New Review! J Heyde wrote a fantastic review about François Guesnet and Jerzy Tomaszewski's source-reader. "Sources on Jewish Self-Government" invites to encounter the world of 1000 years of Jewish self-government in #EasternEurope. Learn more here: ➡️ brill.ws/guesnet_tomasz…

CFP: Jewish Languages: Diglossia in Judaism A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2025  eurojewishstudies.org/homepage-annou…

book milestone unlocked: copy-edited manuscript returned to author for review! to celebrate I'm sharing the book cover, and will write a short thread about what's behind the design ⏬

When the world paused, creativity persisted. Unlock the stories of musicians, writers, and artists who found solace and inspiration in their craft during the pandemic. #OpenAccess #LockdownCultures ow.ly/oHlP50OQmeW

PhD Studentship Applications Open! Come investigate early medieval Hebrew & Jewish Aramaic astronomical texts supervised by Prof Sacha Stern. ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/…

Last month, Dr. Simone Gigliotti featured on ‘Identities and Experiences’ for the #JewishRefugeesWorkshop, w/ Barbara Warnock (The Wiener Holocaust Library) & Shirli Gilbert (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies)! BISA at Birkbeck Joseph Cronin Leo Baeck Institute London Royal Holloway #RoyalHolloway #History

Hooray! I can't wait to hear how it goes and finally get the tea on gefilte fish! ☕️🐟

UCL Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies out in force at the Polin Museum Warsaw Muzeum POLIN, fantastic conference on Jewish Lodz: talks on the 19th century fish racket Françoïs Guesnet and about Israel Joshua Singer's Brother Ashkenasi Sonia Gollance, PhD

What a team name 👏 #onlyconnect

There is a part time project admin position going at SOAS for an AHRC-DFG project “Rabbinic Civil Law in the Context of Ancient Legal History: A Legal Compendium to the Bavot Tractates of the Talmud Yerushalmi” at SOAS: vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/600322 Closes 30/8

We're hiring! Research Fellow in Syriac astronomy and related sciences Project: "Astronomy, calendar, and related sciences in Near Eastern cultures, 3rd-8th centuries CE" (5 yrs, UKRI) PI: Prof Sacha Stern Closing 30 Sept ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

my latest podcast appearance, discussing the life and teachings of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the father of Chabad, with JJ Kimche on the The Podcast of Jewish Ideas youtu.be/vVFOm_Dy2sE?si…

A very significant step for 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry’, its many contributors, and the editors. An honor and privilege to be involved. Huge thanks to the Littman Library and Liverpool University Press Muzeum POLIN UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies The European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) ASEEES BIAJS

On Thurs 19th September School of Advanced Study, University of London (Senate House) Dr Steven Samols Steven Samols from UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies will give a keynote on "The History of the Holocaust in Jewish Photo Books" as part of a conference on the memory and representation of mass shootings. Register here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/holocau…

This week we co-hosted a fascinating symposium @holocaustmuseum exploring new research on the experiences of the elderly during and after the Holocaust You can catch up on all the speakers now via @youtube bit.ly/3TokWT1

As we approach the new academic year, we wanted to look back on 2023/24... We saw a plethora of celebratory news and achievements from across our 10 Departments. Together, we showcase how the arts and humanities make life worth living. Read more: buff.ly/3Zkknxo UCL

We can't wait to welcome PhD students and early career researchers to our meet and greet next week! Parkes Institute Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies BIAJS British & Irish Association for Holocaust Studies Hidden Treasures RHUL Holocaust Research Institute UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies Manchester R&T Faculty of Divinity School of Divinity King's TRS Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies Centre for Global Jewish Studies@warwick Centre for German-Jewish Studies

Preview of things to come: vol. 37 of ‘Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry’ dedicated to interactions of Jews in Polish and German Lands - expected for January 2025, published by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization and Liverpool University Press UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies UK Jewish Studies