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Cultural
Continuity in the Diaspora: Paris and Berlin
in 1917-1937
The Experience of Russian Jews in an Era of Social Change
Research Project based at
the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies,
University of Bath
(sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust, UK,
under the International Networks Scheme)
Principal Investigator: Dr Peter Wagstaff
Research Assistants: Dr Olga Tabachnikova
Dr Jörg Schulte
Partner Institutions:
The three UK
and four non-UK institutions instrumental for the proposed programme are:
The University
of Bath is rated in the top dozen
universities in the UK
by national newspaper guides. Its research is internationally respected,
with Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies rated a grade 5 department in
the 2001 RAE. The University emphasizes the education of professional
practitioners and the promotion of original inquiry and innovation in
partnership with business, the professions, public services and the voluntary
sector. Further information: http://www.bath.ac.uk/about/facts/
- Institute for Jewish Studies, University
College London
The Institute for Jewish
Studies, hosted by the Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies at UCL, is
dedicated to the promotion of all aspects of Jewish scholarship and
civilisation at the highest level of academic excellence. The Department of
Hebrew & Jewish Studies is the only one in the UK
to offer a full degree course and research supervision in Jewish
Studies. Further information: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/ijs/index.htm
The Centre for European and
International Studies Research (CEISR) at the University
of Portsmouth is a major
interdisciplinary centre for research on Europe,
its diasporas and its relation with the wider world. Within the Centre,
the research activities of the Memory Cluster engage in various forms of
academic exchange, invited speakers of international standard, and
externally-funded research projects. Further information: http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/slas/
- The International
Center for Russian & East
European Jewish Studies, Moscow
Founded in 2003, the Center is
interdisciplinary in nature. It consolidates the efforts of leading
specialists – and aims to advance international collaboration
– in the fields of the history and culture of East European
Jewry. It participates in the location, collection and research of archival
materials that illuminate the history and culture of Russian and East
European Jewry. Further information: http://www.crjs.ru/en/center/mission.php
- Jewish Studies at Colgate
University, USA
This encompasses religion,
history, politics, and arts. In recognition of the complex interaction
between religion and culture in Jewish life, and the diversity of Jewish
historical experience, Jewish studies at Colgate are interdisciplinary,
drawing on expertise throughout the humanities and social sciences. Further
information via: http://www.colgate.edu/
- Eötvös
Loránd University,
Budapest,
Founded in 1635, this is the
oldest and largest University in Hungary.
The Faculty of Humanities, which is involved in a variety of international
and interdisciplinary research projects, houses the Institute
of Slavic and Baltic
Studies, with specialisms in 19th- and 20th-Century
Russian literary culture and ethnic identity, among others. Further
information: http://www.btk.elte.hu/slav/
- Russian Language section, Israeli
Union of Writers and Perec Markish Centre, Israel
The Perec Markish Centre studies
the history of the creation, development and extermination, during the Stalin
era, of the Jewish anti-fascist committee of Ukrainian-born Yiddish writers
from the Pale of Settlement.
In addition, specialists from
the following institutions and organisations will contribute:
UK
institutions and organisation:
Parkes Institute for Jewish Studies
(University of Southampton); Royal Holloway College; School of Slavonic and
East European Studies (SSEES) (University College London); Oriental
Institute; Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (University of Oxford); Leo
Baeck Institute, London; University of Bristol; Lubavitch's
Foundation, UK; London Jewish Cultural Centre; Jewish Learning
Exchange, London.
International institutions and
organisations:
Russian State
University of the Humanities, Moscow, Russia; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;
International Solomon University, Eastern Ukrainian Branch; University of
Wisconsin-Madison, USA; University of Texas at Dallas, USA; Université
de Paris X Nanterre, Université de Caen, France; University of Erfurt,
Germany.
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