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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Sep 3

Extended deadline til 10th September! >>>

Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎊 Calling all current PGRs and ECRs - be a part of Limmud Festival’s PhD engagement programme, created to build a cohort of emerging academics in the field of Jewish studies across the UK. Apply below by 15th August for a place at 90% discount, and please do share in your networks!
lnkd.in/eVtmrHsu

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Sep 3

Extended deadline til 5th October! 📜

Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · Jul 30

#CfP | EAJS invites propasals for the EAJS Virtual 2025: Translating Maimonides in late autumn | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...

#JewishStudies #Translation #workshops #Maimonides

Deadline for abstracts: September 18, 2025

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Sep 3

Now the contract is signed, my postdoc project 'Figuring the Wandering Jew: Jewish Artists and the Redrawing of Europe' with Elisabeth Becker-Topkara at the Max Weber Institute for Sociology @uniheidelberg.bsky.social begins! I'll be in Berlin for the next month then based at the Winchester Gallery

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Aug 7

@juedstudien.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @jewishstudies.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social @lbilondon.bsky.social @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social @uolsbc.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Aug 7

Deadline next week for extremely subsidised places at Limmud this December, along with bespoke training on presenting for public audiences and opportunities for peer-led mentoring! All Jewish studies PGRs and ECRs (within 5 years of submitting, w/o permanent academic positions) invited to apply ➡️

Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎊 Calling all current PGRs and ECRs - be a part of Limmud Festival’s PhD engagement programme, created to build a cohort of emerging academics in the field of Jewish studies across the UK. Apply below by 15th August for a place at 90% discount, and please do share in your networks!
lnkd.in/eVtmrHsu

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Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · Jul 30

#CfP | EAJS invites propasals for the EAJS Virtual 2025: Translating Maimonides in late autumn | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...

#JewishStudies #Translation #workshops #Maimonides

Deadline for abstracts: September 18, 2025

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 24

📜 Catching up … Having successfully passed my Viva in May, defending my doctoral thesis 'Vladimir Nabokov's Jewish Muse' examined by Leonid Livak (Toronto) and James Jordan (Southampton), supervised by Devorah Baum & @clairelefoll.bsky.social, I graduated yesterday! @parkesinstitute.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎊 Calling all current PGRs and ECRs - be a part of Limmud Festival’s PhD engagement programme, created to build a cohort of emerging academics in the field of Jewish studies across the UK. Apply below by 15th August for a place at 90% discount, and please do share in your networks!
lnkd.in/eVtmrHsu

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 21

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 11

@samsamev.bsky.social @eliaou-balouka.bsky.social @meloniesch.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @guesnet.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 11

📣 CFP for our EAJS Virtual 'Translating Maimonides' on 7th December 2025. We invite cross-disciplinary papers related to linguistics, intercommunal/interreligious dialogue, archives and material heritage, Sephardi identities, creative engagement & more…

Abstracts due 18th September lnkd.in/ey3fie6c

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 9

and a British Jewish Heritage panel organised with Yulia Egorova as part of our ongoing project, with presentations on problematics of representation from Robin Makin, Tony Kushner, Hannah Ewence & @samsamev.bsky.social on Liverpool, Southampton, Chester & Marseille #BIAJS2025 @biajs.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 9

A pleasure to be part of a lively and interdisciplinary Liquid Jewish Studies panel with @bengidley.bsky.social Tony Kushner, @ophiragamliel.bsky.social & @samsamev.bsky.social on migration, oceanic perspectives, watermarks & @liminalwater.bsky.social - two pence added from me on the Wandering Jew 🌊

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 9

More #BIAJS2025 highlights: a tour of the wonderful Scottish Jewish Archives Centre; keynotes from @gavinschaffer.bsky.social & Tony Kushner on new storytelling perspectives; Yiddish dancing & ceilidh @sgollance.bsky.social; @josephfinlay.bsky.social Anglo-Jewish imperial travel @biajs.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 7

Really enjoyed presenting on 21st c regendered/postcolonial depictions of the Wandering Jew alongside Richard I Cohen & @llampertweissig.bsky.social, followed by a great panel on Sephardi studies with @samsamev.bsky.social @eliaou-balouka.bsky.social Karin Skinazi & Ilana Webster-Kogen #BIAJS2025

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Wandering Jew takes Scotland! Exhibition on display at #BIAJS2025 @biajs.bsky.social for all attending…
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @jewishhistorical.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🕯️

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · May 27

Today at 6pm - view our newly digitised Wandering Jew exhibition and hear from Lisa Lampert-Weissig about Heinrich Heine’s interest in the legend >>

Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · May 20

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

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · May 20

A whirlwind fortnight: exhibition launch with David Rudrum @holocaustnorth.bsky.social, Maimonides workshops in Manchester & Marseille & an afternoon discussing Jewish heritage beyond the UK @mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social with @samsamev.bsky.social @clairelefoll.bsky.social @jaydprosser.bsky.social

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · May 20

Very excited to reveal the online version of my Wandering Jew travelling exhibition, with the amazing digital help of @katiepower.bsky.social, alongside a talk from Lisa whose research was so formative for my own project and curation. Do come!

Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · May 20

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

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · May 12

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...

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · May 6

Tomorrow - with my former prof and external examiner (post viva!) - will be excellent >>

Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 30

One week to go until our next event!

Join us for a talk from Leonid Livak (@uoftartsci.bsky.social) on 'Integrating Jewish Studies with Russian Exilic Studies: The Holocaust and the End of Russia Abroad'.

📅 Wednesday 7 May, 6pm (BST)
📍 Avenue Campus & online via Zoom
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Integrating Jewish Studies with Russian Exilic Studies

Integrating Jewish Studies with Russian Exilic Studies: The Holocaust and the End of Russia Abroad. A talk with Leonid Livak.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · Apr 30

Who is the Wandering Jew, and why does this figure still resonate today?
Join us at Holocaust Centre North on May 12th from 5pm for the launch of The Wandering Jew, a travelling exhibition exploring the enduring legacy and reinterpretations of this elusive symbol.

Tickets here: bit.ly/4iuEM8M

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Anoushka Alexander-Rose @anoushka-ar.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Wandering Jew is going up north! The travelling exhibition will be on display at HCN 12th May - 30th June, launched with a conversation on the Holocaust context of the legend and origins of 'Der ewige Jude'
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social

Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · Apr 25

Join us at Holocaust Centre North for the launch of The Wandering Jew, a travelling exhibition. At once a vessel for antisemitism and a vehicle for tolerance, this exhibition explores how the legend has been reimagined over time and for different purposes.

Reserve your place here: bit.ly/4iuEM8M

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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · Apr 25

We’re delighted to have played a key role in a major new report into the value and importance of visual arts.

The ‘Framing the Future’ report sets out recommendations to the government on investment to safeguard art for the future.

Read more 👉 tr.ee/Bdqnp0

Professor Jane Falkingham speaking at the launch event for the report. Stood in front of microphone and wooden stand. White/cream curtain behind her.

Group photo outside in London with key London landmarks behind, including parliament and London Eye. From left: Woodrow Kernohan, Jack Lewis, Louise Siddons, Joseph Owen, Pascal Matthias, Anoushka Alexander-Rose.

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