📣 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 [email protected] for questions More info & apply here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

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...

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...

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/

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...

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...

🏆 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...

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...

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/...

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...

📣 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

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.

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/...

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/

📢 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 👇 [email protected] #HolocaustStudies #BIAHS2026

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/

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

Today at 6pm (BST), don't forget to register!

Today at 4pm BST!

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-...

Interested in our MA Holocaust? Learn more about it during our webinar this coming Wednesday. Don't forget to register!

Another day at the Parkes Institute, another meeting full of laughs and chaos

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!

Did you know we offer a range of free resources for students, educators, and anyone interested in learning more about Jewish history and culture? From research materials to digital content, explore what’s available 👇

Rounded off my day at university with the annual @parkesinstitute.bsky.social lecture with the brilliant and incredibly funny @realbaddiel.bsky.social - a great evening!

Full house for the Parkes annual lecture, delivered this year by David Baddiel, in conversation with Devorah Baum!

We've just released 10 final tickets for our event with @realbaddiel.bsky.social tomorrow, grab them while you can 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-badd...

📢 Call for MA & PhD Participants ⏳You have until Monday 20 April 2026 to apply to Reorienting the Holocaust: A training workshop on digital mapping, historical data, and spatial stories. Participants' travel expenses will be reimbursed. tinyurl.com/fbjc9kpw

📢 Paid student summer placement opportunity (Southampton area)🔊 @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social is hosting a work placement curating the archive of a German Jewish refugee. This would particularly suit a student with knowledge of German. ⏳ Apply by Sunday 19 April 2026 ❗ www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...

There are also placements in other places! Same deadline - this Sunday.

Have you sent in your application already? The deadline is Sunday 19th April 2026!

Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents 14 April 2026, 9:00AM – 5:00PM University of Southampton, Highfield Campus Admission to the conference is free, but advance registration is required. Please register at www.lbilondon.ac.uk/crossing-bor...

In case you missed it 👇 Grief. Fame. Jewishness. Cats. Erotic poetry. Join @realbaddiel.bsky.social in conversation with Devorah Baum as he discusses his bestselling memoir 'My Family' at this year’s Parkes Lecture. 📅 21 April, 6:30pm 📍 Hybrid 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-badd...

This month's blog focuses on the recently catalogued papers of Nina Drucker, a budding Jewish radio broadcaster and psychiatric social worker. @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @seethetreasures.bsky.social specialcollectionsuniversityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/a...

Interested in studying the Holocaust? Applications are now open for our MA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage. We're pleased to offer Sayers Family Scholarships available for 2026 entry. www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/holo...

This Sunday, our lecturer in Modern European Jewish History will be talking about the Alliance Israélite Universelle and its former Secretary-General Jacques Bigart.

Last month, Parkes PGR and Outreach Fellow @maddiewalch.bsky.social launched the exhibition 'Memories of Fear': The Artwork of Gerda Cohen at God's House Tower in Southampton. Read more about the exhibition and Maddie’s reflections on curating it here: 🔗 www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...

Last month, Parkes PGR and Outreach Fellow @maddiewalch.bsky.social launched the exhibition 'Memories of Fear': The Artwork of Gerda Cohen at God's House Tower in Southampton. Read more about the exhibition and Maddie’s reflections on curating it here: 🔗 www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...

Check out the wonderful @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social, home to the Parkes archive and library! Find out more: southampton.ac.uk/research/ins... #Archive30 #YourArchive

Now officially out!

Here's a more unusual profession from the papers of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund. This individual, originally from Poland and who arrived in the UK in June 1940 from Paris, records that he had previously worked as a "raincoats-sticker" (i.e. he made raincoats)

Are you a student with an interest in the history of German refugees in the 1930s and 1940s? EHRI-UK is offering a student placement with the terrific team at @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social curating a refugee archive. For more information on eligibility visit www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...

Grief. Fame. Jewishness. Cats. Erotic poetry. Join @realbaddiel.bsky.social in conversation with Devorah Baum as he discusses his bestselling memoir 'My Family' at this year’s Parkes Lecture. 📅 21 April, 6pm 📍 Avenue Campus & online 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-badd...

In our latest @uk.theconversation.com article, our Professor Tony Kushner writes about the Golders Green ambulance attack, and how the London suburb became a home for Jews👇 theconversation.com/golders-gree... @parkesinstitute.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor Tony Kushner who has been awarded one of the highest international honours in the field of Holocaust studies, the 2026 Distinguished Achievement Award in Holocaust Studies from @hefnu.bsky.social 👏 Read more👉 www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...

🎬 Join our Director, James Jordan, on 27 March for a symposium on filmmaker Robert Vas. The event will be followed by a screening of Nine Days in ’26 (1974). More details and registration below 🎟️ www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... 🎟️ www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

CFP: 'The Wandering Jew and other myths' special issue for Patterns of Prejudice, guest-edited by me and Elisabeth Becker Topkara, as part of our @volkswagenstiftung.de project & exhibition See details below! 1-page proposals due 12 June 2026 @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

Are you interested in applying for our MA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage? We're running a webinar in April to share information about the course, scholarships, and to answer your questions. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We have exciting news to share! Applications for our 2026 EHRI-UK Regional Placement Scheme for students are now open. We have nine terrific organisations offering placements. Visit our website to find out about eligibility and how to apply. www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac... Image: © IWM (D 8792)

What a stunning spring day for a walking tour of Jewish Southampton with the one and only Tony Kushner (who might or might not be a distant relative of Craig David 🤪)!