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Associate Professor
Research interests
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mobility, pilgrimage and migration in the ancient world.
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landscape, religious experience and spirituality.
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emotion in archaeology.
Accepting applications from PhD students
Connect with Anna
Research interests
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Holocaust studies
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German-Jewish History
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Archives and collections
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Professor
Research interests
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History and culture of Jews in Belarus from 1772 to 1939, including Belarusian-Jewish relatio…
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Jewish art in Eastern Europe, more specifically in Belarus and Ukraine
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Nationalities policy in the Russian/Soviet western borderlands
Accepting applications from PhD students
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Professor
Research interests
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Marriage – in literature, memoir, film, art, psychoanalysis, feminism and philosophy.
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Docufiction (cinema) and life-writing/autofiction (literature).
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Humour – joking, comedy (especially in relation to e.g. language theory, politics, religion, …
Accepting applications from PhD students
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Research Fellow
Research interests
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Holocaust memory and representation
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Film philosophy and ethics
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Central and Eastern Europe
Accepting applications from PhD students
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Associate Professor
Research interests
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Politics and culture in late Imperial Russia
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Russian identity, Russian nationalism
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Historiography of modern Russia
Connect with George
Research interests
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'Laughter' in the Book of Genesis
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Second Temple period
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Pre-Islamic Rabbinic Literature
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Associate Dean Research & Enterprise
Research interests
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Jewish-Christian relations and Jewish-Muslim relations
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Interpretation of midrashic literature
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Apocalyptic, eschatology and messianism
Accepting applications from PhD students
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Professor
Research interests
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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Holocaust studies
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Post-war media in Britain
Accepting applications from PhD students
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Lecturer in Holocaust History
Research interests
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Holocaust studies
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history of State Socialism
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memory studies
Accepting applications from PhD students
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