Congratulations to the Belarusian-Jewish Cultural Heritage Center, including our very own Claire Le Foll as historical advisor, on the launch of Shtetl, a new cultural strategy board game inspired by Jewish small towns in Eastern Europe.
🔗 Pre-order: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sht...
Tomorrow is the day! Parkes Institute members @clairelefoll.bsky.social & @duhaut.bsky.social — aka the Muddy Frogs — are taking on the Southampton Pretty Muddy 5k Race for Life. If you haven't donated yet to support cancer research, there's still time!
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/the-mud...
This week, we honour Professor Joachim Schlör with an international conference on Jewish History and Culture Beyond Borders, taking place 11–12 June 2026 in Graz.
www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...
2026 marks 50 years since JCORE was founded and Parkes alumnus @josephfinlay.bsky.social has written the book to mark it.
Join him and Lord Simon Woolley, Dawn Butler MP, Dr Edie Friedman, Rabbi David Mason at @jw3london.bsky.social on 17 June.
Book here: hiasjcore.org/events/celeb...
This Wednesday, join Parkes Institute Honorary Fellow Bryan Cheyette in conversation with Becky Taylor on the displacement of Gypsy communities, with a focus on Janina Bauman's pioneering work on this subject.
🔗 More info and registration: baumaninstitute.leeds.ac.uk/events/how-d...
Just two days to go!
Join Parkes alumnus @josephfinlay.bsky.social for the launch of his new book on the history of @hiasjcore.bsky.social
🗓️17 June, 7 pm, in person or online
📍 @jw3london.bsky.social
🔗 hiasjcore.org/events/celebrate-jcores-50th-anniversary-not-only-ourselves/
Come to the launch event on June 17th (in person or online) for my book on the history of @hiasjcore.bsky.social for a discussion of racism and anti-racism over the past 50 years and in the present. With me, Edie Friedman, David Mason, Dawn Butler and Leroy Logan. www.jw3.org.uk/whats-on/not...
Our @samsamev.bsky.social ( @parkesinstitute.bsky.social ) is in Paris this week presenting on ‘“Jewish Maghreb" — Journeys of Return to North Africa’ at the workshop ‘Beyond Binaries: Recalling and Reclaiming Judeo-Arab Relational Worlds’
Read about Sami’s work here: www.imera.fr/en/publicati...
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🏆 BIAJS PhD Studentship Call!
📜 To support the society and undertake an independent project promoting Jewish studies in the UK and Ireland
£1,500 p/a for the duration of the PhD
📅 Deadline 22nd June, interviews during BIAJS 13-15 July or online
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Joseph Finlay
British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies
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Cancer is happening right now, which is why I'm taking part in a Race for Life to raise money and save lives.
1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you don...
2026 marks 50 years since JCORE was founded and Parkes alumnus @josephfinlay.bsky.social has written the book to mark it.
Join him and Lord Simon Woolley, Dawn Butler MP, Dr Edie Friedman, Rabbi David Mason at @jw3london.bsky.social on 17 June.
Book here: hiasjcore.org/events/celeb...
Parkes Institute members @clairelefoll.bsky.social and @duhaut.bsky.social don't just chat in Yiddish — they also run in the mud for cancer research!
On 20 June, their team the Muddy Frogs will be taking on the Southampton Pretty Muddy 5k 2026 – Race for Life.
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To celebrate Refugee Week 2026, we're delighted to partner with HIAS+JCORE to launch ‘Not Only for Ourselves’, the history of JCORE. This fascinating book documents the evolution of the organisation a...
