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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 3d

For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social).

It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT.

Open to all, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...

Anthropocenes Histories: Cities

This seminar will discuss the topic of 'Cities and the Anthropocene' through research on Latin America and the U.S.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies @uclhjs.bsky.social · 19d

Shana tova to all those celebrating!!
Wishing you and yours a joyful and sweet new year 🍎🍯

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Steven Samols @swsamols.bsky.social · 28d

Great episode (they’re all great) but also lovely to hear a totally different side/ perspective on Amis. Thanks for all the pods!

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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · Mar 26

Interested in doing a Jewish Studies postdoc in the UK? @uclhjs.bsky.social is happy to host postdocs on a variety of topics. Please note internal deadlines for prospective postdocs to submit expressions of interest and draft proposals in 🧵. @biajs.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...

Postdoctoral Research

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Steven Samols @swsamols.bsky.social · Jun 10

Big, Beautiful, Counterfactual History.

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Steven Samols @swsamols.bsky.social · Apr 17

Very cool piece.

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Steven Samols @swsamols.bsky.social · Mar 30

It was fun to read with you. Keith Talent continues to haunt me/ make me laugh.

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Alexia Orengo Green @alexorengog.bsky.social · Mar 14

My lecture "'We have to leave' Germany: Jewish Children's Agency & Acculturation in Latin America during the Holocaust" is now published on the YouTube channel for USC's Center for Advanced Genocide Research (CAGR).

Go watch it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzzi...

Jewish Children’s Agency & Acculturation in Latin America During the Holocaust – Alexia Orengo-Green

YouTube video by USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research

www.youtube.com

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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · Mar 12

Ten doctoral scholarships on German-Jewish history and culture to be awarded in the Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme for the academic year 2025/26

For more information including application details, please visit: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/fellowship

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Isaac Fitzgerald @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social · Mar 7

Tried to google the word count of On the Road.

Screenshot of an Al Overview response that reads, “‘On the road’ consists of three words. On, the, and road.”

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IHR Jewish History Seminar @ihrjewishhistory.bsky.social · Mar 6

Come join us Tuesday evening (11 March) for a discussion with Professor Laura Hobson Faure and her new book “Who will rescue us? the story of the Jewish children who fled to France and America during the Holocaust”

Link for registration here: www.history.ac.uk/events/book-...

Book launch: Who Will Rescue Us? The Story of the Jewish Children who Fled to France and America During the Holocaust

www.history.ac.uk

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Andy Denning @andydenninghist.bsky.social · Feb 10

check it out!

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Feb 10

New on advance access: "The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era"

by Andrew Denning (@kuhistorydept.bsky.social) and Heidi J S Tworek (University of British Columbia)

doi.org/10.1093/past...

The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History: Lessons from the Inter-War Era*

Abstract. This article considers the role of periodization in global history through the lens of the inter-war era. The global turn has shifted the ‘metage

doi.org

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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · Jan 30

The Leo Baeck Institute London proudly presents its 2025 Lecture Series: Belonging and Exclusion. This series explores German-Jewish experiences over four lectures throughout 2025.

Join us in-person at Senate House London, or online on Zoom!

Details: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/LS-2025

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Robert Mueller-Stahl @robertmuellerstahl.bsky.social · Jan 24

Ich war im Podcast des @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social zu Gast.
Wir haben über meine Arbeit und die Ausstellung gesprochen, was gerade private Fotos erzählen und was sie verdecken…und unseren kommenden Beitrag für den European Month of Photography.

Have a listen ⬇️
buff.ly/3Cq8fBJ

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UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies @uclhjs.bsky.social · Jan 15

UCL is hiring a Jewish Collections Project Cataloguer
Fixed-term/full-time
Closing Date 24 Jan

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · Jan 14

The LBI London is pleased to present an online lecture by Professor Hermann Beck, historian and recent recipient of the 2024 Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research.

Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 19:00 GMT

Book now: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/beck-25

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · Jan 14

Don't miss this online book talk with our Honorary Fellow Nick Sayers!

📅 22 Jan 2025, 20:00

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Steven Samols @swsamols.bsky.social · Jan 14

Yes, but have you considered how shiny and new this proposal is? Have you reflected on the ways in which it allows us to ignore both inevitable tax rises and spending cuts?

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IHR Jewish History Seminar @ihrjewishhistory.bsky.social · Jan 13

Here is our winter term schedule (with more coming soon):

www.history.ac.uk/seminars/jew...

Jewish History

Seminars consist of a 40-50 min presentation, followed by a Question and Answers session.

www.history.ac.uk

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Steven Samols @swsamols.bsky.social · Jan 10

For real.

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Steven Samols @swsamols.bsky.social · Dec 19

The absolute limit is 47.

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Steven Samols @swsamols.bsky.social · Dec 12

And we’re not exactly safe from the earlier threat.

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