Françoïs Guesnet
@guesnet.bsky.social
Based in London and Berlin.
Modern Jewish history @ University College London, focus Poland/Eastern Central Europe.
Co-editor 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry', Secretary European Association for Jewish Studies.
Stand with Ukraine!
Modern Jewish history @ University College London, focus Poland/Eastern Central Europe.
Co-editor 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry', Secretary European Association for Jewish Studies.
Stand with Ukraine!
Just donated again to Back&Alive, and this month also to @timothysnyder.bsky.social's initiative to sponsor ambulances fitted with jammers
www.help99.co/thank-you-1
Do support Ukraine through the dark winter, to a brighter day.
www.help99.co/thank-you-1
Do support Ukraine through the dark winter, to a brighter day.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just donated again to Back&Alive, and this month also to @timothysnyder.bsky.social's initiative to sponsor ambulances fitted with jammers
www.help99.co/thank-you-1
Do support Ukraine through the dark winter, to a brighter day.
www.help99.co/thank-you-1
Do support Ukraine through the dark winter, to a brighter day.
Very moving to visit the ‘Field of Mars’ in Lviv/Ukraine, for fallen Ukrainian soldiers. ‘For your and our freedom’
October 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Very moving to visit the ‘Field of Mars’ in Lviv/Ukraine, for fallen Ukrainian soldiers. ‘For your and our freedom’
Supporting Ukraine is not some sort of charity - it recognizes how much we owe Ukrainians for defending their and our freedom.
'Back and Alive' is one of the best ways to donate.
'Back and Alive' is one of the best ways to donate.
September 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Supporting Ukraine is not some sort of charity - it recognizes how much we owe Ukrainians for defending their and our freedom.
'Back and Alive' is one of the best ways to donate.
'Back and Alive' is one of the best ways to donate.
New (for me) perspective on Warsaw‘s skyline - from the rooftop of the Museum of Polish History
August 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New (for me) perspective on Warsaw‘s skyline - from the rooftop of the Museum of Polish History
Support for Ukraine needs to be visible, and material, especially now.
Doing so via Back&Alive is an excellent way to do this.
Doing so via Back&Alive is an excellent way to do this.
August 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Support for Ukraine needs to be visible, and material, especially now.
Doing so via Back&Alive is an excellent way to do this.
Doing so via Back&Alive is an excellent way to do this.
Excellent, carefully curated Irma Stern exhibition in Brücke Museum - white/Jewish gaze in early 20th c South Africa
July 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Excellent, carefully curated Irma Stern exhibition in Brücke Museum - white/Jewish gaze in early 20th c South Africa
Ukraine needs our support.
Please consider to donate to 'Back&Alive'
Now more than ever.
Please consider to donate to 'Back&Alive'
Now more than ever.
June 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ukraine needs our support.
Please consider to donate to 'Back&Alive'
Now more than ever.
Please consider to donate to 'Back&Alive'
Now more than ever.
The exploded laundry in the Tate Modern turbine hall
Not convinced
Not convinced
March 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The exploded laundry in the Tate Modern turbine hall
Not convinced
Not convinced
Practice-led multidisciplinarity in Jewish Studies:
Led by PhD student Keren Rubner, staff and students @uclhjs.bsky.social explore Jewish culinary traditions and get a challah ready for Friday
Led by PhD student Keren Rubner, staff and students @uclhjs.bsky.social explore Jewish culinary traditions and get a challah ready for Friday
March 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Practice-led multidisciplinarity in Jewish Studies:
Led by PhD student Keren Rubner, staff and students @uclhjs.bsky.social explore Jewish culinary traditions and get a challah ready for Friday
Led by PhD student Keren Rubner, staff and students @uclhjs.bsky.social explore Jewish culinary traditions and get a challah ready for Friday
And here, as usual...
March 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
And here, as usual...
James Benning‘s q&a after ‘Little Boy’ - legend
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
James Benning‘s q&a after ‘Little Boy’ - legend
Now more than ever
February 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Now more than ever
Partners in crime - a great privilege to work with Antony Polonsky, as co-chairs of editorial board of ‘Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry’
February 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Partners in crime - a great privilege to work with Antony Polonsky, as co-chairs of editorial board of ‘Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry’
Anne-Christin Klotz @acklotz.bsky.social presenting her keynote on Jewish humor in the Yiddish press dealing with the rise of national-socialism in Germany
@ Embassy of the Republic of Poland, today - conference launching ‘Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry’ vol. 37
@ Embassy of the Republic of Poland, today - conference launching ‘Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry’ vol. 37
February 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Anne-Christin Klotz @acklotz.bsky.social presenting her keynote on Jewish humor in the Yiddish press dealing with the rise of national-socialism in Germany
@ Embassy of the Republic of Poland, today - conference launching ‘Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry’ vol. 37
@ Embassy of the Republic of Poland, today - conference launching ‘Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry’ vol. 37
Screening of A Real Pain @picturehouse.bsky.social Central - amazing movie and great q&a with director Jesse Eisenberg
February 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Screening of A Real Pain @picturehouse.bsky.social Central - amazing movie and great q&a with director Jesse Eisenberg
Happy hannukah to all who celebrate.
This is a friend‘s channukiah which we looked at a couple of days ago - certainly prewar, but does anybody have an idea where these were designed/produced? Quite original design…
This is a friend‘s channukiah which we looked at a couple of days ago - certainly prewar, but does anybody have an idea where these were designed/produced? Quite original design…
December 26, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Happy hannukah to all who celebrate.
This is a friend‘s channukiah which we looked at a couple of days ago - certainly prewar, but does anybody have an idea where these were designed/produced? Quite original design…
This is a friend‘s channukiah which we looked at a couple of days ago - certainly prewar, but does anybody have an idea where these were designed/produced? Quite original design…
Cool vibes at Das Minsk in Potsdam with the works of Noah Davis
December 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Cool vibes at Das Minsk in Potsdam with the works of Noah Davis
It took some time, but glad this is finally confirmed
The team `Waxdolls‘ prevailed after a nailbiter tiebreak in the @uclhjs.bsky.social pre-Hanuka party 2024. phew. Big thank you to Casey for organising a great end-of-term party
The team `Waxdolls‘ prevailed after a nailbiter tiebreak in the @uclhjs.bsky.social pre-Hanuka party 2024. phew. Big thank you to Casey for organising a great end-of-term party
December 13, 2024 at 9:54 AM
It took some time, but glad this is finally confirmed
The team `Waxdolls‘ prevailed after a nailbiter tiebreak in the @uclhjs.bsky.social pre-Hanuka party 2024. phew. Big thank you to Casey for organising a great end-of-term party
The team `Waxdolls‘ prevailed after a nailbiter tiebreak in the @uclhjs.bsky.social pre-Hanuka party 2024. phew. Big thank you to Casey for organising a great end-of-term party
Marina Sapristky-Nahum on her ‘Jewish Odesa - Negotiating Identities' @uclssees.bsky.social - conversation on language, allegiances, and legacies in Ukraine, expertly chaired by
@uilleamblacker.bsky.social
@uclhjs.bsky.social
@ipjs.bsky.social
iupress.org/978025307011...
#ukrainianview
@uilleamblacker.bsky.social
@uclhjs.bsky.social
@ipjs.bsky.social
iupress.org/978025307011...
#ukrainianview
November 26, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Marina Sapristky-Nahum on her ‘Jewish Odesa - Negotiating Identities' @uclssees.bsky.social - conversation on language, allegiances, and legacies in Ukraine, expertly chaired by
@uilleamblacker.bsky.social
@uclhjs.bsky.social
@ipjs.bsky.social
iupress.org/978025307011...
#ukrainianview
@uilleamblacker.bsky.social
@uclhjs.bsky.social
@ipjs.bsky.social
iupress.org/978025307011...
#ukrainianview
Finalizing a study on Jewish intercession (shtadlanut).
Among the cases explored: The expulsion from Prague, ordered by the most Catholic queen Maria Theresia in December 1744.
Scan: Staatsbibliothek München
Among the cases explored: The expulsion from Prague, ordered by the most Catholic queen Maria Theresia in December 1744.
Scan: Staatsbibliothek München
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Finalizing a study on Jewish intercession (shtadlanut).
Among the cases explored: The expulsion from Prague, ordered by the most Catholic queen Maria Theresia in December 1744.
Scan: Staatsbibliothek München
Among the cases explored: The expulsion from Prague, ordered by the most Catholic queen Maria Theresia in December 1744.
Scan: Staatsbibliothek München
Visual of the cover of vol. 37 of 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry' (Jews in Polish and German Lands. Encounters, Interactions, Inspirations):
'Studying Majmonides', by Yeheskiel Kaufman (1900-1954), born in Poland, student at the Bauhaus. Reproduced with kind permission of the Kirszenbaum family.
'Studying Majmonides', by Yeheskiel Kaufman (1900-1954), born in Poland, student at the Bauhaus. Reproduced with kind permission of the Kirszenbaum family.
November 14, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Visual of the cover of vol. 37 of 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry' (Jews in Polish and German Lands. Encounters, Interactions, Inspirations):
'Studying Majmonides', by Yeheskiel Kaufman (1900-1954), born in Poland, student at the Bauhaus. Reproduced with kind permission of the Kirszenbaum family.
'Studying Majmonides', by Yeheskiel Kaufman (1900-1954), born in Poland, student at the Bauhaus. Reproduced with kind permission of the Kirszenbaum family.