http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/latestnews.shtml Parkes Institute news en-gb Copyright University of Southampton, http://www.southampton.ac.uk/inf/copyright.html Fri Mar 9 16:04:30 +0000 2012 Information Systems Services, Interwoven TeamSite http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.southampton.ac.uk/img/furniture/rss_logo.png http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/latestnews.shtml 144 31 http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_2010/schwab_gilbert.shtml A chance discovery of forgotten letters in a garage in South Africa has led to a fascinating research project for historian Dr Shirli Gilbert. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/conf_migration_11.shtml 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. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_2010/neuberger.shtml The 2010 Montefiore Lecture will be given by Baroness Neuberger DBE. 'Dying Well and Grieving Well'. Thursday 13th May, 2010. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_2010/memorial_day.shtml The Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day will take place on the 30th of January 2010. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_2010/jewish_book_awards.shtml 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. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_09_jacobovici.shtml Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker, Simcha Jacobovici was filmed when he visited the Parkes Institute. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/conf-bjas10.shtml The theme of this year’s BAJS Conference is: ‘The Image and the Prohibition of the Image in Judaism’. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_09_harwood.shtml 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. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/conf-10-exile_symposium.shtml 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. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_09_armony.shtml Novelist Adriana Armony from the Centre for Jewish Studies, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, visits Southampton. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_09_gregor.shtml 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. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news-08-moss.shtml The winners of the 2008 Moss Prizes received their awards at a presentation given just before the Annual Parkes Lecture. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_08_levene.shtml The Virtual Magic Bowl Archive is the creation of Dr Dan Levene and has been made possible courtesy of the University of Southampton's EdShare project http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news_08_bajs.shtml The British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS) holds its annual conference at a different university every year and in 2010 Southampton has been chosen to host this prestigious event. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news-08-pathways.shtml An exciting new way to enable Humanities students to broaden their studies to include aspects of Jewish History and Culture as part of their degrees. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news-08-bajsprize.shtml Two prizes of £200 are awarded annually for the best Postgraduate and the best Undergraduate essays on the theme of the year's BAJS conference. The theme of this year's conference is: 'Normative Judaism'. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/conf-jan09.shtml Jewish Migration and the Family, Cape Town, 5 – 7 January 2009. Please send proposals of 250 words by 31 May 2008. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news-07-pearce.shtml Sarah Pearce, from the Parkes Institute, has a new publication entitled 'The Land of the Body: Studies in Philo's Representation of Egypt' http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news-07-levene.shtml Dan Levene, from the Parkes Institute, has a new publication entitled 'A Metallurgical Gemara: Metals in the Jewish Sources' http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news-07-moss.shtml The Parkes Institute is delighted to announce an exciting development through an endowment made by the Moss family in memory of Stephen Moss and his mother Daphne Moss. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news-07-boycott.shtml Teaching members of the Parkes Institute regret the decision of the UCU to promote an academic boycott of Israeli universities. http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/news-06-helfgott.shtml Ben Helfgott receives the honorary degree of Doctor of the University