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JHSE New Generation Group
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An international group of early career scholars interested in #JewishStudies and #JewishHistory. Proud to be part of the Jewish Historical Society of England.

Contact us via [email protected] and join our mailing list: https://www.jhse.org/general-9
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We're excited to present you with NGG's academic programme for this winter term! Looking forward to seeing you! @jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies
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📜 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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November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Happening today!
📣 NGG WIP Seminar: Jews in Medieval Spain

Ana Roda Sánchez | Jews & converts in 15th-c Castile
Carmen Caballero Navas | Jewish women’s medical practice in medieval Iberia

Mon 17 Nov 2025, 19:00–20:00 (UK), online.

Info/Zoom: DM us or email [email protected]

@jewishhistorical.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📣 NGG WIP Seminar: Jews in Medieval Spain

Ana Roda Sánchez | Jews & converts in 15th-c Castile
Carmen Caballero Navas | Jewish women’s medical practice in medieval Iberia

Mon 17 Nov 2025, 19:00–20:00 (UK), online.

Info/Zoom: DM us or email [email protected]

@jewishhistorical.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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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 Hébreu 113; Psalms (Hebrew); 13th century; England; f.133r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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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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November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Join us in London in July!

CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE

#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck

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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS #BIAJS2026 Space and Place in Jewish Studies British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 Birkbeck, University of London | July 2026   “there is…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Need focused writing time? Join our Online Writing Retreat (NGG x Second Temple Early Career Group).
📅 When: Wed 5 Nov 2025
⏰ Time: 13:45-17:15 (UK)
📩 Register: [email protected] or [email protected]

@jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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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.

📅 Deadline: This Sunday, 2nd November

👉 Apply here: lnkd.in/eZrHBe4B
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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📣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
Stellenausschreibung:
0,65 Promotionsstelle / Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in »Jewish Literary Legacies of Colonialism after Decolonization« im Rahmen des Projekts »Ambivalent Pasts: On Jewish Colonial Experiences«
Bewerbungsschluss: 12. Dezember 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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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 Hájková on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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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 Hájková on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m Dr Rosalie Bernheim, the NGG’s new Network Coordinator! I’m 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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October 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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📚 Die Geschichten hinter den #Büchern: Mit unseren kostenfreien #Führungen könnt ihr das #StabiKulturwerk immer wieder aufs Neue entdecken und Hintergründe zu den Exponaten und #Sammlungen der #StabiBerlin kennenlernen. Interesse geweckt? Dann kommt vorbei 👉 stabi-kulturwerk.de/fuehrungen/
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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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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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 ...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Shylock’s #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.

£5 - Members free

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@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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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
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October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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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 für europäisch-jüdische Studien (MMZ)
More: tinyurl.com/23wjd64a
Fragile Lifelines: Organized Refugee Transportation and Rescue Missions since the 1930s
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October 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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A poem by Lea Goldberg that speaks to the joy, grief, and hope of this moment.
October 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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
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!
October 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
To sign up, please send us an email to [email protected]!
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!
October 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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!
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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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.
Baron Book Prize – AAJR
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September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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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
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September 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Amazing postdoc opportunity at @lahri.bsky.social Leeds, on post-Holocaust visualities/materialities

Montague Burton Fellow in Jewish Studies

Closing day 6 October

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Cc @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Montague Burton Fellow in Jewish Studies
Are you a dynamic person holding a recent doctoral degree with strong research and teaching interests in post-Holocaust visualities/materialities? Does your research and teaching demonstrate a sustain...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM