Sonia Gollance

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

A new seminar series: ‘Emotions in the Holocaust’ - The Wiener Holocaust Library We are pleased to announce a new PhD and a Cup of Tea seminar series, ‘Emotions in the Holocaust'. This series will run in the calendar year 2026 alongside the academic lecture series of the same…

We are pleased to announce a new PhD and a Cup of Tea seminar series, ‘Emotions in the Holocaust’. This series will run in the calendar year 2026 alongside the academic lecture series of the same theme.

Find out more:

It's 500 years since the first text printed in Yiddish, and one of our amazing grad students is hosting a symposium this October to mark the date: please forward the CFP to Yiddishists, book historians, typography nerds, and anyone you think might be up for this! medieval.ox.ac.uk/500-years-of...

✨ Join Jen Calleja for the German workshop at this year’s BCLT Summer School ✨

All 10 chosen participants in the German workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by Pro Helvetia

Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

"Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself."

The @dhi-paris.fr and Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah have launched a new one-year research fellowship on the history of the Holocaust in France/Western Europe! Deadline for this first round of applications: April 1. More details below 👇👇👇

www.dhi-paris.fr/fileadmin/us...

This is a gift link to Jenny Schuessler’s essential article about the DOGE assault on funded peer reviewed humanities research at NEH.

And about the lawsuit by @historians.org @modernlanguage.bsky.social and @acls1919.bsky.social that is bringing the details to light.

The Top 10 Oldest Theatres in England Which is England’s oldest theatre? We present a star-studded cast of venerable performing spaces of different kinds.

We've contributed to Historic England's blog with a piece on England's oldest theatres 🎭

A question to which there isn't an easy answer, but hopefully sparks some discussion - and highlights some amazing buildings along the way 🏛️

heritagecalling.com/2026/03/05/t...

"Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978), a[ Jewish] American songwriter and political activist[...] went on to write a song inspired by the group, titled Do as the Doukhobors Do. The song was part of the American folk revival scene of the 1960s."

#Chancen | The @lbilondon.bsky.social invites submissions for the LBI Year Book Essay Prize | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...

#History #Research #Essay

Deadline for applications: February 28, 2026

#Event | The @dubnow.bsky.social Leipzig invites papers for an international conference on The Age of Humanitarianism from December 7 to 8, 2026 at the Dubnow Institute in Leipzig | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...

#Migration #conference

Deadline for submissions: March 27, 2026

The Yiddish Yentl — Jewish Renaissance Join us for a theatrical outing to the show that sold-out Sydney Opera House, including pre- and post-show discussions with the director, members of the cast and special guests…

Looking forward to speaking on a Yiddish theatre panel (w/ Isaac Bashevis Singer’s granddaughter) hosted by Jewish Renaissance prior to the 15 March performance of ‘Yentl’ by the Kadimah Yiddish Theatre at the Marylebone Theatre.
@artshumsucl.bsky.social

www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/the-y...

Women's History Month - University of Pennsylvania Press March is Women's History Month, commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history. To mark this occasion, Penn Press is sharing a colle...

Our 2026 Women's History Month sale is here! Browse our collection of women's history and studies books from the past five years, and use code PENN-WHM2026 to save 40% at checkout (plus orders over $40 ship for free). Now through March 31! https://bit.ly/4d2JVFT

Lecturer in Visual and Material Cultures (R&T) at University of Glasgow Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Visual and Material Cultures (R&T) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Come and work with us at Glasgow! Full time permanent post in History of Art: lecturer in material and visual culture with specialism in dress history or textile history. Details below 👇

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR311/l...

Yiddish non-profit hosts book clubs, listening parties in London ‘Jargon’ founders sought a Jewish space that focuses on diaspora and counter-cultural Jewish characters

Nice piece in @forward.com about the dynamic new London-based Yiddish/Jewish culture organization Jargon.

forward.com/yiddish-non-...

*scholarship programs*

For doctoral researchers, the Herzog August Library—together with private foundations—offers a range of funding opportunities to support scholarly work with its collections.

Annual application deadlines: 1 April and 1 October

www.hab.de/doktoranden-...

Debit and Credit (Soll und Haben) by Gustav Freytag, enormously popular 19th century German Realist novel about the triumph of the virtuous Protestant capitalists over the aristocrats and Jews. CW: antisemitism (there is good scholarship on this), anti-Polish sentiment

Controversy Over Mamdani's Declaration of Yiddish as THE Official Jewish Language | In geveb Since swearing in as Mayor of New York City on Jan 1st, Zohran Mamdani has not wasted any time in declaring Yiddish THE official language of the Jewish people.

BREAKING: Controversy Over Mamdani’s Declaration of Yiddish as THE Official Jewish Language

ingeveb.org/blog/mamdani

Yiddish Ghosts of Purim Past And a note from the editor on war (and books)

From @jewishreviewbooks.bsky.social: “Two works of Yiddish literature, both titled Zerubavel, offered creative retellings of elements of the Purim story without trying to hide the fact that they were actually talking about their own time and place.”

jewishreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/the-spirit...

Hard to be brilliant when you're worried about sleeping with students.

Speaking Truth in a Time of War: A translation of a letter by Lesia Ukrainka on her birthday. Last year, the Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature series published a brilliant new translation of Lesia Ukrainka’s play Cassandra by Nina Murray (which began life as part of a special translation...

I translated a letter from Lesia Ukrainka to Olha Kobylianska for my students, and since it's Lesia's birthday, here it is - with a short essay on why she matters right now. open.substack.com/pub/uilleamb...

CFP for MLN's inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue press.jhu.edu/journals/mln

Scholars of Jewish languages and literatures: You still have time to submit to our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social

Tomorrow: @returnstosender.bsky.social's talk at UCL about his and Harriet Murav's new @stanfordpress.bsky.social collection of Soviet stories about the Holocaust. Free event, registration required.

Attendees can also purchase the book with a nice discount.

Black and white photo of a man in glasses and a cap about to drink tea from a saucer.

Today my students and I watched this wonderful clip of renowned Soviet Yiddish actor Solomon Mikhoels drinking a tea while savoring all possible gestures. It is delightful and they loved it.

www.google.com/search?q=sol...

"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

Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture: A Roundtable Discussion | Leo Baeck Institute London This online roundtable brings together scholars and practitioners to examine the Kindertransport through archival research, personal testimony, and reflective practice. Exploring sources ranging from…

Next month our Senior Archivist is joining a roundtable discussion @lbilondon.bsky.social, Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture

The event will bring together scholars and practitioners to examine the Kindertransport through archives, testimony, and reflective practice 🔗

#Chancen | POLIN Museum invites applications for its second Summer School program for early-career scholars – doctoral students & post-docs | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...

#SummerSchool #Warsaw

Deadline for applications: March 31, 2026

One more week to get yourself a grant, translators!

Interesting insight into what one particular format of document can be mined to tell us: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

Here's my new blog post about Jewish dance cards and a recent UCL bicentennial event where we learned Edwardian ballroom dances from a Jewish dance card in @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social to the same tunes that were performed in 1909. #UCL200

In partnership with @uclhjs.bsky.social and the UCL IJS.