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We research, teach and raise awareness of relations between Jews and non-Jews, from antiquity to the present day. Based at @unisouthampton.bsky.social

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 19h
🎥 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
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 23h
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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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Patterns of Prejudice (@pop-jrnl.bsky.social), one of our three journals, turns 60 this year! The symposium "Entangled Others" marks the occasion at @humboldtuni.bsky.social on 16-17 October, with Parkes colleagues Tony Kushner, Joachim Schlör and @anoushka-ar.bsky.social among the speakers.
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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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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Congratulations to our Regional Placement student Lucy Marx on her recent @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social blog exploring the letters of Gerhard and Fritz Kaufmann. tinyurl.com/mryrwjuf Our thanks to Karen Robson and her team for supporting the placement scheme and welcoming Lucy into the archive!
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
⏲️ 🔊 We are extending the call for applications to the 2026-27 EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships until Sunday 11 October (23:59 UK time)! ⏳ Visit our website for more details www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell... Our thanks if you can share this post within your research networks. #HolocaustResearch
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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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Noëmie Duhaut @duhaut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
⏰ Last call: CfP closes Friday 9 Oct!
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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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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lucy Marx shares her reflections on her time as on the @EHRI placement at Southampton this summer working on letters of German Jewish internees during the Second World War. @Parkes @exploreyourarchive
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User Perspectives: Lucy Marx on the Letters of Gerhard and Fritz Kaufmann
“All’s well that ends well” – Gerhard Kaufmann, during internment on the Isle of Man, in letters to his parents, Fritz and Elizabeth Kaufmann. Over the summer, I was fortunate to work on a project creating enhanced catalogue descriptions for part of the collection of Gerhard Kaufmann (born 27th July 1900, in Mannheim), a German Jewish refugee interned on the Isle of Man from late-June or early-July 1940 to 4th June 1941, who would later go on to work as a translator at the Nuremberg Trials.
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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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https://archives.soton.ac.uk/records/MS441/A4296/1/5
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
⏳You still have until 2 October to apply for a EHRI-UK National Research Fellowship! 📢 Find out more and apply here www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
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EHRI-UK Fellowships | EHRI-UK
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Liminal Waterway Countercultures @liminalwater.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Join us online next Friday to hear about Sami’s research. 1 pm FR/AT/HR, 12 noon UK/PT. liminalwater.uni-graz.at/en/events/li...
LIMINALWATER WEBINARS
Liminal Judeoarabic Cultures in Belsunce, Marseille
Samuel Sami Everett
University of Southampton
2nd October | 13h CET
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Listen to our Director, Dr Rachel Pistol, talk to BBC's The History Hour about acts of resistance across Europe during the Second World War, including the work of Emanuel Ringelblum & the Oyneg Shabes Archive which preserved witness testimony in the Warsaw Ghetto. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct99lq
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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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Noëmie Duhaut @duhaut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Three weeks left to apply!
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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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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2026-27 EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships! ⏳ Applications close on 2 October 2026. Further information, including details on how to apply, are available here www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell.... Please share widely within your research networks.
Graphic reads EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships 2026-2027 are now open
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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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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So much poignant information is conveyed in a just few lines of typescript. The files don't give further details on how Eliasz's story ended so we don't know if he was reunited with his wife. Gain an overview of this fascinating collection online buff.ly/i8yxu5q @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
Wartime personnel record describing a Polish-born man who joined the underground, was captured by the Germans, worked at Stalag 4B as a dental mechanic, later liberated by the Russians, married but lost contact with his wife, and wishing to leave the army to resume his profession.Polish Jewish Refugee Fund registration form dated 11/7/45, with handwritten entries: name "Grynspan", born Warsaw 11/4/1903; address in Hendon, London; date of arrival 20/5/45 from "Stalag 4B (Germany)"; applicant's signature at the bottom.
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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Work to upgrade the list and packaging for the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund is unearthing some interesting qualifications. Benin Rozentraub (Ben Ross), a brewer born in Kalisz, had studied at the "Institute of Fermentation", Brussels. He was granted naturalization in 1949 @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
Polish Jewish Refugee Fund application form with typed questions and dotted answer lines, partially completed in blue ink showing a handwritten birthplace and address, a date and case number in the top right, and an applicant signature near the bottom.
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Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The new permanent exhibition at the Nuremberg Rally Grounds is officially opened in the autumn - on 1st September I shall be presenting some thoughts at Arundells Museum, Salisbury. 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...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We are very pleased to announce that new collections descriptions for Holocaust-related material at @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social have been added to the @ehri-project.eu portal by our partners at The National Archives! Explore the new listings here: portal.ehri-project.eu/institutions...
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Shout out to our own @drpistol.bsky.social @ehri-uk.bsky.social, who teamed up with @britishlibrary.bsky.social last year on an essay and two videos on twentieth-century migration to Britain. Great to see these, plus their other teaching resources, now freely available at padlet.com/discovering_...
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Migration to Britain, 1900-1980: teaching resources
Explore these resources to learn more about migration to Britain from 1900 to 1980, including collection items, expert articles, a short animation and timeline. Some of these resources include content...
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Noëmie Duhaut @duhaut.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'm on the organising committee for the 2027 Jewish Law Association conference! 📢 CfP: Inside/Outside: Jews, Law, and Jewish Law 📍 Vienna 🗓️ 19–21 July 2027 Proposals welcome on Jewish law's boundaries & entanglements – pluralism, limits of law, universality/exclusivity. tinyurl.com/JLAIntl2027
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JLA Int'l 2027, Vienna Juridicum — Jewish Law Association
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Our Summer 2026 Newsletter is live! Inside: new research, EHRI-UK updates, reflections from our Visiting Fellow, details about recent events, and much more. View here: sway.cloud.microsoft/Wm9jPo9atisY...
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Spring/Summer 2026
Welcome to the Parkes Institute newsletter.
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The Muddy Frogs have crossed the finish line of the Southampton Pretty Muddy 5k Race for Life! Somewhat light on mud this year, but @clairelefoll.bsky.social and @duhaut.bsky.social raised just over £600 for @cancerresearchuk.org. Thank you so much to everyone who donated! Photos by Špela Močnik
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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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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Tomorrow is the day! Parkes Institute members @clairelefoll.bsky.social & @duhaut.bsky.social — aka the Muddy Frogs — are taking on the Southampton Pretty Muddy 5k Race for Life. If you haven't donated yet to support cancer research, there's still time! fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/the-mud...
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The Muddy Frogs
Cancer is happening right now, which is why I'm taking part in a Race for Life to raise money and save lives. 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you don...
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This Wednesday, join Parkes Institute Honorary Fellow Bryan Cheyette in conversation with Becky Taylor on the displacement of Gypsy communities, with a focus on Janina Bauman's pioneering work on this subject. 🔗 More info and registration: baumaninstitute.leeds.ac.uk/events/how-d...
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How do you displace a Gypsy? Bauman Memorial Conversation 2 | The Bauman Institute
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Just two days to go! Join Parkes alumnus @josephfinlay.bsky.social for the launch of his new book on the history of @hiasjcore.bsky.social 🗓️17 June, 7 pm, in person or online 📍 @jw3london.bsky.social 🔗 hiasjcore.org/events/celebrate-jcores-50th-anniversary-not-only-ourselves/
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Celebrate JCORE’s 50th anniversary at ‘Not Only for Ourselves’  - HIAS+JCORE
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Joseph Finlay @josephfinlay.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Come to the launch event on June 17th (in person or online) for my book on the history of @hiasjcore.bsky.social for a discussion of racism and anti-racism over the past 50 years and in the present. With me, Edie Friedman, David Mason, Dawn Butler and Leroy Logan. www.jw3.org.uk/whats-on/not...
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Not Only for Ourselves: The Past, Present and Future of JCORE
To celebrate Refugee Week 2026, we're delighted to partner with HIAS+JCORE to launch ‘Not Only for Ourselves’, the history of JCORE. This fascinating book documents the evolution of the organisation a...
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Congratulations to the Belarusian-Jewish Cultural Heritage Center, including our very own Claire Le Foll as historical advisor, on the launch of Shtetl, a new cultural strategy board game inspired by Jewish small towns in Eastern Europe. 🔗 Pre-order: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sht...
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🏆 BIAJS PhD Studentship Call! 📜 To support the society and undertake an independent project promoting Jewish studies in the UK and Ireland £1,500 p/a for the duration of the PhD 📅 Deadline 22nd June, interviews during BIAJS 13-15 July or online bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/2026/06/09/b...
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BIAJS PhD Studentship Call
BIAJS PhD Studentship Call We invite applications for the BIAJS PhD studentship, which is now vacant. It is intended that interviews for the studentship will take place either online before or in p…
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Liminal Waterway Countercultures @liminalwater.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Our @samsamev.bsky.social ( @parkesinstitute.bsky.social ) is in Paris this week presenting on ‘“Jewish Maghreb" — Journeys of Return to North Africa’ at the workshop ‘Beyond Binaries: Recalling and Reclaiming Judeo-Arab Relational Worlds’ Read about Sami’s work here: www.imera.fr/en/publicati...
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The Jewish Maghreb - Iméra
The book "The Jewish Maghreb" by Samuel Sami Everett, Senior fellow 2023-2025, was published by Berghahn Books in April 2026.
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This week, we honour Professor Joachim Schlör with an international conference on Jewish History and Culture Beyond Borders, taking place 11–12 June 2026 in Graz. www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...
Conference poster for “Jewish History and Culture Beyond Borders”, featuring a black-and-white archival photo of children and adults beside event details for 11–12 June 2026 in Graz.
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
2026 marks 50 years since JCORE was founded and Parkes alumnus @josephfinlay.bsky.social has written the book to mark it. Join him and Lord Simon Woolley, Dawn Butler MP, Dr Edie Friedman, Rabbi David Mason at @jw3london.bsky.social on 17 June. Book here: hiasjcore.org/events/celeb...
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Celebrate JCORE’s 50th anniversary at ‘Not Only for Ourselves’  - HIAS+JCORE
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📣 Registration is now open for our 2026 conference, 'Space and Place in Jewish Studies'! 🗺️ 13 - 15th July at Birkbeck, @bengidley.bsky.social www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @jewishhistorical.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social
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British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026: Space and Place in Jewish Studies
British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Parkes Institute members @clairelefoll.bsky.social and @duhaut.bsky.social don't just chat in Yiddish — they also run in the mud for cancer research! On 20 June, their team the Muddy Frogs will be taking on the Southampton Pretty Muddy 5k 2026 – Race for Life.
Claire and Noemie during the Yiddish circle
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It is with much sadness that the Parkes Institute marks the death of Richard Harries (1936–2026), former Bishop of Oxford. Here, Professor Tony Kushner reflects on his life, his relationship with James Parkes, & his lasting connection to the Institute. www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...
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Obituary: The Right Rev Lord Harries of Pentregarth (1936-2026)
Obituary: The Right Rev Lord Harries of Pentregarth (1936-2026)
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Scouts from Sanok, Poland, recently took part in powerful living history workshops led by our own Janek Gryta, reconstructing the story of a WWII concentration camp — and are now preparing an exhibition to share what they found. For more on this initiative: 🔗 sanok.zhp.pl/warsztaty-historia-zywa/
Janek Gryta during the workshop with Polish Scouts
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📢 Undergrads researching the Holocaust — want to present at a conference? The BIAHS Postgraduate Conference has an undergraduate panel on 2 June at the University of Southampton. Ask your supervisor to nominate you by 18 May 👇 biahspg2026@gmail.com #HolocaustStudies #BIAHS2026
Flyer for the BIAHS Postgraduate Conference 2026 Undergraduate Panel. Headed by the BIAHS logo, it calls for undergraduate students in Holocaust studies to present a 10-minute paper at the University of Southampton on 2 June 2026. Nominations from a supervisor are due to biahspg2026@gmail.com by 18 May 2026. The flyer is co-branded with logos for the University of Southampton, the Parkes Institute, and BIAHS.
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Jewish history is closer than you think. 🗺️ Our PhD researcher Immy Tozer has created a digital map revealing Hampshire's hidden Jewish heritage — and the Daily Echo is talking about it. Check it out 👇https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26082900.digital-map-project-reveals-hampshires-jewish-heritage/
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UoS Engagement @uosengagement.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you could change one thing in Southampton, what would it be? 🏙️🤔 Join the Future Cities #UoSPCEHubs & special guests Claudia Murg & @tom-rushby.bsky.social to share your 💭 at our first #UoSPENLunch of 2026! 📆 Mon 18th May ⏲️ 12:00 - 13:30 🔗 FutureCitiesPEN2026.eventbrite.co.uk 🍽️ FREE LUNCH
A graphic with a lime green background and blue text. The text reads, Public Engagement Network (PEN) with Future Cities Hub Networking Lunch, Sir James Matthews Building 135, Room 1073, Monday 18th May 2026, 12pm to 1.30pm, Book your place and find out more, FutureCitiesPEN2026.eventbrite.co.uk, #UoSPENLunch, #UoSPCEHubs. Also shown are the University of Southampton logo and a photo of Southampton Guildhall Square with the text, photo credit Josette Crispin Photography.
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today at 6pm (BST), don't forget to register!
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Ashkenazi Medical professionals in the Arab Middle East
Rethinking the stories we know. Please join us for a talk with Yair Wallach for the Annual Howard Rein Memorial Lecture
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Today at 4pm BST!
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our next event is the annual Howard Rein Memorial Lecture. Join @yairwallach.bsky.social (@soasuni.bsky.social) for a talk on 'Ashkenazi Medical professionals in the Arab Middle East: Rethinking the stories we know'. 📍 Hybrid 📅 Tues 5 May, 6pm (BST) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ashkenazi-...
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Ashkenazi Medical professionals in the Arab Middle East
Rethinking the stories we know. Please join us for a talk with Yair Wallach for the Annual Howard Rein Memorial Lecture
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Interested in our MA Holocaust? Learn more about it during our webinar this coming Wednesday. Don't forget to register!
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Another day at the Parkes Institute, another meeting full of laughs and chaos
The start of an academic meeting at the University of Southampton
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Great to have @realbaddiel.bsky.social in conversation with Devorah Baum at this year’s @parkesinstitute.bsky.social Lecture. David discussed his bestselling memoir My Family, sharing reflections on grief, fame, Jewishness and cats. Thank you to everyone who joined us!
David Baddiel and Devorah Baum sit on red chairs with a small round table between them. David gestures animatedly, wearing a black denim shirt and glasses. Devorah smiles, holding papers, dressed in a blue dress and black boots. A book titled "My Family" is on the table.
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