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Jay Prosser
@jaydprosser.bsky.social
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Prof Humanities @universityofleeds. Personal and cultural stories to head off divisive times. Mixed race, Asian Jewish, trans veteran. Most recent: Loving Strangers. Working on: Holocaust Torah scroll shoe soles from Salonika. https://www.jayprosser.com
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Acquired it in Greece, not Poland.
July 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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In the meantime, you can read the story of this object and the Roth Collection here: www.leeds.ac.uk/news-arts-cu...
Opening up pioneering Jewish historian’s treasured collection
Looked at from one side, it’s the leather sole of a child’s shoe, a scarce resource re-purposed during wartime.
www.leeds.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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This complex, fraught, and tragic object is currently being investigated by a team at the University of Leeds led by @jaydprosser.bsky.social. The sole has several layers, and multi-spectral imaging is being undertaken to understand the whole object. What are the other layers? We'll know soon.
July 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Horizon 2025 CSA, but may apply for an alternative. Can you send me an email once you've read this? Great to hear from you.
June 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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thanks for letting me know, Sam! :) Hope this works now. heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/tra...
The Jewish Mahallah of Singapore as a Site of Transcultural Memory | The Journal of Transcultural Studies
heiup.uni-heidelberg.de
March 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Early 90s I used to live right next door to this. I don't remember parrots. New arrivals?
February 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM