Dr. Charlie Knight
@charlieknight.bsky.social
Historian | Bithell Fellow @ilcs.bsky.social | Comms Officer @germanhistsoc.bsky.social
CFP
Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives of Life-Writing and Ego-Documents (April 2026)
Deadline: 31 December 2025
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Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives of Life-Writing and Ego-Documents (April 2026)
Deadline: 31 December 2025
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
CFP: Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
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October 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
CFP
Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives of Life-Writing and Ego-Documents (April 2026)
Deadline: 31 December 2025
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives of Life-Writing and Ego-Documents (April 2026)
Deadline: 31 December 2025
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
CFP - Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents - 14 April 2026
We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton!
Please share!!
We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton!
Please share!!
October 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
CFP - Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents - 14 April 2026
We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton!
Please share!!
We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton!
Please share!!
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The next episode of Series 2 of 'Glimpses of German History' is OUT NOW!
In this episode, Anne Buckley (Leeds) takes us to a field in Skipton, North Yorkshire which housed a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
youtu.be/WDqGQw7TY5w
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In this episode, Anne Buckley (Leeds) takes us to a field in Skipton, North Yorkshire which housed a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
youtu.be/WDqGQw7TY5w
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October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The next episode of Series 2 of 'Glimpses of German History' is OUT NOW!
In this episode, Anne Buckley (Leeds) takes us to a field in Skipton, North Yorkshire which housed a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
youtu.be/WDqGQw7TY5w
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In this episode, Anne Buckley (Leeds) takes us to a field in Skipton, North Yorkshire which housed a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
youtu.be/WDqGQw7TY5w
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Episode 1 of Series 2 of our documentary series 'Glimpses of German History' is now available on YouTube!
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
Glimpses of German History S2E1: Denazification Questionnaire
In the first episode of Glimpses of German History Season 2, Sandra Lipner shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in postwar Germany. The questionnaire was intended by the occupying Allies to categorise people in terms of their previous in
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October 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Episode 1 of Series 2 of our documentary series 'Glimpses of German History' is now available on YouTube!
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
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Glimpses of German History Season 2: Trailer
YouTube video by German History Society
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September 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I'm very pleased to be joining the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London next month as the 2025-26 Bithell Visiting Fellow in German Studies!
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Charlie Knight
Charlie Knight is the 2025-26 Bithell Visiting Fellow at the ILCS.
ilcs.sas.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I'm very pleased to be joining the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London next month as the 2025-26 Bithell Visiting Fellow in German Studies!
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/people/charl...
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/people/charl...
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The HRC is a team of scholars who work in a variety of disciplines across the field of Holocaust Studies. We have expertise that ranges across histories, theories, & languages.
Read more about the HRC & our services here: holocaustresearchconsultancy.org/about/
Read more about the HRC & our services here: holocaustresearchconsultancy.org/about/
About
We are a team of scholars who have come together to deliver assistance to individuals, families, students, academics, and organizations for Holocaust research, education, and public engagement. We …
holocaustresearchconsultancy.org
August 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The HRC is a team of scholars who work in a variety of disciplines across the field of Holocaust Studies. We have expertise that ranges across histories, theories, & languages.
Read more about the HRC & our services here: holocaustresearchconsultancy.org/about/
Read more about the HRC & our services here: holocaustresearchconsultancy.org/about/
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The deadline for the German History Society's Undergraduate Essay Prize is NEXT WEEK!
Do you have an outstanding dissertation to submit?
Check out our website for more details!
www.germanhistorysoc...
Do you have an outstanding dissertation to submit?
Check out our website for more details!
www.germanhistorysoc...
July 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The deadline for the German History Society's Undergraduate Essay Prize is NEXT WEEK!
Do you have an outstanding dissertation to submit?
Check out our website for more details!
www.germanhistorysoc...
Do you have an outstanding dissertation to submit?
Check out our website for more details!
www.germanhistorysoc...
Fascinating talk at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social this evening on Tony Kushner’s @parkesinstitute.bsky.social new book ‘The Jewish Pedlar’ with @manchesterup.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Fascinating talk at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social this evening on Tony Kushner’s @parkesinstitute.bsky.social new book ‘The Jewish Pedlar’ with @manchesterup.bsky.social
Last week I submitted my PhD thesis on German-Jewish letters sent during the Holocaust.
Thank you to my fantastic supervisors Joachim and Tony at the @parkesinstitute.bsky.social - and to everyone who has shared their stories and knowledge with me over the last four years - now the viva....
Thank you to my fantastic supervisors Joachim and Tony at the @parkesinstitute.bsky.social - and to everyone who has shared their stories and knowledge with me over the last four years - now the viva....
June 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Last week I submitted my PhD thesis on German-Jewish letters sent during the Holocaust.
Thank you to my fantastic supervisors Joachim and Tony at the @parkesinstitute.bsky.social - and to everyone who has shared their stories and knowledge with me over the last four years - now the viva....
Thank you to my fantastic supervisors Joachim and Tony at the @parkesinstitute.bsky.social - and to everyone who has shared their stories and knowledge with me over the last four years - now the viva....
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Our team of experts offer a wide range of services to support families, scholars, independent researchers, & educators in #Holocaust research & education.
Read more about our services here:
holocaustresearchconsultancy.org/services/
Read more about our services here:
holocaustresearchconsultancy.org/services/
Services
The Holocaust Research Consultancy is a team of scholars who have come together to deliver assistance to individuals, families, students, academics, and organizations in Holocaust research, educati…
holocaustresearchconsultancy.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Our team of experts offer a wide range of services to support families, scholars, independent researchers, & educators in #Holocaust research & education.
Read more about our services here:
holocaustresearchconsultancy.org/services/
Read more about our services here:
holocaustresearchconsultancy.org/services/
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A major thank you to everyone who attended and supported the #HolocaustStudies networking event at the #IWM last week… What a fantastic day fostering community and supporting young researchers.
We hope to make this an annual event so look out for future calls for participants! 📣
We hope to make this an annual event so look out for future calls for participants! 📣
June 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A major thank you to everyone who attended and supported the #HolocaustStudies networking event at the #IWM last week… What a fantastic day fostering community and supporting young researchers.
We hope to make this an annual event so look out for future calls for participants! 📣
We hope to make this an annual event so look out for future calls for participants! 📣
Very excited to be a part of this new adventure with @caileedavis.bsky.social @barnabasbalint.bsky.social @niamh-hanrahan.bsky.social keep an eye out for more updates coming soon - give us a follow too ⬇️
May 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Very excited to be a part of this new adventure with @caileedavis.bsky.social @barnabasbalint.bsky.social @niamh-hanrahan.bsky.social keep an eye out for more updates coming soon - give us a follow too ⬇️
Fantastic conference at the Indiana University Gateway in Berlin on the place of German Jewish History in the Holocaust. Fascinating papers all round.
Thanks to @mmzpotsdam.bsky.social @ghiwashington.bsky.social for organising
Thanks to @mmzpotsdam.bsky.social @ghiwashington.bsky.social for organising
May 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Fantastic conference at the Indiana University Gateway in Berlin on the place of German Jewish History in the Holocaust. Fascinating papers all round.
Thanks to @mmzpotsdam.bsky.social @ghiwashington.bsky.social for organising
Thanks to @mmzpotsdam.bsky.social @ghiwashington.bsky.social for organising
This event is TONIGHT at 6pm!
It was a pleasure to help @anoushka-ar.bsky.social with this project and I'm happy to now chair the launch of the digital exhibition.
Details below 🔽
It was a pleasure to help @anoushka-ar.bsky.social with this project and I'm happy to now chair the launch of the digital exhibition.
Details below 🔽
1 week to go until our 'Wandering Jew: Book Launch and Digital Exhibition Launch' webinar with @llampertweissig.bsky.social & @anoushka-ar.bsky.social
Tuesday 27th May, online, 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrument...
@germanhistsoc.bsky.social @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social
Tuesday 27th May, online, 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrument...
@germanhistsoc.bsky.social @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This event is TONIGHT at 6pm!
It was a pleasure to help @anoushka-ar.bsky.social with this project and I'm happy to now chair the launch of the digital exhibition.
Details below 🔽
It was a pleasure to help @anoushka-ar.bsky.social with this project and I'm happy to now chair the launch of the digital exhibition.
Details below 🔽
My fab supervisor Tony Kushner has a new book out - The Jewish Pedlar - with @manchesterup.bsky.social.
There's a book launch in Southampton on 4 June @octoberbooks.bsky.social and also a talk at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on 25 June
There's a book launch in Southampton on 4 June @octoberbooks.bsky.social and also a talk at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on 25 June
The untold story of a gruesome 18th century triple murder in Sussex is examined for the first time.
In a new book by Professor Tony Kushner, ‘The Jewish Pedlar’ tells the story of Jacob Harris.
Launching June 4, find out more 👉 https://octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/93/details
In a new book by Professor Tony Kushner, ‘The Jewish Pedlar’ tells the story of Jacob Harris.
Launching June 4, find out more 👉 https://octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/93/details
May 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My fab supervisor Tony Kushner has a new book out - The Jewish Pedlar - with @manchesterup.bsky.social.
There's a book launch in Southampton on 4 June @octoberbooks.bsky.social and also a talk at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on 25 June
There's a book launch in Southampton on 4 June @octoberbooks.bsky.social and also a talk at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on 25 June
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Our final event of the year is a double bill with @llampertweissig.bsky.social talking about her recent 'Instrument of Memory: Encounters with the Wandering Jew' &
@anoushka-ar.bsky.social launching her digital travelling exhibition
🎟️ May 27th 6pm, online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrument...
@anoushka-ar.bsky.social launching her digital travelling exhibition
🎟️ May 27th 6pm, online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrument...
May 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Our final event of the year is a double bill with @llampertweissig.bsky.social talking about her recent 'Instrument of Memory: Encounters with the Wandering Jew' &
@anoushka-ar.bsky.social launching her digital travelling exhibition
🎟️ May 27th 6pm, online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrument...
@anoushka-ar.bsky.social launching her digital travelling exhibition
🎟️ May 27th 6pm, online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrument...
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The GHS has numerous funding opportunities and awards available throughout the year for PGRs and ECRs. The deadline for some of them is fast approaching!
Check out the following 🧵 for more details:
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Check out the following 🧵 for more details:
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April 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The GHS has numerous funding opportunities and awards available throughout the year for PGRs and ECRs. The deadline for some of them is fast approaching!
Check out the following 🧵 for more details:
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Check out the following 🧵 for more details:
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Last week I submitted my PhD thesis 'Vladimir Nabokov's Jewish Muse!' - hugely privileged to be supervised by Professors Devorah Baum and @clairelefoll.bsky.social and to have the wonderful @parkesinstitute.bsky.social as my academic home! Thanks to many others who supported along the way… 🦋
March 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Last week I submitted my PhD thesis 'Vladimir Nabokov's Jewish Muse!' - hugely privileged to be supervised by Professors Devorah Baum and @clairelefoll.bsky.social and to have the wonderful @parkesinstitute.bsky.social as my academic home! Thanks to many others who supported along the way… 🦋
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@parkesinstitute.bsky.social hosted a screening of Jessie Eisenberg’s #ARealPain — it’s a lovely example of 3rd Gen #Holocaust representation. Go see it if you haven’t!
Really enjoyed the fantastic discussion w/ EmilyRose Baker, Tony Kushner, & Janek Gryta, moderated by @charlieknight.bsky.social
Really enjoyed the fantastic discussion w/ EmilyRose Baker, Tony Kushner, & Janek Gryta, moderated by @charlieknight.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social hosted a screening of Jessie Eisenberg’s #ARealPain — it’s a lovely example of 3rd Gen #Holocaust representation. Go see it if you haven’t!
Really enjoyed the fantastic discussion w/ EmilyRose Baker, Tony Kushner, & Janek Gryta, moderated by @charlieknight.bsky.social
Really enjoyed the fantastic discussion w/ EmilyRose Baker, Tony Kushner, & Janek Gryta, moderated by @charlieknight.bsky.social
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🚨CFP: GHS Annual Conference🚨
The GHS are proud to share the call for papers for our upcoming conference at the University of Loughborough on the 4-6 September 2025
The deadline for applications is 19 April 2025.
For more info see: www.germanhistorysoc...
#GermanHistSoc2025
The GHS are proud to share the call for papers for our upcoming conference at the University of Loughborough on the 4-6 September 2025
The deadline for applications is 19 April 2025.
For more info see: www.germanhistorysoc...
#GermanHistSoc2025
February 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚨CFP: GHS Annual Conference🚨
The GHS are proud to share the call for papers for our upcoming conference at the University of Loughborough on the 4-6 September 2025
The deadline for applications is 19 April 2025.
For more info see: www.germanhistorysoc...
#GermanHistSoc2025
The GHS are proud to share the call for papers for our upcoming conference at the University of Loughborough on the 4-6 September 2025
The deadline for applications is 19 April 2025.
For more info see: www.germanhistorysoc...
#GermanHistSoc2025
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We're very pleased to announce that Anoushka Alexander-Rose's (@anoushka-ar.bsky.social) exhibition will stay with us at the GHIL for a while longer!
It reframes the Wandering Jew from its origins in medieval Christian myth and presents how the legend has evolved across time and cultures. 👇
It reframes the Wandering Jew from its origins in medieval Christian myth and presents how the legend has evolved across time and cultures. 👇
📣 New exhibition! 📣
The German Historical Institute London is delighted to host ‘The Wandering Jew: A Travelling Exhibition’ curated by Anoushka Alexander-Rose (@anoushka-ar.bsky.social) from 6 January to 14 February 2025 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm)!
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The German Historical Institute London is delighted to host ‘The Wandering Jew: A Travelling Exhibition’ curated by Anoushka Alexander-Rose (@anoushka-ar.bsky.social) from 6 January to 14 February 2025 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm)!
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February 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We're very pleased to announce that Anoushka Alexander-Rose's (@anoushka-ar.bsky.social) exhibition will stay with us at the GHIL for a while longer!
It reframes the Wandering Jew from its origins in medieval Christian myth and presents how the legend has evolved across time and cultures. 👇
It reframes the Wandering Jew from its origins in medieval Christian myth and presents how the legend has evolved across time and cultures. 👇
Excited to chair this screening on Monday 😊
Join us next week for a special screening of Jesse Eisenberg's #ARealPain, winner of Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin) at the 2025 #BAFTAs.
📅 February 24, 5:30 PM.
📍 Harbour Lights Picturehouse
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📅 February 24, 5:30 PM.
📍 Harbour Lights Picturehouse
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
A Real Pain + Q&A (Southampton) | Showtimes and Tickets
The Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton invites you to a screening and roundtable event on Jesse Eisenberg’s 2025 film A Real Pain at Harbour Lights Picturehouse cinema on 24 February at...
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February 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Excited to chair this screening on Monday 😊
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📢 Next week, Parkes Outreach Fellow @charlieknight.bsky.social will give a talk at #LoveData25 on his work with the Theodor Hirschberg papers @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
The event is hybrid & open to all.
📅 Feb 12, 2:30pm (GMT)
📍 Highfield Campus & online
More info 👇
library.soton.ac.uk/...
The event is hybrid & open to all.
📅 Feb 12, 2:30pm (GMT)
📍 Highfield Campus & online
More info 👇
library.soton.ac.uk/...
LibGuides@Southampton: Love Data @ Soton: Home
LibGuides@Southampton: Love Data @ Soton: Home
library.soton.ac.uk
February 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📢 Next week, Parkes Outreach Fellow @charlieknight.bsky.social will give a talk at #LoveData25 on his work with the Theodor Hirschberg papers @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
The event is hybrid & open to all.
📅 Feb 12, 2:30pm (GMT)
📍 Highfield Campus & online
More info 👇
library.soton.ac.uk/...
The event is hybrid & open to all.
📅 Feb 12, 2:30pm (GMT)
📍 Highfield Campus & online
More info 👇
library.soton.ac.uk/...
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🎥 On Monday 24th February, we are holding a screening and roundtable event on Jesse Eisenberg’s 2025 film ’A Real Pain’ at Harbour Lights Picturehouse cinema in Southampton.
🔗 Book your tickets here: www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...
🔗 Book your tickets here: www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...
January 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🎥 On Monday 24th February, we are holding a screening and roundtable event on Jesse Eisenberg’s 2025 film ’A Real Pain’ at Harbour Lights Picturehouse cinema in Southampton.
🔗 Book your tickets here: www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...
🔗 Book your tickets here: www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...