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LBI PhD Studentship in Modern Jewish History

LBI PhD Studentship in Modern Jewish History

This PhD Studentship is the product of the alliance between the Leo Baeck Institute London and the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London, and will be awarded to an outstanding candidate with a research project in the field of modern Jewish History. This includes projects in political, social and cultural history, as well as the history of science and intellectual history, to be undertaken under the supervision of one of the School’s experts. Applications are invited from current and prospective graduates with an excellent academic track record. Read the rest of this entry »

The LBI has moved to Queen Mary, University of London

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Dr. Cathy Gelbin: The Golem Returns: From German Romantic Literature to Global Jewish Culture 1808-2008

Book Launch with the Leo Baeck Institute

24 November 2011, Reception 6.15pm, Lecture  6.45pm, UCL, Gustave Tuck Lecture theatre

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FilmTalk 2011/2012: Sleeping with the enemy

8 December 2011, 6.30pm at the Wiener Library

Prof Sue Harper (University of Portsmouth)

The Lion’s Mane: Sexual and Racial Politics in Samson and Delilah (1949)

The FilmTalk series 2011/2012 will open with Sue Harper’s lecture on Samson and Delilah (1949). More information about this and the following FilmTalks will come soon.

This lecture series is organised by the LBI London in cooperation with the Wiener Library.

Dr Anthony Kauders: A Strange Kind of Love: Philosemitism in German-Jewish History

European Leo Baeck Lecture Series London 2011

28 July 2011, 7pm at the Pearson lecture theatre, Pearson Building, UCL

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