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21 June 2011
Ian Karten MBE, born Vienna December 14 1920, died Ripley 8 May 2011
Ian Karten, an obituary
21 June 2011
Parkes Institute 2012 Conference: Call for Papers
Call for papers: Sydney Conference 2012
01 December 2010
Forgotten letters give new insights on Jewish migration
A chance discovery of forgotten letters in a garage in South Africa has led to a fascinating research project for historian Dr Shirli Gilbert.
19 August 2010
The Archive and Jewish Migration: from Antiquity to the Present
Conference and Call for papers. International Conference organised by the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research, University of Cape Town, and the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton.
12 April 2010
Montefiore Lecture 2010. Baroness Neuberger DBE
The 2010 Montefiore Lecture will be given by Baroness Neuberger DBE. 'Dying Well and Grieving Well'. Thursday 13th May, 2010.
30 January 2010
Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day
The Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day will take place on the 30th of January 2010.
26 January 2010
Finalist in National Jewish Book Award
The Jewish Book Council has announced that out of its many submissions: "Place and Displacement in Jewish History and Memory: Zakor V'makor" by David Cesarani, Tony Kushner, Milton Shain, eds., has been selected as a finalist in the annual National Jewish Book Award in the category of Anthologies and Collections.
21 December 2009
Watch this video: The fabric of my being - Simcha Jacobovici at the Parkes Institute
Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker, Simcha Jacobovici was filmed when he visited the Parkes Institute.
30 Jun'10 updated
Conference of the British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS)
The theme of this year’s BAJS Conference is: ‘The Image and the Prohibition of the Image in Judaism’.
20 October 2009
Playing History: Ronald Harwood CBE FRSL
The eminent Bafta and Oscar-winning author, playwright and screenwriter will examine the validity of historical plays and films, particularly those dealing with events leading up to World War 2 and the Holocaust.
14 August 2009
Governments-in-Exile and the Jews during the Second World War
An international two-day symposium is to be held at the University of Southampton on 21 and 22 March 2010 focusing on the various governments-in-exile established in Britain during the war.
22 January 2009
Brazilian Novelist visits Southampton
Novelist Adriana Armony from the Centre for Jewish Studies, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, visits Southampton.
15 January 2009
Book launch for Southampton university history lecturer at the Wiener Library
Dr Neil Gregor, Reader in Modern German History in the School of Humanities, introduced his new book, Haunted City: Nuremberg and the Nazi Past after 1945 (Yale University Press, 2008) at a packed book launch held at the Wiener Library in London.