Podcast, Jewish Studies seminar

Alexander Altmann and Manchester. Dominique Bourel (CNRS, Paris), From Kassa to Manchester and Forward: Alexander Altmann and the Mendelssohn Forschung. Originally presented Thu 14 April 2016. Further information.

Blog entry, Rylands Library

The Legacy of WP Crozier. See the Library's blog entry by Stephanie Bredbenner on the papers of the Manchester Guardian editor and, in particular, in his interest in Zionism. Further information.

Seminar, Levinas

Levinas and the Disruption of Knowing. CIDRAL Theory Intensives are seminars for postgraduates and staff dedicated to the work of major figures in the humanities. Alex Samely will consider the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas; selected readings (available online) include excerpts from Levinas' Time and the Other and Totality and Infinity, and Simon Critchley's The Problem with Levinas. 3-5pm on Wed 20 April 2016 in A112 Samuel Alexander Building. Further information.

PhD studentships

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Studentships. 50 fully-funded PhD studentships are available for 2016-17 entry. You should identify a potential supervisor (see the list of current PhD projects), register (online) for your PhD programme by 29 April 2016, and then submit the (online) Funding Declaration form by 29 April 2016. Further information.

New funding

Holocaust Exhumations. Jean-Marc Dreyfus has been awarded £45,760 for a British Academy 'Thank Offering to Britain' Fellowship 2016-17. The project is entitled 'Disclosing Post-Holocaust and Deportation Exhumations: The Example of the French National Search Mission for Corpses, 1945-1958'. Further information.

Sherman Lecture 2016

Jewish-Muslim Relations. This year's Community Sherman Lecture is entitled 'Jewish-Muslim Relations in the UK: History, Experience, Context' and will be given by Dr Yulia Egorova (Durham University) at 7:30pm at the Manchester Jewish Museum on Sun 8 May 2016. Further information.

Podcast, Bogdanow Lectures 2016

Holocaust Studies. The 2016 Bogdanow Lectures by Prof. Michael Marrus (Toronto) on 'Lessons of the Holocaust' are now available to view online. The lectures are entitled: 1 My Problems with Lessons, and 2. Why I prefer History. Originally presented 15 and 16 February 2016. Further information.

Podcast, Israel Studies seminar

EU-Israel Relations. Alan Craig (Leeds), 'EU-Israel Relations: Sanctions by any other name?' Originally presented Thu 3 March 2016. Further information.

Podcast, Israel Studies seminar

The Canaanite Movement. Roman Vater (Oxford), 'National alternatives to Zionism: the case of the Young Hebrews, 1939-1976.' Originally presented Thu 18 Feb 2016. Further information.

Feature in The New Yorker

Revelations of a Nazi art catalogue. Jean-Marc Dreyfus and his book Le Catalogue Goering feature in a New Yorker article by Sarah Wildman (12 Feb 2016) on the subject of Nazi art. Further information.

Oxford, research paper

Holocaust Commemoration? Jean-Marc Dreyfus gave a paper to the Seminar in Modern Jewish History at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, entitled 'In Search of Holocaust Commemoration: The Transfer of Ashes, 1945-1955.' Mon 25 Jan 2016. Further information.

New Publication

Finishing with Mein Kampf. Jean-Marc Dreyfus has co-authored the study Pour En Finir Avec Mein Kampf. Et Combattre La Haine Sur Internet (Editions Le Bord de l'eau, 2016). Further information.

Edge Hill, research paper

Antisemitism and sociology. Marcel Stoetzler will give a paper entitled 'Integrating Antisemitism into the Teaching of Sociological Theory'. 17 Feb 2016, Edge Hill University. Further information.

Day conference

The Holocaust and European Identity. Speakers include Dan Stone and Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway), Cathy Gelbin, Ursula Tidd and Michelle Magin (Manchester), Sam Stuart-Booth (MMU), and Max Silverman (Leeds). Joint conference between the University of Manchester and MMU. Fri 11 March, Ellen Wilkinson Building. Further information.

Feature in ArtsResearch

Moses Gaster project. Dr Katharina Keim discusses the Samaritan correspondence of Moses Gaster held at the university's John Rylands Library, which is one aspect of the multi-faceted Gaster project(s). See page 3 of the January 2016 edition of ArtsResearch.

Rylands visiting research fellow

Early-modern institutional record books. Dr Michael Miller, head of the Nationalism Studies Program and member of the Jewish Studies faculty at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, has been awarded a JRRI visiting research fellowship at the Rylands Library to work on pinkasim (early-modern institutional records). He will visit in June/July 2016.

Rylands visiting research fellow

Magical incantations. Dr Dan Levene, Reader in Jewish History and Culture at the University of Southampton, has been awarded a JRRI visiting research fellowship at the Rylands Library to work on Ethiopic magic scrolls. He will visit in February 2016.

Postgraduate workshop

For UK-based Jewish Studies postgrads. The Centre for Jewish Studies at Manchester University is pleased to announce the first postgraduate research training event of the Northern UK Jewish Studies Partnership. The annual event is open to all UK-based doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in Jewish Studies in the widest sense. It will take place at Manchester University on 30 June and 1 July 2016. For more details including the registration form, provisional programme, and information on financial assistance for students, see further information.

Workshop, Digital Humanities

Text Encoding Initiative. As part of their development of the Hebrew Collections catalogue project at the Rylands library, Renate Smithuis and Stefania Silvestri organised a two day workshop for Humanities researchers, librarians, curators, and IT specialists, to explore the importance of the use of TEI XML for innovative and interdisciplinary research in the Digital Humanities. The event, co-funded by Digital Humanities Manchester and the John Rylands Research Institute, included speakers from Sheffield, Cambridge, Oxford, Finland, and Ireland: 27-28 Jan 2016. Further information.

TV interview, France 24

Controversial publication of Mein Kampf. Dr Jean-Marc Dreyfus spoke to the news channel France 24 about Hitler’s Mein Kampf, which re-enters the public domain in Germany from 11 January. Further information.