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Podcast of the third European Leo Baeck Institute Lecture 2013 is now online

We are happy to announce that the recording of the third lecture of our European Leo Baeck Institute Lecture Series 2013, ‘Dealing with the difference: Jews, Muslims and the British Left Today (held by Dr Brian Klug), is now online.

Link: http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2013/05/brian-klug-dealing-with-difference-jews-muslims-and-the-british-left-today/

European Leo Baeck Institute Lecture Series

16 May, 6:30pm, German Historical Insitute London

Dr Brian Klug (University of Oxford)

Dealing with Difference: Jews, Muslims and the British Left Today

The European Leo Baeck Lecture Series is organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London, the Jewish Museum and the Fritz Bauer Institut, Frankfurt am Main, in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London.

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The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Kindertransport – Symposium

The Leo Baeck Institute London is happy to announce a symposium under the title ‘Forward from the Past’ The Kindertransport from a Contemporary Perspective to be held on the occasion of the 75 anniversary of the Kindertransport, to commemorate this historical event and to explore its fascinating aftermath.

 

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Internship at the LBI London

The Leo Baeck Institute London is offering 2 – 3 months long work placements / internships for students currently enrolled at a university. We have places available from March 2014 onwards.

Interns will have the chance to gain valuable experience of working in an academic setting and getting to know the work of a small but busy and long-established research institute. We are based on the campus of Queen Mary, Universityof London, one of theUK’s top universities.

 Each year, in addition to our permanent staff, we also have a volunteer from Action Reconciliation Service for Peace.

Possible tasks will include research, general office work, organizing lectures and events. You will be required to be fluent in English. German language skills are an advantage but are not compulsory. You do not have to be a student of history, but should have an interest in our field of study.

Unfortunately the Institute is unable to pay a salary, however we do reimburse transport costs.

Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any further questions.

To apply,  please send a full CV and covering letter to  info@leobaeck.co.uk

European Leo Baeck Institute Lecture Series

25 April, 6:30pm German Historical Institute

Prof Maleiha Malik (King’s College, University of London)

Jews and Muslims in the UK: In the Past and In the Future

The European Leo Baeck Lecture Series is organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London, the Jewish Museum and the Fritz Bauer Institut, Frankfurt am Main, in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London.

You can download the leaflet here.

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