British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies
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to nurture, cultivate and advance the teaching and research in Jewish culture and history in all its aspects within Higher Education in the British Isles https://bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com
Here are two summer-themed photos from Brady Photographic Archive🔆 The clubs took trips out to the country from London's East End to discover green fields, trees and sleeping in a tent, possibly for the first time. Find out more about the archive here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/bra...
Catch up on our latest Archivist in the Spotlight blog... Join Keira Dobbin from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on how digitising and research has helped preserve and shed light on Northern Ireland's Jewish History: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi... #ICYMI #JewishHistory #Archives
Join us for the London launch of Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki Drawing on more than twenty years of research, the book explores the experience of Auschwitz prisoners through the lens of dress and clothing 🗓️ 8 September, 6:30 - 8pm buff.ly/e5Cjfwo
Book Launch and Special Exhibition: Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust, with Sofia Pantouvaki - The Wiener Holocaust Library
The Wiener Holocaust Library is pleased to host the London launch of Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki, recently published by Bloomsbury. Dr Pantouvaki…
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📣 Book Talk at the Library 📆 7 September, 6:30 - 8pm Paper Tombs: Post-Holocaust Memorial Books and Prewar Jewish Life explores these extraordinary works of collective memory - yizker bikher - powerful archives of Jewish life before the Holocaust and moving acts of remembrance buff.ly/k8V6Qcj
Jewish history is most associated with World War 2 but We Were There Too is a digital project that celebrates and commemorates the lives of both Jewish soldiers and citizens on the home front during World War 1. Find out more about it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/we-...
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British Jews in the First World War – We Were There Too is a digital project created to capture, save and share […]
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Most read in the Journal of Jewish Studies: 'A reassessment of the Kyivan letter from the Cairo Genizah' by Susana Torres Prieto & Benjamin Outhwaite. Re-examining the famous document, the authors identify a predominantly Slavic context: bit.ly/JJS-Kyivan-letter @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social
Delighted to announce that I'll be a Fordham-CJH Short-Term Fellow in NYC in Spring 2027. I'll be researching my next monograph on Yiddish plays by women (mostly at the Center for Jewish History) and will give a public talk at Fordham University. @uclhjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social
Calling doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in UK Jewish studies - one week is left to apply for this great chance to attend Limmud Festival for only £78!
Anoushka Alexander-Rose@anoushka-ar.bsky.social · last mo.📣 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 phdprogramme@limmud.org for questions More info & apply here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
On this day, 17 July, 1940, artist Kurt Schwitters was interned at Hutchinson Camp in Douglas, Isle of Man. While there, he painted a portrait of fellow intern, art historian Klaus Hinrichsen. Read his story of the portrait here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/po...
Portrait of Klaus Hinrichsen by Kurt Schwitters - Celebrating jewish archives
Internment Portrait • AJR Refugee Voices
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Great to see this highlight of Nathan's work. And when not doing research or teaching he is also looking after BIAJS as our fantastic Treasurer, too! @biajs.bsky.social
The Jewish Chronicle@jewishchron.bsky.social · 4w agoThe writer revealing the untold stories of the Jews in Wales www.thejc.com/life/books/t...
Bottom left: our @samsamev.bsky.social and @drdaniellashaw.bsky.social on a panel at @biajs.bsky.social on doing ethnography in violent and polarising times.
WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast@whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 3w agoWonderful day at the 2026 @biajs.bsky.social conference. Grateful to @hannahewence.bsky.social and @bengidley.bsky.social for inviting @eylanezekiel.bsky.social to speak about racism in Jewish life. Learned so much from all especially Daniella Shaw.
That's a wrap on conference season! Very grateful for @biajs.bsky.social for the platform to talk all things Romani-Jewish histories, and for all who joined for an open dialogue on Postcolonial Studies and Jewish Studies, especially @bryan-cheyette.bsky.social and Laura Almagor as co-conspirators
British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies@biajs.bsky.social · 3w agoExcellent panels on “reconceptualising Jewish American histories of place and space: testimony, Zionism, refugees” & “antisemitism and other racisms” @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @toby-kunin.bsky.social @bjschreier.bsky.social @bengidley.bsky.social @hannahewence.bsky.social
Honoured to share a panel with Jennifer Geddes, @pdavies.bsky.social @ankahajkova.bsky.social for @biajs.bsky.social! With special thanks to @bryan-cheyette.bsky.social for excellent chairing and to @ankahajkova.bsky.social for bringing us all together in smart conversation and solidarity.
Dr Anna Hájková@ankahajkova.bsky.social · 3w agoWe are having a nice, tight panel on women’s testimonies from the Holocaust, solidarity, and uncovering marginalized voices. First, Jennifer Geddes on Charlotte Delbo’s Le Convoi du 24 janvier.
A couple of weeks left to apply for this great opportunity for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in UK Jewish studies!
Anoushka Alexander-Rose@anoushka-ar.bsky.social · last mo.📣 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 phdprogramme@limmud.org for questions More info & apply here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Next, @pdavies.bsky.social on Dr Lucie Adelsberger’s production of her Auschwitz memoir in German, and what it took, as part of a collaborative project on women medical orderlies of Auschwitz
We are having a nice, tight panel on women’s testimonies from the Holocaust, solidarity, and uncovering marginalized voices. First, Jennifer Geddes on Charlotte Delbo’s Le Convoi du 24 janvier.
What a fun workshop! Joanna Spyra and @alephross.bsky.social on ‘Researching Sexuality in (Jewish) Archives: Tools, Ethics, and Practice’ #BIAJS26
English Heritage has unveiled a new blue plaque at 49 Hallam Street in Marylebone, marking Stefan Zweig’s former London home. The plaque recognises the Austrian Jewish writer’s years in exile in London, where he lived from 1936 to 1939 after fleeing Nazi Austria. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07...
BIAJS is delighted to announce the winners of this year's book and essay prizes! 🏆
Bringing zines to @biajs.bsky.social's 2026 conference — Space and Place in Jewish Studies! You can catch my talk on old and new diasporism at 13.45 tomorrow, Wednesday 14 July
Talking about antisemitism and antiracism, you will get lots of comments #biajs26 @toby-kunin.bsky.social @bengidley.bsky.social
Wonderful day at the 2026 @biajs.bsky.social conference. Grateful to @hannahewence.bsky.social and @bengidley.bsky.social for inviting @eylanezekiel.bsky.social to speak about racism in Jewish life. Learned so much from all especially Daniella Shaw.
A few months ago, Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe published Challenging Conversations - a video series speaking to specialists about Jewish heritage, culture and communal life in Europe. You can watch all the videos here: rothschildfoundation.eu/challenging-...
Our Summer 2026 Newsletter is live! Inside: new research, EHRI-UK updates, reflections from our Visiting Fellow, details about recent events, and much more. View here: sway.cloud.microsoft/Wm9jPo9atisY...
Spring/Summer 2026
Welcome to the Parkes Institute newsletter.
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From life in the East End to Jewish vegetarianism, join Dr. Rachel Lichtenstein on a Collections Encounter at @thelondonarchives.bsky.social Read the blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect... #JewishLondon #JewishHistory #Archives
Collection Encounter: The London Archives - Celebrating jewish archives
Collection Encounter: The London Archives
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#BIAJS2026 begins at sunny Birkbeck - check out today’s schedule here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - our next session includes panels on borders in ancient Judaism, Israeli culture, Jewish American history, British diversity & gender in religious spaces
The Leo Baeck Institute London will be well represented at the British Association for Jewish Studies (BIAJS) 2026 conference, which takes place next week at Birkbeck, University of London. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/07... @ankahajkova.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social
Send in your application by 24 August to participate in this 2-day @ehri-project.eu workshop on 1-2 December, titled 'Documentation as Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks', hosted at @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
