Leo Baeck Institute London
@lbilondon.bsky.social
The Leo Baeck Institute London is a research institute dedicated to the study of German-Jewish history and culture, organising research projects, fellowships and public events. Affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London
https://www.lbilondon.ac.uk
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We’re delighted to announce a major milestone for the Leo Baeck Institute London: our digitised pamphlet collection is now available online via DigiBaeck!
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Call for Papers: Crossing Borders – Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Call for Papers: Crossing Borders – Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
Meet Leo Baeck Fellow Tamar Aizenberg, part of the 2024-25 cohort, whose research offers fresh perspectives on memory, family, and Holocaust history.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Meet Leo Baeck Fellow Tamar Aizenberg, part of the 2024-25 cohort, whose research offers fresh perspectives on memory, family, and Holocaust history.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
Join us for the final lecture in our 2025 Lecture Series, Belonging and Exclusion.
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Join us for the final lecture in our 2025 Lecture Series, Belonging and Exclusion.
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
The inaugural Eva Reichmann Memorial Lecture was held last Thursday evening at The Wiener Holocaust Library, as part of the Leo Baeck Institute’s 70th anniversary celebrations.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The inaugural Eva Reichmann Memorial Lecture was held last Thursday evening at The Wiener Holocaust Library, as part of the Leo Baeck Institute’s 70th anniversary celebrations.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
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Thank you, @ankahajkova.bsky.social! Really enjoyed the long chat with Bea @theajruk.bsky.social and Natalia about Eva Reichmann’s postwar work for @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and her German Jewish networks in exile. With thanks to @lbilondon.bsky.social for this event and to everyone for coming!
What a treat listening to @ceschmidt.bsky.social talk on Eva Reichmann, the Holocaust testimony, and narrativity, following Natalia Aleksiun and Bea Lewkowicz @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Thank you, @ankahajkova.bsky.social! Really enjoyed the long chat with Bea @theajruk.bsky.social and Natalia about Eva Reichmann’s postwar work for @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and her German Jewish networks in exile. With thanks to @lbilondon.bsky.social for this event and to everyone for coming!
This photograph from the Leo Baeck Institute New York collection (F 13380) reveals the damage to a Jewish clothing shop in Magdeburg after the Kristallnacht pogrom on 9 November 1938.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This photograph from the Leo Baeck Institute New York collection (F 13380) reveals the damage to a Jewish clothing shop in Magdeburg after the Kristallnacht pogrom on 9 November 1938.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
The Leo Baeck Institute London newsletter will be sent out next week.
To keep up to date with our latest research, events, and insights into German-Jewish history, please subscribe here: lbilondon.ac.uk/mailing-list/
We look forward to keeping you informed about our ongoing work and initiatives.
To keep up to date with our latest research, events, and insights into German-Jewish history, please subscribe here: lbilondon.ac.uk/mailing-list/
We look forward to keeping you informed about our ongoing work and initiatives.
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Leo Baeck Institute London newsletter will be sent out next week.
To keep up to date with our latest research, events, and insights into German-Jewish history, please subscribe here: lbilondon.ac.uk/mailing-list/
We look forward to keeping you informed about our ongoing work and initiatives.
To keep up to date with our latest research, events, and insights into German-Jewish history, please subscribe here: lbilondon.ac.uk/mailing-list/
We look forward to keeping you informed about our ongoing work and initiatives.
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
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/reichmann
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/reichmann
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Crossing Borders – Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Call for Papers: Crossing Borders – Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
In case you missed it:
Lisa Pine’s recent lecture, ‘Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, all major podcast platforms & the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/pine-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Lisa Pine’s recent lecture, ‘Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, all major podcast platforms & the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/pine-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In case you missed it:
Lisa Pine’s recent lecture, ‘Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, all major podcast platforms & the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/pine-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Lisa Pine’s recent lecture, ‘Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, all major podcast platforms & the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/pine-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
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
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/reichmann
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/reichmann
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
The Leo Baeck Institute London is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore intersections between German-Jewish and British history, including the history of the British Empire.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Leo Baeck Institute London is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore intersections between German-Jewish and British history, including the history of the British Empire.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies
Next in LBI London’s Meet the Fellows series: Melani Shahin’s research reveals how 19th-century German-Jewish cantors shaped Jewish music studies through engagement with Christian scholarship. Discover her archival finds and future plans.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Next in LBI London’s Meet the Fellows series: Melani Shahin’s research reveals how 19th-century German-Jewish cantors shaped Jewish music studies through engagement with Christian scholarship. Discover her archival finds and future plans.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to present Das Hohelied, a booklet published in 1937 by the Jewish Community of Berlin for Passover.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to present Das Hohelied, a booklet published in 1937 by the Jewish Community of Berlin for Passover.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
Meet the Leo Baeck Fellows:
We are delighted to introduce Tekle Ekvtimishvili, a doctoral researcher whose work focuses on Networks of Protestant mission to the Jews in the 18th century and the roles of Jews and converts in these networks.
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We are delighted to introduce Tekle Ekvtimishvili, a doctoral researcher whose work focuses on Networks of Protestant mission to the Jews in the 18th century and the roles of Jews and converts in these networks.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Meet the Leo Baeck Fellows:
We are delighted to introduce Tekle Ekvtimishvili, a doctoral researcher whose work focuses on Networks of Protestant mission to the Jews in the 18th century and the roles of Jews and converts in these networks.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
We are delighted to introduce Tekle Ekvtimishvili, a doctoral researcher whose work focuses on Networks of Protestant mission to the Jews in the 18th century and the roles of Jews and converts in these networks.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship/m...
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#Chancen | @lbilondon.bsky.social invites submissions for its 2027 Year Book Essay Prize | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
#germanjewishhistory
Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2026
#germanjewishhistory
Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2026
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
#Chancen | @lbilondon.bsky.social invites submissions for its 2027 Year Book Essay Prize | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
#germanjewishhistory
Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2026
#germanjewishhistory
Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2026
Leopold Zunz: The Revolutionary Who Transformed Jewish Scholarship and Integration
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October 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Leopold Zunz: The Revolutionary Who Transformed Jewish Scholarship and Integration
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If you're interested in how the supporters of the Weimar and First Austrian Republics crafted their own version of German nationalism to support democracy, you can watch or listen to my recent lecture. Thanks again to the Leo Baeck Institute London and GHI London for inviting me!
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you're interested in how the supporters of the Weimar and First Austrian Republics crafted their own version of German nationalism to support democracy, you can watch or listen to my recent lecture. Thanks again to the Leo Baeck Institute London and GHI London for inviting me!
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
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📍 This year we launched a new digital archive putting collections from our archive at the hands of researchers worldwide
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era... buff.ly/VvArPzg
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era... buff.ly/VvArPzg
Wiener Digital Collections: Newly digitised collections available to researchers for the first time - The Wiener Holocaust Library
This year we launched a groundbreaking new digital archive, Wiener Digital Collections, putting significant collections from our unique archive at the hands of researchers worldwide. For the past 8…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
📍 This year we launched a new digital archive putting collections from our archive at the hands of researchers worldwide
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era... buff.ly/VvArPzg
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era... buff.ly/VvArPzg
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
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/reichmann
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/reichmann
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce that its publication series, Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts, is now available open access.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications...
October 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce that its publication series, Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts, is now available open access.
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications...
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications...
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
We are pleased to announce the Leo Baeck Institute London’s 70th Anniversary Biennial Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Frank McDonough at Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, on 23 October 2025 at 6:30pm.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We are pleased to announce the Leo Baeck Institute London’s 70th Anniversary Biennial Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Frank McDonough at Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, on 23 October 2025 at 6:30pm.
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial
Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/biennial