📣 Afternoon talk next week! ➡️In Search of Amnesia Artist Talk with Barry Falk 📍 29 September, 3pm Barry Falk will discuss his documentary project looking into the Jewish narrative in Poland and Ukraine, concerned with how memory is held in places that suffered atrocity and loss

New in Journal of Jewish Studies Volume 76, Issue 2 ‘The scribal tractates and the transformation of the Torah scroll’ by Eliav Grossman. Available to read online at: bit.ly/JJS-Vol-76-2 @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social #JewishStudies

📣 Film screening next month! 🎥 The Second Life of Lidice – Wales, Memory, and Film 📍 9 October, 6:30pm The Second Life of Lidice (2002) is a documentary about the changing views of the Lidice massacre and the legacy of these events 60 years later... buff.ly/ybWXk4g

Meet the Leo Baeck Fellows: Anna Marion Weber, 2024/25 cohort We are delighted to introduce Anna Marion Weber, whose doctoral research explores Jewish identity and cultural life in post-war Germany lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

📇 New on our #blog: 'Compassion Mobilized: Antisemitism, Racism, and the Politics of Animal Welfare in Germany, 1945–2002' by former GHIL scholarship holder Fabian Weber (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) 1/6

We welcome all MA students, PhD researchers and early-career scholars in the field of Jewish historical and cultural studies. Primarily, we are based in the UK and focus on Anglo-Jewish history, but our programming, mentoring and networking reach far beyond the British Isles. 2/4 @biajs.bsky.social

Hello Bluesky! This is the account for the Hebrew and Jewish Studies collection in @ucllibraries.bsky.social. It's one of the most significant Judaica collections in the UK and supports the only department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies in a British university @uclhjs.bsky.social

We're excited to present you with NGG's academic programme for this winter term! Looking forward to seeing you! @jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies

Are you an MA or PhD student working on 20th-century European History or Holocaust studies? Join us for a digital skills workshop to discover highlights from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social collections!

The author of the book “The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A story of Survival” tells a story of how darkness beyond the imagination could never extinguish the light of humanity at its brightest, bravest and best. 8 Oct 2025 8pm Exact location tbc £10 www.jhse.org/event-detail...

This project from our friends Willesden Jewish Cemetery is accepting volunteers to document Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery in Hackney and pick up some new skills along the way. Find out more here: www.willesdenjewishcemetery.org.uk/events/cemet... #JewishHistory #JewishLondon #Volunteer #Archives

Last week we welcomed expert translator Carolin Sommer for an online workshop to help you decode Sütterlin German script Catch up via our YouTube channel now:

EHRI-ERIC 📣 Call for Applications 📣 | Conny Kristel Fellowship Programme 2025 CK Fellowships include a stipend towards housing and living expenses and access to the host institution. Short stay fellowships in AT, BE, CZ, DE, NL, PL, RO and UK. Apply before 28 Sep! www.ehri-project.eu/conny-kriste...

17:00 jueves Londres/Dublín/Lisboa

From 1937, the West London Synagogue's itinerary for a tour of London illustrating Anglo-Jewish history. It details "places to be visited" and "notes thereon" @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @seethetreasures.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social

JOB Part-time role based remotely with some travel 2-2.5 days/week for 9 months Start date: October Salary: £32,500 FTE (0.4 or 0.5 FTE, depending on the candidate) Location: Remote with some in-person meetings Closing date for applications: 26th September 2025

'This is an ambitious, wide-ranging, and deeply humane book.' -- Katrina Goldstone, H-Judaic The Jewish Pedlar by historian Tony Kushner is an imaginative investigation into a historical crime that sheds new light on Jewish history. Full review here: networks.h-net.org/group/review... #booksky

The seminars will be held online every other month from October 2025 to May 2026. To contribute, please get in touch with us via [email protected] @jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies

Congratulations to the new @uclhjs.bsky.social BA graduates and to all of us for making it to @artshumsucl.bsky.social graduation despite the Tube strikes. (I’m also amazed that Marston Events sourced full @upenn.edu regalia from across the pond for my first graduation as academic staff.)

Greetings from the Moses Mendelssohn Centre in Potsdam, where I am part of a team reaching a summer school.

The first term's programme for the IHR Migration and Mobility Seminar is now live! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/.... We're hybrid, so if you're interested in migration and mobility across space and time - but also in how we can write better histories of mobility - sign up from anywhere!

New Publication: ‘Constructing Identity and Belonging in the Diaries and Memoirs of Kindertransport Refugees’ 🔗 Read it online (paid access): doi.org/10.1093/leob... www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09... #LeoBaeckInstituteLondon #GermanStudies #JewishStudies #GermanHistory @monjast96.bsky.social

The Lab responds to the BBC story by Kristina Volk and Kevin Nguyen, ‘BBC reveals web of spammers profiting from AI Holocaust images’ www.digitalmemorylab... @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

The @royalmusical.bsky.social is honouring me with a roundtable to discuss the implications of my book both for scholarship and for the contemporary musical world at its annual conference next week - very much hope to see musical friends there! Listing below: www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/...

A reminder that the event is tomorrow! 👇

Been reading about Elamite a bit more due to the UChicago debacle, and the wikipedia article (citing Ávarez-Mon et al 2018) says "The Acts of the Apostles (c. 80–90 AD) mentions the language as if it was still current. There are no later direct references". Elamite experts please weigh in, because..

The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau is out, a massive labor of love by Sarah Cushman, Joanne Pettit, and Dominic Williams. The preparations went back to summer 2021, so four years ago. I am indebted to the editors for all their hard work, help, and also light touch in dealing with us.

We are excited to be sharing our academic programme for the year 2025/26 with you soon. Stay tuned! 📖 🎓 @jewishhistorical.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social

Check out this new piece by our research fellow Emily-Rose Baker on Auschwitz-Birkenau’s new digital camp replica! @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social @theconversationuk.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-problem-...

Why I had to become a murder detective for my book about an 18th-century Jewish pedlar. Tony Kushner (@parkesinstitute.bsky.social) for @uk.theconversation.com, read it here: theconversation.com/why-i-had-to... 'The Jewish Pedlar' is out now in hardback. #booksky #history

🔗Registration here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multidisci...

In August 1889, London's Jewish tailors went on strike for better conditions. Leaflets were printed in English and Yiddish and by September, 10,000 workers had joined the protest. Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/gr... #JewishHistory

St Albans Masorti Synagogue (SAMS) has collected the stories of its community and created three digital archives that reveal personal histories of migration and belonging. Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/st-... #JewishHistory #JewishCommunity #Archives #DigitalArchives

New Walking Tour Date The next Medieval Jewish Lincoln Walking Tour will be on Sun 7 Sept at 2:30pm. We've had amazing reviews of the tour so far, and we're excited to share this important chapter in Lincoln's history! For details and how to reserve, see: medievaljewishlincoln.co.uk

Two weeks left to get your abstracts in for #imc2026!!! We look forward to hearing from you 🤗 @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social #skystorians #medieval #premoderncriticalracestudies #medievalsky #imc #premodernrace #cfp

In case you missed it: Lisa Pine’s 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, and the LBI London YouTube channel. lbilondon.ac.uk/pine-25 lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify

The Stanley Burton Centre, in partnership with the Wiener Holocaust Library, invites you to a special free event at the University of Leicester on 18 September 2025 from 17:00–19:00.

📣 New exhibition event! ➡️Provenance Research and Nazi Looted Art 🗓️ 18 September, 6:30-8pm Next month we welcome two experts on provenance research and Nazi looted art, reflecting on the role of provenance research in the collections of museums such as the V&A. Sign up now:

An exhibition celebrating a project by the Merseyside Jewish Representative Council (MJRC) and Liverpool City Council Libraries Service is on until the end of October. Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/exhibit... #NewExhibition #JewishHistory #JewishCulture #Archives

View the online version of the Holocaust Letters exhibition here: exhibitions.wienerholocaustlibrary.org/holocaust-le... It utilised letters from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social collections to see how Jewish letter writers sent information and how their letters survived the Holocaust

Job: Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social Closing date 31 August www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK118/k...

If you're planning on being around Aberdeen this autumn or can make it to us for the mornings of 20 Sep, 18 Oct, and 22 Nov, please come join us for this exciting series of Aberdeen Academy of Theology workshops on interpreting the Hebrew Bible led by the Univ of Aberdeen's Dr Nathaniel Greene.

A thoughtful post in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social on Diane Abbott, antisemitism and the complex ways in which race is imagined and understood. By three scholars of antisemitism: @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and David Feldman. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/diane-a...

📢We’ve noticed that Google Maps is currently showing us as “permanently closed” – this is not correct! We’re OPEN as usual, 10am–5pm daily (last entry 4pm) and look forward to seeing you. 😊 We’ve asked Google to update it, so hopefully it’ll be fixed soon!

“I knew nothing about my family history until then...Nobody ever spoke about it.” But that day, she explains, she knew she wanted to find the truth, no matter how dark and shameful. 📰Our latest exhibition was featured in this weekend's @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8752340...

With the football season starting again this past weekend, revisit this blog that highlights the connection between Anglo-Judasism and the game. Read more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/jews-an... #JewishHistory #JewishCulture #Football #NewSeason #Archives #OldPhotos

Really nice interview with @samanthaellis.bsky.social on books about endangered languages, starting with Ross Perlin’s brilliant Language City:

Descendants of Nazi sympathisers and victims of the Nazi era have worked together to platform the past in an extraordinary new exhibition at the Wiener Holocaust Library... Read all about our latest exhibition via @jewishnews.bsky.social

Upcoming Event! Co-curators of the 'Fate Unknown' exhibition Christine Schmidt @wienerlibrary.bsky.social + Dan Stone @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social + expert researchers will discuss the ITS archive in Birmingham on 17 Sep and Leicester on 18 Sep. Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw

Join us in Southampton or online for the conference "Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Apocalypticism in the 7th-9th Centuries" (Sept. 1-3), organised by Helen Spurling @helenspurling.bsky.social. Bursaries available for those who may like to attend in person! www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...