The American Academy for Jewish Research invites submissions for the Salo Wittmayer Baron Book Prize. The Baron Book Prize ($3,000) is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding first book in Jewish studies. Deadline: January 31, 2026. The winner will be notified in late spring 2026.

Check out this amazing upcoming conference on Maritime Connections: Jews Across the Indian Ocean at the O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi NCR, India 16-18.2.2026 Submission deadline: 31.10.2025. Call for papers mrtmsummit.com/call-for-pap...

Amazing postdoc opportunity at @lahri.bsky.social Leeds, on post-Holocaust visualities/materialities Montague Burton Fellow in Jewish Studies Closing day 6 October jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Cc @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social

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

#skystorians British/London Historians - Back in the late 1950s, The Center for Urban Studies put together a symposium "London People & Places" covering Irish, Jewish, Polish and West Indian migration. I've the book Ruth Glass wrote on West Indian - Can't find rest or symposium o/p - any pointers?

#JOBAlert | 1 day left to apply for a great vacancy @ehri-uk.bsky.social. EHRI-UK is seeking a highly motivated Project Assistant with strong research skills and attention to detail to support the UK Director in the day-to-day running. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-uk-job-...

Call for Papers! @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social x @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar special edition - we want papers on all types of migration and mobility history from ECRs and PGRs. Abstracts to kabcommons [@] gmail.com by 15th November. Pls spread the word & DM with any questions

At the @histassoc.bsky.social conference this was a recurring theme of the workshops. There is so much work going on at the grassroots to tell the truth about the past and tackle misogyny but we desperately need change from the top too. @beckyfrancis.bsky.social!

And we've got more plans ahead! Interested in learning together and from each other? Please join us for events, follow us on X or Bluesky and sign up for our mailing list. Click here for more information about us: jhse.org/general-9 4/4

Since the establishment of the NGG during the COVID-19 pandemic, we've organised workshops, lectures, seminar sessions, and two fantastic conferences at @qmul.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social for emerging scholars, as well as reading groups and online writing sessions. 3/4

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

Welcome to a new academic year! We take this opportunity to introduce ourselves. The NGG @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social is the Jewish Historical Society of England's network of early-career researchers. 1/4 @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!

International Forum of Young Scholars on East European Jewry Warsaw, June 22 to 25, 2026 We welcome applications from scholars working in all fields of the humanities and social sciences related to East European Jewry. Application deadline: 31 January 2026 www.dubnow.de/ausschreibun...

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

We are thrilled to announce that beginning with our winter issue in January 2026, the Jewish Quarterly Review will become fully open access, including future issues and our whole 136-year back catalog! Learn more about this exciting change on the blog: katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...

Come, reach out!

Check out our publicly-available digital Holocaust memory bibliography which provides links to academic sources we find useful. If something's missing, let us know!

We're hiring! EHRI-UK Project Assistant - remote work w/ some travel @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Part time (0.4-0.5FTE depending on candidate). Initially 9 months but anticipating extension. Perfect for #PhD students - spread the word! Closing date 26/09/25 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/s...

Why are so many university cuts targeting Religious Studies…? New article in CHE quoting @vox-magica.bsky.social & others = www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

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

Got a project? Half a project? Just a vague, Jewish history daydream? Present it at one of our Work in Progress seminars! Share what you’re currently working on (academic or otherwise — thesis chapters, articles, art) and get constructive feedback from our supportive group.

Working on Aaron of Lincoln's charters this evening gives me an excuse to revisit this delightful charter of Simon le Bret granting lands at Wrangle and Leake (Lincs.) to Aaron of Lincoln and Abraham son of Rabbi Josce. TNA DL 27/267

Am I remembering correctly? Is there a plaque on the site of the medieval chamber at Guildford which has been labelled as a synagogue? I've searched my files, and t'inter web, but can't find an image anywhere. Would be obliged if somebody could confirm

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

#Blog | Sophia Lambert on the MS 1985 Czech Torah scroll, also known as the Brno scroll | Project: Learning from #Yorkshire's Holocaust Torah ​​scrolls | #UniversityofLeeds #Buchgeschichte #Holocaust #TorahScrolls Details: leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/t...

Came across this ad in the my New York klezmer research on jpress. I've seen many ads like this for historic balls with Jewish orchestras but never seen one that lists all the dances in the newspaper ad itself 😯 so far no I've sent it to seems impressed lol. From the Morgn Frayhayt, 2 October 1926.

Today is the last day to apply for the special Limmud track for PhD researchers and ECRs!

JQR 115.3 is here! We've got: -Early Jewish head coverings -The Talmud & the Aramaic incantation bowls -Israel Naraja -The Palestinian vocalization signs -Yosef Yerushalmi & Walter Benjamin -James Baldwin & Louis Finkelstein Read the TOC +2 free essays!👇 katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...

FOUR WEEKS!!! Just four weeks to get your abstracts in for Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages!

This is good to know!

EAJS Virtual 2025 - the online event for members of the European Association for Jewish Studies - on 'Translating Maimonides' and translation in more general terms. Confirmed date: 7 December 2025 Deadline for paper submission: 5 Oct 2025 www.eurojewishstudies.org/eajs-virtual/ Spread the news!

Also, the annotations on the Haggadah portion of the prayer book are something. 📜📚

We are accepting applications for the part-time (2-year) role as Network Coordinator until August 10. More info here: shorturl.at/NI9lu Looking forward to hearing from you!

New Walking Tour to the Jewish history of Medieval Lincoln to be established #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/18186

This month, a memorial fountain was unveiled in the grounds of the former Norwood orphanage in London. This treasure from the London Jewish Museum tells you more about the history of the orphanage and celebrations held there: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/su... #JewishHistory #Archives

A fascinating resource on Jewish women and early printing from the @britishlibrary.bsky.social!

Looking forward to your applications! @jewishhistorical.bsky.social

#CfA | Hands-on Workshop: Wikidata für die Jüdische Studien, Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur Mainz 8.–9. September 2025 | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... Bewerbungsfrist: 18. Juli 2025

Come and join us in Warsaw: CfP for the international conference "Confronting Holocaust Distortion in the Digital Era" polin.pl/en/event/cal...

Hiring ... you? We are inviting applications from individuals familiar with the field of Jewish Historical Studies and/or Jewish communal life in the UK to join us as a network coordinator. @jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies @biajs.bsky.social

Interested in joining us? More info on our paid 2-year role as Network Coordinator, see: shorturl.at/NI9lu

Recommended reading for new PhD students!

Are you new-ish to academic conferences? Good etiquette and honest reflection help ensure a good conference presentation. This blog is slightly old but I meet new PhDs every year: t.co/JlLjTr4ctW

We are pleased to announce that the NGG has received funding to strengthen our network of emerging researchers in Jewish History! We are hiring a network coordinator to help develop the NGG. See here for more info: shorturl.at/NI9lu @jewishhistorical.bsky.social

The Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities that I began to organise last academic year ran its 2nd edition this June at @qmul.bsky.social Thanks so much to our brilliant speakers, attendees and wonderful co-organiser @ebenbow.bsky.social CfP for 3rd edition coming soon - stay tuned! 🙃

Super excited to have been awarded funding from @jewishhistorical.bsky.social for the development of the 'Medieval Jewish Lincoln Walking Tour'! From the autumn, there will be a permanent walking tour in the city, with expertly designed maps and professionally designed pamphlet!

#BIAJS2025 The wonderful Prof Michael Berkowitz of @uclhjs.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk speaking here at BIAJS in Glasgow on "Border crossings: finding home in photographic trades" including one of my favourite photographers Robert Capa.

The Wandering Jew takes Scotland! Exhibition on display at #BIAJS2025 @biajs.bsky.social for all attending… @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @jewishhistorical.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🕯️