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 ago

Excellent 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

Excellent crisp chairing by @bryan-cheyette.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 ago

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.

Hats off to whoever created this.

Productive day of plotting Eastern European history takeover at St Andrews, hosted by the wonderful Bernhard Struck with @dacretu.bsky.social @svenjabethke.bsky.social & al

On Wednesday!

@bryan-cheyette.bsky.social · 2mo ago

baumaninstitute.leeds.ac.uk/events/how-d... So looking forward to speaking to Prof. Becky Taylor about this on Wednesday.

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...

@bryan-cheyette.bsky.social · 2mo ago

baumaninstitute.leeds.ac.uk/events/how-d... So looking forward to speaking to Prof. Becky Taylor about this on Wednesday.

@baumaninstitute.bsky.social baumaninstitute.leeds.ac.uk/events/how-d...

baumaninstitute.leeds.ac.uk/events/how-d... So looking forward to speaking to Prof. Becky Taylor about this on Wednesday.

JB PRITZKER Could Be A Good Candidate For President........ ?

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Organisers of antisemitism march defend move to invite Nigel Farage

Decision draws criticism from some British Jews who called for invitation to be withdrawn

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Next in our Lectures for Peace: Alison Hennegan on Siegfried Sassoon: The Making of a War Poet? All income from our Lectures for Peace goes to peace and refugee charities. 7 March live online. www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/peace

Launching tomorrow! Visit God's House Tower to see a selection of art by Gerda Cohen 5-8 March. Join us on Friday to hear from curator and Parkes Outreach Fellow Maddie Walch at the Celebration Event! 🔗 godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/memo...

Join us for our upcoming lecture with Parkes Visiting Fellow Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum, who will talk about 'The Schnorrer & the Parvenu: Jews, Tailoring & the Performance of Respectability'. 🗓️ Tues 10 March, 6pm GMT 📍 Avenue Campus & online Register 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jews-tailo...

Jews, Tailoring and the Performance of Respectability

Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum - the Archives Lecture - The Schnorrer and the Parvenu: Jews, Tailoring and the Performance of Respectability

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If you have access to BBC radio, don’t miss the reading of Percival Everett’s powerful 2024 novel, James, on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

BBC Sounds - James by Percival Everett - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of James by Percival Everett on BBC Sounds.

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The next instalment of #EnglishCreates is all about reading, beginning with @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social @rbtownsend.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social

University English@univeng.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#EnglishCreates: Futures We kick off our series on Critical Reading with Prof Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway): 'in the increasingly scientised discourse which has so effectively helped to teach decoding, the fundamental holism of reading can get lost.' universityenglish.ac.uk/reading-is-a...

Deadline end of 29th May to submit for our Book Prize!!

British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies@biajs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🏆 The 2026 BIAJS Book Prize competition is now open! We invite submissions focused on topics relating to the ancient and medieval periods for a prize of £1,000 to be announced at our July conference See eligibility details and how to submit here: bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/2026/01/26/c...

'The 2010s is the concluding volume of the Decades Series. Although novels will continue to be written and read in the UK, there are good reasons for thinking that future fiction written in Britain is unlikely to have the same cultural signification within national life as over the past century.'

Nick Hubble@thehubble101.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The 2010s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction is currently available on the Bloomsbury website at a 30 per cent discount price of £20.29 until Sunday night. This is a flash sale across most Bloomsbury books.

All seven volumes to date in the #MassObservation Critical Series @massobscritical.bsky.social are also currently at attractive prices in the @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social sale until Sunday @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning

It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.

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Berlin, Brussels, Paris & Zurich, see you soon!! The fight is not over — we still have a lot of work to do. We’re coming to Europe to chat with you about this moment in Israel-Palestine and what we’re doing on the ground to fight for justice, equality and peace. Registration links 🔗⬇️

Check out our new website! (Here’s the page for my project: liminalwater.uni-graz.at/en/projects/... )

Liminal Waterway Countercultures@liminalwater.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our website is now live! liminalwater.uni-graz.at/en/

I am really disappointed that the new version of EThOS at the British Library (the service for getting PhD theses) will be metadata-only. I really think we should use such resources, even if they are not books. They are still contributions to knowledge. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/give-ph...

‘Give PhD archive attention it deserves,’ British Library urged

Scholars criticise lack of progress on restoring repository of 600,000 PhD theses more than two years after it was felled by cyberattack

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Could Nazi cosplayer and all-round fascist Bovino be an antisemite? If only there had been some kind of sign.

Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

In amongst the daily whiplash of US events - Anyone have a source for numbers detained / imprisoned so far - and numbers of people sent to another country?

I am so grateful that Mark Pendleton is running as the next UCU VP (Higher Education). He is a dedicated, strategic, kind, and level headed union organizer; brilliant historian; and a dear friend. He will make a terrific vicepresident; please vote for him, all. ucucommons.org/about-mark/

Deadline is 6pm today!!

British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies@biajs.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join us in London in July! CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE #BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/2025/11/03/c...

Great, innovative use of KC Works: academic podcasts. Just uploaded: The Literary Encyclopedia Podcast, Episode One, De-cosifying Dickens works.hcommons.org/records/33yj...

The Literary Encyclopedia Podcast, Episode One, De-cosifying Dickens

An occasional podcast from the online Literary Encyclopedia (www.litencyc.com) a non-profit, containing more than ten thousand entries.

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More traditional but rigorous philosophical and close-reading approaches also, of course, welcome!

If you are considering writing and publishing a book on any aspect of contemporary writing: just a reminder that I am a series editor of the New Horizons in Contemporary Writing series at Bloomsbury. We'd love to have your submissions and books!