulman·es dans le Marseille post-colonial

YouTube video by Musées de Marseille

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🍵 Our PhD and a Cup of Tea doctoral seminar programme continues this term! This events series is designed for early-career researchers and PhD candidates to present their research on topics in Holocaust studies for feedback from other researchers Find out more buff.ly/XBQ9hgY

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PhD and a Cup of Tea

The PhD and a Cup of Tea doctoral seminar series is designed for early-career researchers and PhD candidates to present their research on topics in Holocaust studies for feedback from other researchers.

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Our 2024–25 Annual Review is now available. Read about recent activities of the Parkes Institute, from research & partnerships to public engagement, events & activities across our community. Cover Image: David Hochhauser, ‘Flight’, linocut on paper (2024). www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/...

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BISA at Birkbeck @bisa-bkk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In case you missed it, 'The Battle of Cable Street ninety years on: the struggle against fascism and antisemitism, then and now’ is now available to watch online: youtu.be/lmY1djZ188U

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The Battle of Cable Street ninety years on

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Call for papers for a panel 'Material Culture and the Centre/Periphery Model' led by @evafrojmovic0.bsky.social at our BIAJS 2027, see details below! Deadline for abstracts is 24 November; limited PGR/ECR bursaries available; inviting contributions on art, museums, heritage, architecture & more…

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Parkes PGR @toby-kunin.bsky.social, supervised by Tony Kushner, Sami Everett and Noëmie Duhaut, speaks at @gsrl.bsky.social on the emergence of an international Romani politics in post-Shoah France 🗓 14 Oct, 3pm CEST/2pm BST 📍 Campus Condorcet & Zoom 💻 Zoom link: nadia.malinovich@ephe.sorbonne.fr

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference: 28-30 June 2027 at University of Leeds 📣 Call for Proposals on “Rethinking Pluralism and Peripheries in Jewish Studies”, deadline 1 December More info: biajs.co.uk/2026/09/09/c...

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

📕 🏆 Call for submissions: the 2027 BIAJS Book Prize! Inviting applications from books in any area of academic Jewish Studies related to early modern through contemporary period across all disciplines (Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts and Law). EOI deadline is 15 Jan: biajs.co.uk/2026/10/06/c...

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Call open for Book Prize 2027

Call for Submissions: 2027 Book Prize We are pleased to announce that the BIAJS book prize is now accepting submissions of interest for 2027, in the category of early modern through contempo…

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Next Tuesday, 13 Oct, 6pm: the annual Howard Rein Lecture. Dr Jane Brooks (@manchester.ac.uk) on the refugee women who fled Nazi Europe and became nurses in Britain, despite hospital resistance and antisemitism. Avenue Campus & Zoom. Register 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jewish-ref...

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Jewish refugees and the British nursing profession

Join us for the annual Howard Rein Lecture, this year given by Dr Jane Brooks.

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What can a songbook tell us about life in a Nazi slave labour camp? Our latest exhibition reveals the story of the Nazis' brutal slave labour system through unique items from our archive, including this rare illustrated pamphlet.

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Gathering the Voices @gatheringthevoices.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our new digital game is up . Thankyou Glasgow Caledonian University BSc (Hons) Games Development students! #gamesdevelopment #glasgowcaledonianuniversity

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The Cockney Yiddish Podcast @cockneyyiddish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today is the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. Hear about this and more on the CYP’s brilliant ‘Protest & Politics’ episode open.spotify.com/episode/5Xib... @thegentleauthor.bsky.social @london.gov.uk @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @clivesg.bsky.social

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Deadline now extended to this Sunday 11 October! Find out more and apply via @ehri-uk.bsky.social www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...

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EHRI-UK Fellowships | EHRI-UK

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happening this week! An online lecture by the winner of this year's Ernst Fraenkel prize will take place this Thursday evening. Book your place now: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/virtua...

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1956 seen through the eyes of an exile: free screening of Robert Vas's My Homeland (BBC, 1976) at the Liszt Institute London, 3 Nov, 6.30pm. Parkes Director James Jordan joins the panel with poet György Gömöri. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hungar...

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The Hungarian Uprising 1956 - Seen Through the Eyes of an Exile

Robert Vas: My Homeland - Film screening and panel discussion

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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hopped over to Oxford for a day of the 500 Years of Yiddish Printing: Symposium. Congrats to PhD student Giovanna Truong for putting together a rich program of talks and an Early Modern Yiddish song workshop with Diana Matut. @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social medieval.ox.ac.uk/500-years-of...

Rachelle Grossman presenting on “Yiddish Printing in Postwar Poland”

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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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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

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

And a panel discussion on 6th October: 'The Battle of Cable Street ninety years on: the struggle against fascism and antisemitism, then and now' 6.30-8pm, with: Nadia Valman @qmul.bsky.social Liam Liburd @durhamhistory.bsky.social Joseph Finlay @bisa-bkk.bsky.social bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/the-ba...

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Before then: a seminar on 'Soviet anti-Zionism: history and legacy' with Anna Shternshis from University of Toronto, 21st October 1-2pm, online! bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/soviet...

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Soviet anti-Zionism: history and legacy | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism

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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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