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The Centre for Jewish Studies is a transdisciplinary research centre based in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. It was set up in 1995 to continue the Jewish Studies legacy of the Department of Semitic Studies, and to build bridges with a number of Arts disciplines by means of the interdisciplinary Montague Burton Fellow in Jewish Studies.
The Centre houses two main branches: a research centre for Jewish visual and cultural studies, and the project Antisemitism in Contemporary Culture (supported by the Stanley and Audrey Burton Trust).
Events
Lost Shtetl - Lithuanian Jewish History and Memory
Join us for a panel discussion and film screening with the Lost Shtetl Museum (Lithuania).
"The tale of the perfect schnorrer": Ezra Pound and Heinz Henghes
Join us for this talk with speaker Chloe Pinto, Montague Burton Fellow in Jewish Studies at the University of Leeds.
Elias Canetti, a Jewish Émigré in Britain: Leeds Responses
Join us for a roundtable discussion responding to the travelling exhibition Elias Canetti, a Jewish Émigré in Britain: People, Places,...
News
Centre awarded LAHRI network grant for ‘Rethinking Jewish Cultural Heritage Today’
The Centre for Jewish Studies has been awarded a LAHRI network grant for a new project, Rethinking Jewish Cultural Heritage Today.
Queer Experiences in the Holocaust — call for workshop contributions
Contributions are welcome for Queer Experiences in the Holocaust, a workshop taking place on 16 April 2024 at the University of Leeds with keynote speaker Dr Anna Hájková (University of Warwick).
BAJS conference 2020
The Centre for Jewish Studies is organising a panel about "Jewish heritage and crisis" at the BAJS annual conference in...