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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies
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to nurture, cultivate and advance the teaching and research in Jewish culture and history in all its aspects within Higher Education in the British Isles

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 7d
Join us in London in July!

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#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck

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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS #BIAJS2026 Space and Place in Jewish Studies British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 Birkbeck, University of London | July 2026   “there is…
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The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Jewish studies grants are now open.

The Collaborative Fellowships in Jewish Heritage supports universities and heritage institutions to jointly recruit a PhD or postdoctoral fellow.

Find out more: rothschildfoundation.eu/grants-page/...

#Grants
Collaborative Fellowships in Jewish Heritage - Rothschild
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November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Our PhD and a Cup of Tea series is back!

For our next event in the series Ruthie Kaplan will discuss her research following the spatial conduct of Łódź’s Jewish middle—and upper-class in the interwar period.

Open for booking now:
PhD and a Cup of Tea - Spatial Research of Łódź's Jewish Middle and Upper-Class Before the Holocaust - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Part of our PhD and a Cup of Tea series of academic seminars. Ruthie Kaplan will discuss her research exploring the spatial conduct of Łódź's Jewish middle—and upper-class in the interwar period.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Pictured: David Nachmann, around 1934. He was allowed to return to Chemnitz from Poland to wrap up his affairs, but was then arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap

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November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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🚨 New faculty publication! 🚨

Ever wondered how the alphabet became what it is today? Part of the answer lies in Dr. Nathaniel E. Greene's new article (co-authored w/Prof. Jeremy M. Hutton, @uwmadison.bsky.social) investigating the origins of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician scripts.

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The Rise of “National” Scripts in the Iron Age II: A Proposal | Maarav: Vol 29, No 1-2
Northwest Semitic paleographic data has inspired a consensus that several “national” scripts had become well-established by the Iron IIB. Many treat these scripts as expressions of self-contained iden...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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A wonderful blog about our collections and display on Redbridge's Jewish stories by Dr Rachel Lichtenstein 👇
October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Join us in London for BIAJS!
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Languages and religious studies yet again on the list of courses axed in the UK higher education crisis. Solidarity to colleagues at @uonucu.bsky.social
onnigust.bsky.social Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 4d
This week, UoN announced course suspensions for all modern languages, music, theology & religious studies, biosciences, mental health nursing and more.

@uonucu.bsky.social fighting management tooth & nail to prevent this reckless, shortsighted stupidity.

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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
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November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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The next British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies conference (conveniently located near @uclhjs.bsky.social, @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and the British Library) might also be of interest to @jewishstudies.bsky.social members.
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Join us in London in July!

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#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck

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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS #BIAJS2026 Space and Place in Jewish Studies British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 Birkbeck, University of London | July 2026   “there is…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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THURSDAY
lbilondon.bsky.social Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 11d
Marking 70 years of the Leo Baeck Institute London, we are proud to launch the inaugural Eva Reichmann Memorial Lecture: Eva Reichmann – Witness, Historian, Legacy.

Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/reichmann

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November 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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8 December:
wienerlibrary.bsky.social The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 10d
Our PhD and a Cup of Tea series is back!

For our next event in the series Ruthie Kaplan will discuss her research following the spatial conduct of Łódź’s Jewish middle—and upper-class in the interwar period.

Open for booking now:
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November 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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This week, we are delighted to welcome Kelsey Akers to the SBC family as a PhD student. Her research examines clothing designed or made by Jewish Holocaust survivors in the post-war years, either in their material form, photographic representations, or oral descriptions
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Licoricia of Winchester: Power & Prejudice in Medieval England
Tue 18 Nov 19:30 NW London
Location tbd

Award-winning Oxford author Rebecca Abrams talks about her book ‘Licoricia of Winchester’ - a most successful female financier in medieval England

Book your place

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Licoricia of Winchester: Power & Prejudice in Medieval England | JHSE
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November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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CBRL invites applications for Workshop Grants! 📑
🔹 Deadline: Friday - 16 Jan 2026

For more details and to apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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This #MizrahiAwarenessMonth, we honour stories often left untold, the journeys of Jews from North Africa, like Raymond Dwek, who fled Egypt in 1957 & built a new life in Britain.

His story is one of courage, belonging & hope.
#CompassionNotCruelty🧡

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November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
More garbage from Grokipedia
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The eminent British historian Sir Richard Evans produced three expert witness reports for the libel trial involving the Holocaust denier David Irving, studied for a doctorate under the supervision of Theodore Zeldin, succeeded David Cannadine as Regius professor of history at Cambridge (a post endowed by Henry VIII) and supervised theses on Bismarck's social policy. That was some of what you could learn from Grokipedia, the Al-powered encyclopedia launched last week by the world's richest person, Elon Musk. The problem was, as Prof Evans discovered when he logged on to check his own entry, all these facts were false.
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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We are thrilled to host Dr Anna Hájková in conversation with Dr Christine Schmidt from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on 10 Dec about 'People with History are Dust'. The book explores same-sex desire in the Holocaust, telling the stories of queer Jews that have been long silenced.
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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The book is here! This morning the UPS delivered fresh off the press my second monograph, People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust, published by @uoftpress.bsky.social translated by @williamrossjones.bsky.social and with a foreword by @jennifervevans.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Thrilled with the evening event. @milleridriss.bsky.social was brilliant, we had 200+
folks, and there were tons of good, difficult questions about misogyny and hate and the far right extremist pipeline.
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Most read in the latest issue of the Journal of Jewish Studies

‘Study of the Masorah in the digital age’, by Elvira Martín-Contreras.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/Masorah-in-the-digital-age

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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 in a warm pale pink/peach tone.
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Cahun lived through the Nazi occupation of the island of Jersey, playing a vital part in the resistance.
jwaonline.bsky.social Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 11d
Speaking of costumes and performance this week, queer surrealist photographer Claude Cahun was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1894.

Cahun lived their life in a spirit of rebellion and defiance, defying conventional ideals of beauty and femininity with their shaven head and male attire: buff.ly/bvnx7j1
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Fascinating talk from @simchagross.bsky.social on rethinking Jewish relationship with their Zoroastrian/Sasanian environment - at UCL Institute for Jewish Studies - below is a recording of a similar lecture he gave last year

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Rabbis in Zoroastrian Fire Temples: A New History of Jews in the Sasanian Empire with Simcha Gross
YouTube video by Stanford Iranian Studies Program
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October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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"The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind." ~ Anderson Cooper

Visuals: Europe, 1926, from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social www.refugeemap.org/map/over...

#Maps #GIS #HGIS #DH
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM