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Sonia Gollance
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Associate Prof. of Yiddish at UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Book: It Could Lead to Dancing: Mixed-Sex Dancing and Jewish Modernity (Stanford UP). Working on Yiddish plays by women. Yiddish, German, dance, theatre, gender studies. https://soniagollance.com
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Happy 200th birthday to UCL, the first English university to admit Jews. Hebrew and Jewish Studies have been taught at UCL since day one. #UCL200

Learn more about the the history of @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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February 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Else Lasker-Schüler (born #OTD in 1869) was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her poetry. She fled Nazi Germany in 1934 and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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I had some fun exploring the Frankfurt Jewish Museum’s online collection and finding objects like this 17th century embroidered Tora-Wimpel (tora binder).
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February 11, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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"Jewish actresses navigated multiple identities, maintaining their Judeo-Arabic cultural heritage at home while engaging with the mainstream entertainment world, and emerging as some of the most recognisable icons in [Bollywood]."
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Learn about this new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book at Sasha Senderovich's 26 Feb UCL Institute for Jewish Studies talk 'In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Translating Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union'.
@uclhjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social

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February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.

Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
The front page of the Daily Graphic newspaper published Saturday 25 August, 1917, featuring portraits of 'Women in the Order of the British Empire', including Lady Byron, the honourable Mrs Alfred Lyttelton, Her Majesty the Queen.
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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There's still time to apply to the Royal Holloway, University of London 10-day residential Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization 2026. For more information visit tinyurl.com/5be6u2z5
February 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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CFA: EAJS Conference Grant Programme. Deadline: 26 March 2026.
#jewishstudies
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EAJS Conference Grant Programme: Call for Applications
According to their call, “[t]he European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) invites applications to the EAJS Conference Grant Programme in European Jewish Studies for the academic year 2026/27, fun...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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I want to say a bit more about our initiative to hire scholars to 3yr Research Associate positions.

None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/
jcblibrary.bsky.social John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · 28d
Please share widely!

The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.

Details at jcblibrary.org!
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January 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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In 1979, the “New York Times” asked Isaac Bashevis Singer if he planned to watch the Super Bowl.
Isaac Bashevis Singer being interviewed about the Super Bowl
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Come to our inaugural @ehunineteen.bsky.social PGR/ECR conference!
ehunineteen.bsky.social EHUNineteen @ehunineteen.bsky.social · 5d
Our brilliant PhD students have organised a conference - Placing the Nineteenth Century - and you’re all invited! Friday 26th June

CFP deadline: Friday 1st May

We’re all excited for our keynote speaker, @drclaireocall.bsky.social 🤩

Please share - and send us an abstract!
Placing the Nineteenth Century: A PGR/ECR conference Friday 26th June 2026 Image of Blackpool Edge Hill Nineteen research centre is excited to invite you to 'Placing the Nineteenth Century', a PGR/ECR conference focused on the North (West) of England in nineteenth-century literature and history. London and the South have often been the heart of discussion about the nineteenth century. However, development in industry during the period brought popularity to cities such as Liverpool and Manchester, which led to a boom of industrial growth in the north of England. In the nineteenth century, the north of England developed like never before, both within cities and in more rural areas. Following a recent EHU19 research symposium, PhD students from literature and history came together to discuss their emerging research and found a common theme - place. More specifically, the North (and North West) of England was a uniting thread, and so the idea for such a conference was born. We invite proposals that engage with 'place' in the long nineteenth century, with particular attention to the North (West), broadly conceived. Papers may approach place as material, imagined, represented, contested, remembered, or speculative. We welcome MA/MRes students, PhD students, and Early Career Researchers whose research interests focus on the North (West) of England in nineteenth-century literary studies, history, art history and related disciplines, with suggested (but not limited to) topics such as: • Fictional/fantastical representations of the North (West) • The legacy of space in the North (West) • Transnational and postcolonial links to the North (West): colonial, imperial, and transatlantic contexts (e.g, Liverpool as a global port) • Museums, archives, and collections: regional museums and the afterlives of nineteenth-century places • Gendered, racialised, and marginalised spaces: who belongs, who is excluded, and how space is policed • Landscape across disciplines: historical, literary, artistic, and creative engagements with the natural and industrial landscapes of the North (West) in the long nineteenth century • The North (West) in popular culture, periodicals, visual culture, and performance • Queer histories and queer readings of place, including non-normative identities & relationships Please send abstracts of approximately 250 words (including title) for 10-15 minute papers, along with a short biography to ehu 19place@outlook.com by 1st May 2026, including name, preferred pronouns, and academic institution. We are excited to have Dr Claire O'Callaghan giving a keynote address on Top Withens, Wuthering Heights and the impact of literary scholarship. As Dr O'Callagham is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Brontë Studies journal, she has kindly agreed to also run a workshop on publishing in an academic journal. Given the conference's emphasis on 'place', we are excited to offer an in-person conference gathering in the North West and warmly welcome participants to join us here. However, we are also committed to accessibility needs and widening participation, so please indicate if you would prefer to present online in your application. Please also do let us know about any other access needs or adjustments that can make your experience easier.
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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📢 Exciting opportunity for ECRs & postgrads!

Applications are open for 'Holocaust Studies: Navigating the Field', a one-day networking event for ECRs & postgrads at the Imperial War Museum on 26 May 2026.

More details below, apply by 31 March ⬇️
Poster titled “Call for Participants: Holocaust Studies – Navigating the Field,” advertising a one-day academic networking event on 26 May 2026 at the Imperial War Museum, London, for early career researchers and postgraduates, with details about roundtables, speed networking, and application deadline of 31 March 2026.
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Now online: *Between Hamburg and Jerusalem*

A new digital exhibition traces the material remains of German-Jewish history in the early 20th century. It’s based on archives we digitised together with the National Library of Israel and was developed together with @igdjhh.bsky.social
Online Exhibition Presents Archival Excursions ‘Between Hamburg and Jerusalem’
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February 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️

Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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An extraordinary opportunity, and so heartening to see this support from UCL-SSEES for fragile yet extremely valuable fields of scholarship!
uclssees.bsky.social UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 7d
🔊 Job vacancy: Lecturer in Czech and Comparative Literature

The post-holder will specialise in the literatures and cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on Czech literature.

🗓️ Deadline: 26 February
➡️ Apply here: bit.ly/3Moi6gj
February 5, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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Looking forward to tomorrow's 'Come Fill Your Dance Fill Your Dance Card'.
Hosted by @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social, @uclhjs.bsky.social and the IJS.

We're all booked up, but you can sign up for the waitlist (or let us know if you'd like a similar future event).

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Come Fill Your Dance Card: A Celebration of Jewish Dances Cards in the Library Special Collections 5 February 2026 at 18:00
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
Current Vacancies - Birkbeck, University of London
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January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Applications are open until February 28th!
January 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Final Call: Applications Close This Sunday – Leo Baeck Fellowship 2026/27

Applications for the Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme 2026/2027 (German academic year October 2026–September 2027) close this Sunday, 1 February 2026.

Details and application: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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🔊 We are seeking an outstanding academic leader to join us as Director (Head of Department) of UCL SSEES.

📍 Location: London (hybrid)
🗓 Closing date: 15 February 2026
🗣️ Interviews: 9–10 March 2026
➡️ Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support for conferences and public events with a focus on labour history, broadly defined. Applications, for a maximum of £850 per event, are welcome at any time of year.
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Grants
For conferences and public engagement The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support for conferences and public events with a focus on labour history. We take a broad view of …
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January 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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The Society for the Study of Labour History offers #bursaries for up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers (MA and doctoral) and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of labour history
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Bursaries
The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…
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January 27, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
Tweet from Batya Ungar-Sargon: "Beyond disgusting. Gov. Walz is comparing the innocent Jews that the Gestapo were hunting for extermination—who were citizens—to the illegal migrant murderers, rapists, sex offenders, and child abusers that ICE is seeking to deport because they broke our laws again and again."
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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⭐️⭐️⭐️

Apply for a #grant of up to £4k for research related to Anglo-Jewry.

Individuals and institutions may apply: professional or lay scholars, PhD students, organisations, museums, libraries, archives.

Deadline: April 2026

Visit: www.jhse.org/jhse-awards

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JHSE Grant Applications
Apply for a grant of up to £4,000 to facilitate research and publication on topics related to Anglo-Jewry and its wider context. Both individuals and institutions are eligible to apply including profe...
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January 27, 2026 at 2:59 PM