British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies
@biajs.bsky.social
to nurture, cultivate and advance the teaching and research in Jewish culture and history in all its aspects within Higher Education in the British Isles
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📜 Our 2025 bulletin is live! Read a message from our incoming president @bengidley.bsky.social, a report from this year's conference, details of our book prize, the CFP for our 2026 conference @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, reports from institutions & more
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November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📜 Our 2025 bulletin is live! Read a message from our incoming president @bengidley.bsky.social, a report from this year's conference, details of our book prize, the CFP for our 2026 conference @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, reports from institutions & more
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Tonight: zoom lecture with Professor Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds
Myth & Mendel: A New Look at Genetics’ Beginnings
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Myth & Mendel: A New Look at Genetics’ Beginnings
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September 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Tonight: zoom lecture with Professor Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds
Myth & Mendel: A New Look at Genetics’ Beginnings
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Myth & Mendel: A New Look at Genetics’ Beginnings
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More from #BIAJS2025:
Huge thanks to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre for a wonderful tour!
www.sjac.org.uk
@scotsarchives.bsky.social @cahgscotland.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowheritage.bsky.social
Huge thanks to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre for a wonderful tour!
www.sjac.org.uk
@scotsarchives.bsky.social @cahgscotland.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowheritage.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
More from #BIAJS2025:
Huge thanks to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre for a wonderful tour!
www.sjac.org.uk
@scotsarchives.bsky.social @cahgscotland.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowheritage.bsky.social
Huge thanks to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre for a wonderful tour!
www.sjac.org.uk
@scotsarchives.bsky.social @cahgscotland.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowheritage.bsky.social
Some #BIAJS2025 speakers:
Hannah Holtschneider (@uoedivinity.bsky.social), @josephfinlay.bsky.social (@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social), Asa Brunet-Jailly (@umich.edu) and Monika Stępień (@jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social) on letters, travel and exile.
Hannah Holtschneider (@uoedivinity.bsky.social), @josephfinlay.bsky.social (@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social), Asa Brunet-Jailly (@umich.edu) and Monika Stępień (@jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social) on letters, travel and exile.
July 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Some #BIAJS2025 speakers:
Hannah Holtschneider (@uoedivinity.bsky.social), @josephfinlay.bsky.social (@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social), Asa Brunet-Jailly (@umich.edu) and Monika Stępień (@jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social) on letters, travel and exile.
Hannah Holtschneider (@uoedivinity.bsky.social), @josephfinlay.bsky.social (@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social), Asa Brunet-Jailly (@umich.edu) and Monika Stępień (@jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social) on letters, travel and exile.
Some scenes from our AGM: president Mia Spiro awarding our book prize to @annakoch.bsky.social, secretary @hebraicaveritas.bsky.social with events officer (and dance leader) @sgollance.bsky.social, our fantastic PhD studentship holder Kerry McCall.
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Some scenes from our AGM: president Mia Spiro awarding our book prize to @annakoch.bsky.social, secretary @hebraicaveritas.bsky.social with events officer (and dance leader) @sgollance.bsky.social, our fantastic PhD studentship holder Kerry McCall.
#BIAJS2025
Edmund Chapman introducing Wandering Jews panel organised by @anoushka-ar.bsky.social; round table on British Sephardi studies with @samsamev.bsky.social, past president Karen Skinazi, Eliaou Balouka and Ilana Webster Kogen.
Edmund Chapman introducing Wandering Jews panel organised by @anoushka-ar.bsky.social; round table on British Sephardi studies with @samsamev.bsky.social, past president Karen Skinazi, Eliaou Balouka and Ilana Webster Kogen.
July 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#BIAJS2025
Edmund Chapman introducing Wandering Jews panel organised by @anoushka-ar.bsky.social; round table on British Sephardi studies with @samsamev.bsky.social, past president Karen Skinazi, Eliaou Balouka and Ilana Webster Kogen.
Edmund Chapman introducing Wandering Jews panel organised by @anoushka-ar.bsky.social; round table on British Sephardi studies with @samsamev.bsky.social, past president Karen Skinazi, Eliaou Balouka and Ilana Webster Kogen.
BIAJS is sadly saying goodbye to #Glasgow after three amazing, intense conference days at #BIAJS2025, organised by our president Mia Spiro on the theme of crossing borders. In this thread, some images from the week…
July 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
BIAJS is sadly saying goodbye to #Glasgow after three amazing, intense conference days at #BIAJS2025, organised by our president Mia Spiro on the theme of crossing borders. In this thread, some images from the week…
#BIAJS2025 Storytelling: Nee perspectives on British and other Jewish histories, with Tony Kushner, Gavin Schaffer and Hannah Ewence — legends talking about their brilliant new books.
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#BIAJS2025 Storytelling: Nee perspectives on British and other Jewish histories, with Tony Kushner, Gavin Schaffer and Hannah Ewence — legends talking about their brilliant new books.
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social
#BIAJS2025 Amazing keynote by Charlotte Hempel, “Agricultural resources and Qumran — removing conceptual borders”, introduced by our Secretary Lindsey Davidson @hebraicaveritas.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#BIAJS2025 Amazing keynote by Charlotte Hempel, “Agricultural resources and Qumran — removing conceptual borders”, introduced by our Secretary Lindsey Davidson @hebraicaveritas.bsky.social
#BIAJS2025 panel on the wandering Jew with Richard Cohen, Lisa Lampert-Weissig, and @anoushka-ar.bsky.social
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#BIAJS2025 panel on the wandering Jew with Richard Cohen, Lisa Lampert-Weissig, and @anoushka-ar.bsky.social
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social
@parkesinstitute.bsky.social
At #BIAJS2025: a warm welcome from our president, Mia Spiro, and from Bailie Paul McCabe on behalf of the Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow. Our event makes BIAJS’s 50th birthday — and Glasgow’s 850th!
July 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
At #BIAJS2025: a warm welcome from our president, Mia Spiro, and from Bailie Paul McCabe on behalf of the Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow. Our event makes BIAJS’s 50th birthday — and Glasgow’s 850th!
We’re in beautiful Glasgow this week for #BIAJS2025, organised by a team led by our president Mos Spiro. If you’re here, tag us in your posts. If you’re not, we’ll share some dispatches on here!
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We’re in beautiful Glasgow this week for #BIAJS2025, organised by a team led by our president Mos Spiro. If you’re here, tag us in your posts. If you’re not, we’ll share some dispatches on here!
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
A glimpse at one session today
June 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A glimpse at one session today
The Max and Hilde Kochmann Summer School 2025 is underway this week at @sussex.ac.uk. If you’re there tag us in your pictures!
@ldml.bsky.social
@ldml.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Max and Hilde Kochmann Summer School 2025 is underway this week at @sussex.ac.uk. If you’re there tag us in your pictures!
@ldml.bsky.social
@ldml.bsky.social
The perils of having “Jewish” anywhere near your username on the internet today, episode 84
June 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The perils of having “Jewish” anywhere near your username on the internet today, episode 84
Follow @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social today for live skeeting from their amazing one day conference at @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Follow @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social today for live skeeting from their amazing one day conference at @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
19 May:
Dr Kira Alvarez — Harmonious Relations? America in the Making of the Classical Music World in Mandatory Palestine and Israel, 1920s-1960s (online event)
@biahs1.bsky.social
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Dr Kira Alvarez — Harmonious Relations? America in the Making of the Classical Music World in Mandatory Palestine and Israel, 1920s-1960s (online event)
@biahs1.bsky.social
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May 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
19 May:
Dr Kira Alvarez — Harmonious Relations? America in the Making of the Classical Music World in Mandatory Palestine and Israel, 1920s-1960s (online event)
@biahs1.bsky.social
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Dr Kira Alvarez — Harmonious Relations? America in the Making of the Classical Music World in Mandatory Palestine and Israel, 1920s-1960s (online event)
@biahs1.bsky.social
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Some pictures from the LCSCA conference at @jw3london.bsky.social this week, including Aiofe Crimmins (Amsterdam), @equusonthebuses.bsky.social (@aberuni.bsky.social), Philip Spencer (Kingston) and Christine Achinger (Warwick).
@davidhirsh.bsky.social
@davidhirsh.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Some pictures from the LCSCA conference at @jw3london.bsky.social this week, including Aiofe Crimmins (Amsterdam), @equusonthebuses.bsky.social (@aberuni.bsky.social), Philip Spencer (Kingston) and Christine Achinger (Warwick).
@davidhirsh.bsky.social
@davidhirsh.bsky.social
Oxford: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament seminar series devoted to exploring new research on the Dead Sea Scrolls. A great line-up of speakers. Please email [email protected] with any questions.
January 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Oxford: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament seminar series devoted to exploring new research on the Dead Sea Scrolls. A great line-up of speakers. Please email [email protected] with any questions.
Who’s going to #Limmud?
Some academic Jewish representation!
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From @parkesinstitute.bsky.social:
@anoushka-ar.bsky.social’s Wandering Jew exhibition & a session on 'Rethinking the legend'
Some academic Jewish representation!
1/2
From @parkesinstitute.bsky.social:
@anoushka-ar.bsky.social’s Wandering Jew exhibition & a session on 'Rethinking the legend'
December 20, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Who’s going to #Limmud?
Some academic Jewish representation!
1/2
From @parkesinstitute.bsky.social:
@anoushka-ar.bsky.social’s Wandering Jew exhibition & a session on 'Rethinking the legend'
Some academic Jewish representation!
1/2
From @parkesinstitute.bsky.social:
@anoushka-ar.bsky.social’s Wandering Jew exhibition & a session on 'Rethinking the legend'
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29th Jan: The making of child Holocaust survivors, Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture by Rebecca Clifford, Durham University
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29th Jan: The making of child Holocaust survivors, Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture by Rebecca Clifford, Durham University
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December 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM
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29th Jan: The making of child Holocaust survivors, Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture by Rebecca Clifford, Durham University
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29th Jan: The making of child Holocaust survivors, Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture by Rebecca Clifford, Durham University
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20 Jan: Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity, with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
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December 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM
20 Jan: Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity, with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
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Three events at @bisa-bkk.bsky.social in January
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14th Jan: Israel: what went wrong?, with Omer Bartov, Brown Uni
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14th Jan: Israel: what went wrong?, with Omer Bartov, Brown Uni
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December 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Three events at @bisa-bkk.bsky.social in January
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14th Jan: Israel: what went wrong?, with Omer Bartov, Brown Uni
thebirkbeckinstituteforthestudyofantisemitism.createsend1.com/t/y-l-cskjkl...
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14th Jan: Israel: what went wrong?, with Omer Bartov, Brown Uni
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The Scottish Jewish Archives Centres communities collections www.sjac.org.uk/jewish-commu...
December 16, 2024 at 12:40 PM
The Scottish Jewish Archives Centres communities collections www.sjac.org.uk/jewish-commu...
Learn about Dundee’s Torrance collection, including many fascinating images of Palestine in the first half of the 20th century.
archives.dundee.ac.uk/ms-38
archives.dundee.ac.uk/ms-38
December 16, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Learn about Dundee’s Torrance collection, including many fascinating images of Palestine in the first half of the 20th century.
archives.dundee.ac.uk/ms-38
archives.dundee.ac.uk/ms-38