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Call for Papers poster for the New Generation Group, Jewish Historical Society of England, at UCL. Conference title: βVoice, Narrative, and (Self-)Representationβ, 11 May 2026. Text notes themes around how Jewish lives and stories are told, plus sample topics and instructions to submit a 300-word abstract and 100-word bio to jhse.ngg@gmail.com by 15 February 2026.
π£ CfP: New Generation Group Conference βVoice, Narrative, and (Self-)Representationβ, UCL, Mon 11 May 2026.
20-min papers on how Jewish lives & stories are voiced, imagined & recorded.
300-word abstract + 100-word bio to jhse.ngg@gmail.com by 15 Feb 2026.
#JewishStudies
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Need focused writing time? Join our Online Writing Retreat (NGG x Second Temple Early Career Group).
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When: Wed 3 Dec 2025
β° Time: 13:45-17:15 (UK)
π© Register: jhse.ngg@gmail.com
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π Tomorrow!
Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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π Our 2025 bulletin is live! Read a message from our incoming president @bengidley.bsky.social, a report from this year's conference, details of our book prize, the CFP for our 2026 conference @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, reports from institutions & more
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We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
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Happening today!
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π£ NGG WIP Seminar: Jews in Medieval Spain
Ana Roda SΓ‘nchez | Jews & converts in 15th-c Castile
Carmen Caballero Navas | Jewish womenβs medical practice in medieval Iberia
Mon 17 Nov 2025, 19:00β20:00 (UK), online.
Info/Zoom: DM us or email jhse.ngg@gmail.com
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14.11.2025 10:56 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
This ms contains a Hebrew Psalter which has been annotated by Christian Hebraists and has a Latin translation in the margins. Here is Psalm 150.
BnF MS HΓ©breu 113; Psalms (Hebrew); 13th century; England; f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
13.11.2025 21:43 β π 16 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
If you know anyone who works on medieval Judaism, please send them this! Binghamton is hiring a Talmud/Rabbinics assistant prof: half in Judaic Studies, half in the Med/Ren center. A killer R1 job for the right person, and not a ton of applicants so far....
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Please spread the word
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Need focused writing time? Join our Online Writing Retreat (NGG x Second Temple Early Career Group).
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When: Wed 5 Nov 2025
β° Time: 13:45-17:15 (UK)
π© Register: jhse.ngg@gmail.com or l.davidson@bristol.ac.uk
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It's still not too late to apply to be a Rene Cassin #HumanRights #Ambassador.
Bring your passions to the forefront, learn to use your voice, and begin your journey into human rights advocacy.
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Deadline: This Sunday, 2nd November
π Apply here: lnkd.in/eZrHBe4B
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π£CfA for a PhD position on Jewish Literary Legacies of Colonialism after Decolonisation, as part of "Ambivalent Pasts: On Jewish Colonial Experiences," a new joint research project of the Institute for Jewish History and Culture, the Institute for European History and the Centre Marc Bloch
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On 10 December 2025, the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership (HGRP) @hgrporg.bsky.social will be hosting two events with Dr Anna HΓ‘jkovΓ‘ on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.
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On 10 December 2025, the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership (HGRP) @hgrporg.bsky.social will be hosting two events with Dr Anna HΓ‘jkovΓ‘ on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.
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NEW GENERATION GROUP | JHSE
Iβm Dr Rosalie Bernheim, the NGGβs new Network Coordinator! Iβm here to help our early-career community connect, create, & grow through events, mentoring, & shared opportunities. Get our newsletter straight to your inbox: www.jhse.org/general-9
#JewishStudies #ECR #JewishHistory
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Ausstellungsansicht "Materialisierte Heiligkeit" im Stabi Kulturwerk
π Die Geschichten hinter den #BΓΌchern: Mit unseren kostenfreien #FΓΌhrungen kΓΆnnt ihr das #StabiKulturwerk immer wieder aufs Neue entdecken und HintergrΓΌnde zu den Exponaten und #Sammlungen der #StabiBerlin kennenlernen. Interesse geweckt? Dann kommt vorbei π stabi-kulturwerk.de/fuehrungen/
21.10.2025 13:50 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Rewley House, 20-21 April 2026 Day 0 (Optional) 16:00 onwards: Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (led ...
We are thrilled to launch the provisional programme for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". If the programme excites you as much as us, why not register and join us in Oxford on 20-21 April?! buytickets.at/bordersbound...
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Shylock's Venice: The Remarkable History of Venice's Jews and the Ghetto | JHSE
Hybrid book talk - join the author in person or online
Shylockβs #Venice
28 Oct 20:15
Chigwell Hainault Synagogue IG7 5NT
In the Venice ghetto Jews were locked behind gates at night. But ghetto prison was a remarkable place full of scholars, poets, dancers, musicians.
Β£5 - Members free
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@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
www.jhse.org/event-detail...
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Fragile Lifelines: Organized Refugee Transportation and Rescue Missions since the 1930s
International Conference: Fragile Lifelines: Organized Refugee Transportation and Rescue Missions since the 1930s.
6. / 7. November 2025
Organizers:
Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History #Potsdam (ZZF), Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum fΓΌr europΓ€isch-jΓΌdische Studien (MMZ)
More: tinyurl.com/23wjd64a
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A poem by Lea Goldberg that speaks to the joy, grief, and hope of this moment.
13.10.2025 14:38 β π 16 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
It was lovely to see so many new and old faces at yesterday's Meet and Greet! Thank you to JHSE's president Gavin Schaffer for joining us and sharing a few words of support and encouragement! @jewishhistorical.bsky.social
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To sign up, please send us an email to jhse.ngg@gmail.com!
09.10.2025 10:11 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Join us for our Meet and Greet on Thursday, October 9th, at 7:30 PM (UK Time) via Zoom. This will be an informal gathering where we can introduce ourselves and announce the program of events for the upcoming year. We look forward to seeing many of you!
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Baron Book Prize β AAJR
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.
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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...
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Graphic announcing a new issue of the Journal of Jewish Studies. On the left, white text on a grey-blue background reads: βThe leading forum in the world for new research in Jewish history, literature, and culture from Biblical times to the present day.β Below are logos for Liverpool University Press and the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies. On the right, the journal cover is displayed with the text βJournal of Jewish Studies, Vol. LXXVI, No. 2, Autumn 2025.β A navy-blue circle reads βNew issue,β and a yellow three pronged symbol is shown in the bottom corner. The background features faint handwritten Hebrew script.
New in Journal of Jewish Studies Volume 76, Issue 2
βThe scribal tractates and the transformation of the Torah scrollβ by Eliav Grossman.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/JJS-Vol-76-2
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22.09.2025 14:00 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
RELCFP is a religious studies call for papers repository (relcfp.com)
f. 1886 as Modern Language Notes β’ Published @hopkinspress.bsky.social β’ Issues: Italian, Yiddish & Hebrew, Spanish & Portuguese, German, French, and Comparative Literature
MLNJournal@jh.edu
History Professor | Early Medievalist | Academic Editor. DPhil@Univ Oxford. Homesick for WI. Opinions mine not employer's, share does not necessarily mean endorse. https://www.ericabuchberger.com/
Independent scholar: research interests in hermeneutics, textual criticism, and the classical tradition; aurum in stercore
Medieval gender, crime, & history prof. at John Jay College & CUNY Graduate Center, writing about a survivor in c.1470 France for PrincetonUPress, 2023-4 Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library, bylines Slate etc.
Independent Scholar/Medieval Francophonie & Italian Historiographies. http://digitalhumanitiesddp.com, http://tcf.lauramorreale.com, http://dalme.org.
Professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon. Medieval Iberian and Sephardic literature and culture. https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/
Associate professor of medieval history. Working on Jewish-Christian interaction, religious conversion, and attitudes toward converts in medieval France and Italy. She/her.
Interdisciplinary medievalist; Stony Brook University History Dept. I work on religious history, Jewish-Christian relations, and the role of vision & material culture in shaping identity and generating prejudice. Fervent supporter of public higher ed.
writer and teacher who cares a lot about the future of the humanities as well as access to education
dean of humanities & professor of English @ ASU, but this is my personal account, opinions are mine
https://www.jeffreyjeromecohen.com
Medieval historian by day, historical novelist by night. My historical novel #Pilgrimage is now out from Cuidono Press. Jackal. Princess. She/her. Banner is Muhammed Sami.
Historian of Jews in the medeival Islamic Middle East. Studies daily life, inter-religious interactions, material culture. Lives in Jerusalem. Tour guide. Father of twin girls.
I write about medieval Jews and 21st century Torah | Intellectual historian, medieval Jewish thought | Rabbanit | Χ©ΧΧ Χ‘Χ€Χ¨ΧΧ ΧΧΧ¨ΧΧ
website: trmarvin.org
newsletter: trmarvin.substack.com
Medieval history and religion professor at Boston University. Interested in past and present negotiation of religious identities and power structures.
Leverhulme-funded PhD Student at @parkesinstitute.bsky.social .
Researching Jewish and Romani/y communities in post-war Britain, and questions of race, nation, migration and diaspora.
Material Culture Workshop | convened by graduate students at the University of Cambridge.
Posts about the Hebrew and Jewish Studies collection in UCL Libraries, including news and info about print and electronic resources, useful websites, etc. https://library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish-studies
researching yiddishkeit and the yiddish language. looking to follow jewish artists and scholars π³οΈβππ she/her
Liverpool-based academic: neurodiversity, disability, accessibility, medical humanities, genre fiction (phew!). "Divergent Minds in the Archive" project PI.
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
