Postdoc on visual representations of the Wandering Jew & other migratory myths @UniHeidelberg @unisoton_wsa. PhD on Vladimir Nabokov @parkesinstitute.
London, England
Joined July 2011
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My first article is out with Jewish Culture and History, open access!
On Vladimir Nabokov, Russian liberalism, the Jewish Question, paternal legacies, pogroms, blood libel, Judeo-Bolshevik conspiracy, and modernist imaginings of the Jew.
@ParkesInstitute
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ALT Black and white photograph of a young Vladimir Nabokov in a sailor outfit, sitting on the lap of his father, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
ALT Scan of a cartoon titled “On the Scales of Themis”, published in antisemitic Novoe Vremia in 1913. It depicts V D Nabokov on a set of scales, with Iosif Gessen and Pavel Milyukov, and Baron Rothschild approaching with banknotes under his arms. Published during the Mendel Beilis trial.
🎊 Calling all current PGRs and ECRs - be a part of @limmud Festival’s PhD engagement programme, created to build a cohort of emerging academics in the field of Jewish studies across the UK. Apply by 10th September for a place at 90% discount: forms.office.com/pages/respo…
Extended deadline til 5th October!
CFP for EAJS Virtual 'Translating Maimonides' 7 Dec 2025, inviting cross-disciplinary papers related to linguistics, intercommunal/interreligious dialogue, archives & material heritage, Sephardi identities, creative engagement & more…
Abstracts: 18 Sept lnkd.in/ey3fie6c
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CFP for EAJS Virtual 'Translating Maimonides' 7 Dec 2025, inviting cross-disciplinary papers related to linguistics, intercommunal/interreligious dialogue, archives & material heritage, Sephardi identities, creative engagement & more…
Abstracts: 18 Sept lnkd.in/ey3fie6c
Chuffed to have been awarded a Director’s Award in the category of public engagement and outreach for “exceptional contribution to @ParkesInstitute” - a very special way to mark the end of my PhD and time as an Outreach Fellow after over four years! 🤩
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1 week to go until our 'Wandering Jew: Book Launch and Digital Exhibition Launch' webinar with @TalesoftheNight & @AAlexanderRose
Tuesday 27th May, online, 6pm: eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrumen…
@JHSEngland @GermanHistSoc @SotonEnglish @UCSanDiego @UofMPress @HistoryAtSoton @EventsUoS
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📢 EVENT
“Instrument of Memory: Encounters with the Wandering Jew”
🗓 5/27/25 | 🕕 6 PM GMT | 💻 Online
Join @TalesoftheNight & @AAlexanderRose for a talk & exhibition launch on reimagining the Wandering Jew in Jewish memory, literature, and art.
🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrumen…
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Our final Parkes event of the year is an exciting double bill with Lisa Lampert-Weissig talking about her recent 'Instrument of Memory: Encounters with the Wandering Jew' & @AAlexanderRose launching the digital version of her travelling exhibition!
🎫 eventbrite.co.uk/e/instrumen…
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One week to go until our next event!
Join us for a talk from Leonid Livak (@UofT) on 'Integrating Jewish Studies with Russian Exilic Studies: The Holocaust and the End of Russia Abroad'
📅 Wednesday 7 May, 6pm (BST)
📍 Avenue Campus & online
eventbrite.co.uk/e/integrati…
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We’re delighted to have played a key role in a major new report into the value and importance of visual arts.
The ‘Framing the Future’ report sets out recommendations to the government on investment to safeguard art for the future.
Read more 👉 tr.ee/Bdqnp0
ALT Professor Jane Falkingham speaking at the launch event for the report. Stood in front of microphone and wooden stand. White/cream curtain behind her.
ALT Group photo outside in London with key London landmarks behind, including parliament and London Eye. From left: Woodrow Kernohan, Jack Lewis, Louise Siddons, Joseph Owen, Pascal Matthias, Anoushka Alexander-Rose.
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Register now for the Parkes Lecture: Lyndsey Stonebridge discussing her latest @TheOrwellPrize shortlisted book, 'We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience', with Devorah Baum and Jonathan Leader
4th March, 6pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/lyndsey-s…
ALT Headshot of Lindsey; book cover.
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It was a privilege to meet holocaust survivor Janine Webber. Her father and brother were killed by the Nazis and her mother died in a ghetto in Lwów, Poland – now L’viv, Ukraine. The 92-year-old is at @ParkesInstitute to mark #HolocaustMemorialDay. Interview @itvmeridian at 6pm.
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It's Holocaust & Genocide Memorial Day next Monday, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
@NeilGregor1 and @AAlexanderRose spoke to @voicefmradio about the commemorative event @ParkesInstitute is hosting on behalf of Southampton:
voicefmradio.co.uk/on-air/pl…
There are limited tickets remaining for our launch event at GHI on the 23rd January where I will be in conversation with Elisabeth Becker-Topkara @UniHeidelberg exploring the the legend of the Wandering Jew in German culture past and present. Sign up below!
We're back from the holidays and excited to announce our upcoming programme of events, including our second annual lecture with the Royal Historical Society, an event to mark a new exhibition, our GHIL lecture series and a special event as part of @webertweets's
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This year for Southampton's Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day, we are honoured to be hosting Janine Webber BEM. Born in Lvov in 1932, Janine was the only member of her family who survived the ghetto and was placed in hiding, working as a maid until the liberation...
ALT Photograph of Janine with curly brown hair and a turquoise jumper. Turquoise image background and text in purple and white: "Southampton Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day. With testimony from Janine Webber BEM"
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Did you miss your chance to see 'The Wandering Jew: A Travelling Exhibition' during the launch in Southampton?
Catch it in London in early 2025 at @ghilondon, details below 👇
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Lots of Parkes representation at Limmud Festival 2024!
@AAlexanderRose w/ the Wandering Jew exhibition & a session on 'Rethinking the legend'
@joseph_finlay 'Are Jews an Ethnic Minority in British Law? Case Law from the 1980s'
@VeritySteele 'So You Want to be a Jewish Farmer?'
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We're slowly moving to bluer pastures. You can find us at @parkesinstitute.bsky.social.
Looking forward to rebuilding a community there!
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Tonight we're launching a new exhibition on 'The Wandering Jew' curated by Parkes PGR @AAlexanderRose & featuring contributions from members of the Parkes Institute.
Learn more about the exhibition and hear from Anoushka in our latest news piece.
southampton.ac.uk/parkes/new…