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@parkesinstitute.bsky.social hosted a screening of Jessie Eisenberg’s #ARealPain — it’s a lovely example of 3rd Gen #Holocaust representation. Go see it if you haven’t! Really enjoyed the fantastic discussion w/ EmilyRose Baker, Tony Kushner, & Janek Gryta, moderated by @charlieknight.bsky.social

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Almost sold out, apparently - do come along if you are in the Hampshire/Wiltshire area.

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Next week in person at the Centre for Global Jewish Studies @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and online! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

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Register now for the 2025 Parkes Lecture! We will hear Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social in conversation with Devorah Baum and Jonathan Leader this year. 📅 Tuesday 4 March, 6pm GMT 📍 Avenue Campus & online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lyndsey-st...

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🎥 Full house for our screening of A Real Pain followed by reflections from Janek Gryta, Tony Kushner and Emily-Rose Baker on the representations of Holocaust memory in Poland on screen, and Q&A chaired by @charlieknight.bsky.social

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Only one ticket left !!! 😱😱😱 Hurry up!!!

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Call for submissions now open for the EAJS conference grant programme Apply for up to £ 9,500 for your conference/workshop/summerschool on a topic from the whole range of Jewish Studies Deadline 20 March 2025 www.eurojewishstudies.org/homepage-ann...

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We are excited to get going with our work at EHRI-UK! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @unisouthampton.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @ehri-project.eu

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Join us next week for a special screening of Jesse Eisenberg's #ARealPain, winner of Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin) at the 2025 #BAFTAs. 📅 February 24, 5:30 PM. 📍 Harbour Lights Picturehouse www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

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The annual Karten lecture, delivered this year by our visiting fellow Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah from @unigroningen.bsky.social, has now started!

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Tomorrow we welcome Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah for the annual Karten Lecture, this year on the topic of 'Multiple Paths to Modernity? Jewish Networks in the Age of Empire'. 📅 Tuesday 18 Feb, 6pm GMT 📍 Avenue Campus & online Register below 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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In celebration of #ValentinesDay we're highlighting some historical marriage records from the West London Synagogue. Dating from 1842, the collection includes marriage indexes, notifications, authorisations, applications and related correspondence @tweetWLS

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We’re pleased to be showcasing our exhibition ‘The University of Southampton: A Place of Refuge’ as part of the @unisouthampton.bsky.social Science and Engineering Day on 15 March #SOTSEF More information 👇

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Register now for the 2025 Karten Lecture! This year we will hear from Parkes Visiting Fellow Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah on 'Multiple Paths to Modernity? Jewish Networks in the Age of Empire'. 📅 Tuesday 18 Feb, 6pm GMT 📍 Avenue Campus & online www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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📢 Next week, Parkes Outreach Fellow @charlieknight.bsky.social will give a talk at #LoveData25 on his work with the Theodor Hirschberg papers @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social The event is hybrid & open to all. 📅 Feb 12, 2:30pm (GMT) 📍 Highfield Campus & online More info 👇 library.soton.ac.uk/...

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🎥 On Monday 24th February, we are holding a screening and roundtable event on Jesse Eisenberg’s 2025 film ’A Real Pain’ at Harbour Lights Picturehouse cinema in Southampton. 🔗 Book your tickets here: www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/...

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A moving & inspiring inauguration ceremony was held in Warsaw this past weekend for @ehri-project.eu We were honoured to have @christophersmith.bsky.social AHRC, & Adam Jackson DSIT with us. The next stage of our work starts now! @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social

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Our recent event, 'Researching Belarusian-Jewish history in impossible circumstances', is now available to watch on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/MDLKQ4GkC9k

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University of Southampton International Summer School 2025 has launched! There is a rich range of courses available, including Public History: Film, Video Games & Heritage. Visit our website to find out more: 🔗 go.soton.ac.uk/gqc #uos #summerschool #studentexperience

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On Monday, we hosted Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day on behalf of @unisouthampton.bsky.social and the city. We were honoured to have Janine Webber BEM, a survivor of the Lvov ghetto, give her testimony in conversation with doctoral researcher and Parkes Outreach fellow, @anoushka-ar.bsky.social.

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📢 Our MA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage is now open for applications for September 2025 entry. Study the Holocaust as an historical event and examine the ways it has been explored, discussed and presented. www.southampton.ac.u...

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Big news! The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure was granted the legal status of a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). Read more in this blog post by @drpistol.bsky.social, director of EHRI-UK and senior research fellow at the Parkes Institute: www.ukri.org/blog/support...

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We were honoured to bring Janine's story of survival to the public through the help of @itvnews.bsky.social, ahead of last night's commemorative event. You can watch the whole interview here and learn about Parkes' role in Southampton's #HMD: www.itv.com/watch/news/a...

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Finally, we are hearing reflections from local Sixth Form College students on their participation in the Holocaust Educational Trust’s (HET) Lessons from Auschwitz programme.

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Next, we are honoured to hear from Janine Webber BEM, who is sharing her moving testimony of her survival of the L’vov Ghetto. She is in conversation with Anoushka Alexander-Rose, whose grandfather fled the city in 1939.

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To begin our event, we are hearing from Southampton History graduate Mazzy Westwood, who is reading from Vesna Maric’s ‘Bluebird’, a powerful memoir of the author’s experiences as a refugee from the Bosnian War (1992-1995).

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Our Holocaust Memorial Event 2025 is just about to begin, join the livestream here: youtube.com/live/cyp0i8a...

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In our #HMD2025 blog, @anoushka-ar.bsky.social reflects on Lvov: her own family history in the city, this evening’s conversation with survivor Janine Webber BEM, and “City of Lions”, a pair of essays by Józef Wittlin and Philippe Sands parkesinstituteblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/l...

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Tony Kushner's latest piece on the Holocaust, survivors' testimonies and rescue archaeology for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-holocaus...

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This year, Southampton’s Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day event falls on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 1945. www.in-common.co.uk/2025/01/24/s... @parkesinstitute.bsky.social

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Register now for the 2025 Karten Lecture! This year we will hear from Parkes Visiting Fellow Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah on 'Multiple Paths to Modernity? Jewish Networks in the Age of Empire'. 📅 Tuesday 18 Feb, 6pm GMT 📍 Avenue Campus & online www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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@ehri-project.eu is the 30th EU-Recognised European Research Consortium - a major milestone in Holocaust Studies, recognising EHRI's vital role with cutting edge infrastructure & services @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...

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Listen to the Parkes Institute in this latest podcast covering the background to #HMD, our event next week with survivor Janine Webber, history of the Parkes Institute, Music in the Holocaust, and future events: the Wandering Jew exhibition and screening of 'A Real Pain' Link below 📻

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Catch us on the radio - @neilgregor.bsky.social and @anoushka-ar.bsky.social talking about the Parkes Institute, HMD and our event next week 📻 listen here 2-3pm: www.voicefmradio.co.uk/on-air/player/

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🎥 Free screenings for #HMD2025 at Union Films' The Phoenix! Oscar winner 'The Zone of Interest': 22nd January 7.30pm 'The Commandant's Shadow', a documentary following the son of Rudolf Höss as he confronts his father's role as Auschwitz Camp Commandant: 26th January 4pm 🎟️ www.unionfilms.org

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Including a few Parkes folks!

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