JHSE | Jewish Historical Society of England

First message from new JHSE President

Dear JHSE Members, It is a great pleasure to write my first message as your new President. As I take on this role I am humbled by the...

JHSE Grant Applications

Apply for a grant of up to £4,000 to facilitate research and publication on topics related to Anglo-Jewry and its wider context. Both individuals and institutions are eligible to apply including professional and lay scholars, PhD students, communal organisations, museums, libraries and archives. A total of £20,000 may be awarded each calendar year. Deadline: April 2026 Please visit: https://www.jhse.org/jhse-awards

Jewish Historical Society of England

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JHSE Grant Applications

Apply for a grant of up to £4,000 to facilitate research and publication on topics related to Anglo-Jewry and its wider context. Both individuals and institutions are eligible to apply including professional and lay scholars, PhD students, communal organisations, museums, libraries and archives. A total of £20,000 may be awarded each calendar year. Deadline: April 2026 Please visit: https://www.jhse.org/jhse-awards

‘Packing for an Unknown Destination’: Possession and Dispossession in the Holocaust

Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies Solomon Schonfeld Lecture ‎Zoë Waxman is Professor of Holocaust History at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Writing the Holocaust: memory, testimony, representation (2006), Anne Frank (2015), and Women in the Holocaust: A Feminist History (2017), as well as numerous articles relating to the Holocaust and genocide. Visitors to Auschwitz today cannot help but be struck by the sheer range of objects brought there by the vi