Jonathan Kaplan-Wajselbaum has been a regular visitor to our searchroom over the last year and is giving a talk titled 'The Schnorrer and the Parvenu: Jews, Tailoring and the Performance of Respectability’ at Avenue Campus today and online at 6pm! @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
Celebrating Women: Anne Baring
March is Women’s History Month, so we celebrate yet another impressive woman whose papers are held in the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Southampton – Anne Baring. (Cecilia Maureen) Anne Baring (1922-2011) was the daughter of Richard Baring and…
It's International Women's Day - we share a blogpost about one very impressive woman whose papers are held at Southampton - Anne Baring, who worked as the Education Officer for the Council of Christians and Jews: buff.ly/J2sfDu4 @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
📢Call for participants - Reorienting the Holocaust: A training workshop on digital mapping, historical data, and spatial stories 📅 Tuesday 2 June 2026 (9.00-17.00; in person) 📍 Location: The Digital Humanities Hub University of Southampton, UK ⏳ Apply by 10 April tinyurl.com/yhzv58hf
Register now for EHRI-UK's first event in Northern Ireland📢 Holocaust-related and Jewish refugee collections at Queen’s University Belfast Special Collections & Archives 📅 23 April 2026, 13:00-15:30 📍 McClay Library Auditorium QUB, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK tinyurl.com/2z3h8bay
Tomorrow 👇
![Basque children refugees arriving in Southampton on the Habana [MS404 A4164/7/1/8]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:256ibdqx32qzse2yjipsba7g/bafkreick6yzp4adlsmefvimlywc4vmpz2x3ju56bstbdyeoahykyqpoqou)
Basque children refugees arriving in Southampton on the Habana [MS404 A4164/7/1/8]
![Photograph of the booth staffed by Miss Bennett in the interior of the hall at Atlantic Park, Eastleigh, with a number of the refugees in residence at the transit camp, 1920s [MS 311/53]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:256ibdqx32qzse2yjipsba7g/bafkreib7nkhnjybynybkiha7falivkeunn3fadigrprziobop5l7fvi3ti)
Photograph of the booth staffed by Miss Bennett in the interior of the hall at Atlantic Park, Eastleigh, with a number of the refugees in residence at the transit camp, 1920s [MS 311/53]
University Refugee Week highlights the University’s dedication to creating a supportive environment for refugees, emphasizing community solidarity: buff.ly/xSVmLio. Our Special Collections are notably strong in historical resources about refugees. Learn more here: buff.ly/rixzsxt
Join us for our upcoming lecture with Parkes Visiting Fellow Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum, who will talk about 'The Schnorrer & the Parvenu: Jews, Tailoring & the Performance of Respectability'.
🗓️ Tues 10 March, 6pm GMT
📍 Avenue Campus & online
Register 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jews-tailo...
This week's Holocaust document blog features the Norwegian Digital Prisoner Archive 1940–1945 (Fanger.no). This open-access database documents nearly 50,000 individuals imprisoned during the Second World War in and beyond occupied Norway. Find out more here: blog.ehri-project.eu/2026/02/27/n...
Cream coloured index card for Billing, Hannah
A lovely find for #WomensHistoryMonth. Dr Hannah Billig, known as the ‘Angel of Cable Street’ was born in Spitalfields to refugee parents from Russia. The Education Aid Society adopted her case in 1921 to support her medical training. buff.ly/uSExVZI
Launching tomorrow! Visit God's House Tower to see a selection of art by Gerda Cohen 5-8 March. Join us on Friday to hear from curator and Parkes Outreach Fellow Maddie Walch at the Celebration Event!
🔗 godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/memo...
Tomorrow is the annual Montefiore Lecture, the oldest annual lecture in the University of Southampton's event calendar!
There's still time to register for your tickets via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scriptural...
📢 Call for Papers: From Sea to Memory: The Sinking of the Tanaïs and Holocaust Remembrance 📅 11-13 July 2026 📍 Location: Evlagon Institute for Cretan Jewish Studies (Crete, Greece) ⏳ Abstract submission deadline for individual papers: 31 March 2026 networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
One week to go until the Montefiore Lecture ⬇️
"The Winchester TheWinchesterGallery Gallery University of Southampton BERNAT KLEIN: COLOUR AND CONTEXTS 'Jews in Suits: Men's Dress in Vienna, 1890-1938' Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum & 'Woven Colour, Worn Identity: Beyond Grey, Rethinking Men's Colour' Bruce Montgomery, chaired by Shaum Cole Thursday 5th March 2-3.30p Lecture Theatre A, Winchester School of Art and online via Teams"
Ahead of The Winchester Gallery’s Bernat Klein exhibition (20 Apr–30 May), join the Colour & Contexts seminar!
Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum & Bruce Montgomery explore men’s dress, identity & colour.
📌 5 March 2026, 2–3.30pm, Lecture Theatre A + Teams.
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
Missed Tony Kushner's interview for Hannah's Bookshelf on North Manchester FM 106.6?
🎧 You can catch again here:
www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Book...
Leaflet for the Jewish Lesbian and Gay Helpline in bright pink, blue and black colours
Leaflet for the Jewish Lesbian and Gay Helpline in bright pink, blue and black colours
The Jewish Lesbian and Gay Helpline operated from 1987-2009. Our collections include papers about its aims, services provided, resources and the geographical area served as well as its application to join the then Central Council for Jewish Social Services
#LGBTHistory
Our Spring 2026 newsletter is now available!
Inside: new publications, EHRI-UK updates, an interview with @samsamev.bsky.social, student and alumni highlights, public engagement activity, and upcoming events.
Explore the full edition at sway.cloud.microsoft/XByIbTAWL14L...
Some new words from me on collaging the Wandering Jew after taking the exhibition and workshops to the 'Arts and Humanities Day' @unisouthampton.bsky.social:
thewanderingjewexhibition.co.uk/reflections/...
A dance card from the Henriques family collection here has featured in a lovely new blog by Dr Sonia Gollance of UCL which focuses on Jewish dance cards: buff.ly/M9SS9X9
Looking forward to this great exhibition curated by our PhD candidate and outreach fellow Maddie Walch launching at God's House Tower in Southampton on Thursday 5th March!
More details and sign up for the launch event here:
🔗 godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/memo...
By our own @samsamev.bsky.social and his team!
Thanks to Darren Richman for the shoutout! Nice to be referred to as "an amazing Jewish history department" 🤗
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On this day in 1984 Andropov was replaced by Chernenko as general secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR – the Women’s Campaign for Soviet Jewry targeted Andropov on this placard - 'Andropov - Pirate of...' answers on a postcard... @explorearchives @jwaonline.bsky.social
Blue and pink promotional poster for the Montefiore Lecture featuring Hindy Najman, titled “Scriptural Vitality and the Shaping of Jewish Tradition,” taking place on Tuesday 3 March at 6pm, at Avenue Campus and online, with University of Southampton and Parkes Institute logos.
Our next lecture is the annual Montefiore Lecture.
This year, we're delighted to welcome Hindy Najman (orieloxford.bsky.social) for a talk titled 'Scriptural Vitality and the Shaping of Jewish Tradition'.
🗓️ Tues 3 March, 6:00 pm GMT
📍 Avenue Campus & online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scriptural...
Happening tomorrow!
Poster titled “Call for Participants: Holocaust Studies – Navigating the Field,” advertising a one-day academic networking event on 26 May 2026 at the Imperial War Museum, London, for early career researchers and postgraduates, with details about roundtables, speed networking, and application deadline of 31 March 2026.
📢 Exciting opportunity for ECRs & postgrads!
Applications are open for 'Holocaust Studies: Navigating the Field', a one-day networking event for ECRs & postgrads at the Imperial War Museum on 26 May 2026.
More details below, apply by 31 March ⬇️
Two important #CallForPapers for researchers working in Holocaust studies: Rethinking Holocaust History through Geospatial Approaches (18-19 May, Prague) & Documenting the Holocaust: Testimonies as Historical Evidence (16-17 June, Warsaw) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Image ©IWM D 25288
Abstract picture reading "The Karten Lecture 2026, Legal actors and the making of Jewish internationalism, Noëmie Duhaut, Tuesday 10 February, 6 pm, Avenue Campus and online", with the logos of the University of Southampton and the Parkes Institute
Please join us for a talk with Noëmie Duhaut @duhaut.bsky.social for the Annual Karten Lecture
🗓️ Tuesday 10 February, 6:00 pm GMT
📍 Avenue Campus & Online
🔗https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/legal-actors-and-the-making-of-jewish-internationalism-tickets-1980464745366?aff=bluesky
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, so we share an item buff.ly/wBvIkTP recently used in our searchroom by a young researcher - the theme of the commemoration this year is 'Bridging Generations', emphasizing the ongoing responsibility of remembrance beyond survivors.
