This week's #NewBooks: reference works, Josephus, Holocaust, Hannah Arendt, Israel/Palestine, and Hebrew stories library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...
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Exciting news - the British Newspaper Archive's new platform is here Explore millions of digitised pages of newspapers and other publications from our British and Irish collections, dating as far back as the 1700s We can't wait to get exploring 🗞 link.bl.uk/7ci
We're constantly adding new materials to our digital archive, Wiener Digital Collections. Some of the most significant documents, photographs and testimonies from our collection can be found for free online now. Start your search at www.whlcollections.org
There are some changes to our regular opening hours in the coming weeks and months. Please check our website for up to date information before you plan your visit to our exhibition gallery or Reading Room!
When We're Open - The Wiener Holocaust Library
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Get started with copyright! Find out more and learn about its importance here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/learning-teaching-support/ucl-copyright-advice/getting-started-copyright
Senate House Library has written about the arrival of the LBI London library collection in Bloomsbury, and it is worth a read. www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
One of the scholars mentioned is Sacha Stern of @uclhjs.bsky.social
The Times of Israel@timesofisrael.com · 3w agoFor scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the mystery of the 364-day version of the solar calendar discussed extensively in the scrolls has remained a puzzle for decades. Was this flawed model actually used in practice, or was it just a theoretical model? Read: www.timesofisrael.com/power-of-7-c...
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...
Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk
Two Rooms by Jewish Museum London is the museum's new 'interim' space located at @jw3london.bsky.social jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/two...
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Since launching our digital archive last year we have been constantly updating the site to make as many of our collections as possible available to researchers around the world There are now over 260,000 pages of evidence relating to the Holocaust and the Nazi era available online
Wiener Digital Collections - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Based in London, The Wiener Holocaust Library is the world’s oldest and Britain’s largest collection of original archival material on pre-war Jewish life, the Nazi era and the Holocaust.
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Come and spend the next academic year embedded in our curatorial teams Two exciting fellowships are open to postdoctoral, early-career researchers which can be undertaken over 12-months full-time or part-time equivalent, as part of the Joanna and Graham Barker Fellowship Scheme Find out more👇
The BIAJS conference at Birkbeck is shaping up well. Check out the current version of the programme here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
BIAJS 2026 conference schedule, Monday 13 July to Wednesday 15 July, Birkbeck, University of London V2
BIAJS 2026 conference schedule, Monday 13 July to Wednesday 15 July, Birkbeck, University of London MONDAY 9 Registration 9:30 Welcome 10-11:30 Papers: Textual spaces in Judaism 1 Eli Yo...
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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies@biajs.bsky.social · 2mo ago📣 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
We are really sorry to let you know that UCL Open Days on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026 have been cancelled. Please do not travel to campus for these events. For the latest updates, please visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/open-days/undergraduate-open-days
If you're looking for somewhere in London to rest and cool off on hot days, here's a map from @london.gov.uk listing venues and spaces to help you beat the heat: https://apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/ 🪭🚰💨
A great opportunity again this year, do share with your networks, institutions, doctoral & postdoctoral students to help build 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...
If you are looking for somewhere cool-ish to study today, we are open from 10:00 until 19:00. The temperature on the Lower Ground floor is currently a pleasant 23.4 degrees.
Our friends at the Jewish Museum London recently opened Two Rooms, a new interim project space at JW3 in North London for the summer. Find out more here: jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/two...
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Due to the red weather warning announced for this week our Exhibition Gallery and the Reading Room will be closed on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th June. Please check our website for up to date information before your visit: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/visit/when-w...
When We're Open - The Wiener Holocaust Library
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As temperatures in London soar we'd like to invite you all to the visit the library which is lovely and air conditioned. Feel free to drop in to use our computers, have a quiet sit down, study or even look at some of the wonderful items in our collections. Free and open to all!
Interesting blog post about the Trades Advisory Council archive @uclspeccoll.bsky.social archives.ucl.ac.uk/CalmView/Rec...
Jewish Historical Society of England@jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 2mo agowww.jhse.org/post/british... #British Jews in Jeopardy 1933-1945 and beyond: the role of the #Trades Advisory Council
This week's #NewBooks: Yiddish, klezmer music, rabbinic literature, Israel / Palestine, and more library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...
New special issue of Jewish Historical Studies (@uclpressjournals.bsky.social) on Jews and the British Empire, guest edited by Elizabeth E. Imber. @uclhjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social journals.uclpress.co.uk/jhs/issue/64...
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Another academic year, nearly done. 💜 Whether you're revising, submitting assignments, waiting on results or preparing to graduate, we're rooting for you. Good luck for the weeks ahead and enjoy a well-deserved summer. 📸: @bless_the_rain (May #LoveUCL entry)
Upcoming deadline - 15th June for our student essay prize!
British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies@biajs.bsky.social · 3mo ago🏆 BIAJS 2026 Student Essay Prize: Call for Submissions ⌛Deadline: 15 June ✒️ 2 x £400 prize for 1 outstanding undergraduate dissertation and 1 postgraduate essay by students at UK/Irish institutions on Jewish Studies, ancient through modern Info here: bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/2026/05/13/a...
🏆 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...
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BIAJS PhD Studentship Call We invite applications for the BIAJS PhD studentship, which is now vacant. It is intended that interviews for the studentship will take place either online before or in p…
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📣 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
British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026: Space and Place in Jewish Studies
British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026
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This week's #NewBooks: Bible, Jewish literature, and theology library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...
