"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.
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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, Impressions (1939–1988). This richly researched exhibition explores the exile, intellectual networks and British encounters of Elias Canetti (1905–1994), the Bulgarian born, Sephardi Jewish writer who became one of the twentieth century’s most compelling observers of...
Research Seminar with Sophia Lambert and Dr Lyman Gamberton
This first event in a new seminar series organised by the Jewish Studies Network will welcome speakers Sophia Lambert and Dr Lyman Gamberton.
Writing a History of Animals During the Holocaust
Join us for a talk with Barnabas Balint, Research Fellow at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Animals are hardly ever the focus of Holocaust history, but they do appear throughout its sources. This talk identifies the sources and methodology for writing a...
To Be Seen
Join us for a talk with visual artist, Matt Smith. Matt Smith has recently completed an artist residence at Holocaust Centre North. He is interested in exploring how LGBTQ+ stories of the Holocaust can be made visible. This talk explores his work with the archive at Holocaust Centre North and provides a snap shot of...
Learning from Yorkshire’s Holocaust Torah Scrolls
A talk and round table event in connection with the Torah scrolls of the Memorial Scrolls Trust, kept in Yorkshire. Please join us for an afternoon of talks and conversations, organised by the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Leeds. Programme Coffee, tea and refreshments 3.00-3.25 pm: Parkinson Court North, just outside Treasures of the...
A second life in the museum: Jewish tombstones after the Black Death
You are invited to a research seminar co-hosted by the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies and Centre for Jewish Studies, with speaker Dr Eva Frojmovic. Across Europe, Jewish communities were decimated in advance of the Black Death (Yersinia Pestis) epidemic of 1347-9; their communal buildings and cemeteries were expropriated. The...
Stories from North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Communities
We are delighted to host Ciara Shalome, creator of the Instagram page the Mizrahi Story.
Soviet-Born: The Afterlives of Migration in Jewish American Fiction
The School of Languages, Cultures and Societies and the Centre for Jewish Studies invite you to a visiting talk by Karolina Krasuska (University of Warsaw).
Stanley Kubrick: Intellectual and Innovative Filmmaker
Join us for an event co-organised by the Centre for Jewish Studies and the Centre for World Cinemas and Digital Cultures, with speaker Nathan Abrams, Professor in Film at Bangor University.