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