Author Archives: sgmhbasees

Dear readers, this week on our blog you can find information, among others, about the following new publications: New Article by Dosch, Jörn and Lakatos, Malvina. “South Tyrol and Åland: Collective Identity in the Interplay of Old and New Minorities.” Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 20 (October 2020): 188– 207 compares the nature and flexibility of theContinue reading “New academic announcements from Sunday 11 April”

Following a lengthy period of consultation, it has been decided that the symposium ‘Being a Minority in Times of Catastrophe‘ scheduled for 25-26 June will have to take place fully online. Further updates regarding which platform we will be using as well as the timings of panels during the symposium itself will follow soon.

Dear readers, this week on our blog you can find information, among others, about the following new publications: Mariusz Kałczewiak (2020). Polacos in Argentina. Polish Jews, Interwar Migration, and the Emergence of Transatlantic Jewish Culture that constructs a multifaceted and in-depth narrative that sheds light on marginalized aspects of Jewish migration and enriches the dialogueContinue reading “New academic announcements from Sunday 21 March”

Dear readers, this week on our blog you can find information, among others, about the following new publications: Freimüller, Tobias (2020). Frankfurt und die Juden. Neuanfänge und Fremdheitserfahrungen 1945–1990 explores the life of the Jewish community in Frankfurt after the Second World War. Articles published online as a part of the special issue entitled ‘ContestedContinue reading “New academic announcements from Sunday 7 March”

We are delighted to announce the online publication of six articles which will comprise a special issue, entitled ‘Contested Minorities in the ‘New Europe’: National Identities from the Baltics to the Balkans, 1918-1939’, of the journal National Identities. These contributions are based on papers originally presented at the academic conference ‘Contested Minorities in the ‘NewContinue reading ““Contested Minorities in the ‘New Europe’”: six articles published online”

Dear readers, this week on our blog you can find information, among others, about the following new publications: Dina Danon (2020) The Jews of Ottoman Izmir A Modern History (Stanford University Press) tells the story of a vibrant and substantial Sephardi Jewish community in Izmir, drawing on previously untapped Ladino archival material. Lecture: Shared Soundscapes:Continue reading “New academic announcements from Sunday 28 February”

The draft programme of our conference ‘Being a Minority in Times of Catastrophe’ (London, 25-26 June) has been released: https://wordpress.com/page/studygroupforminorityhistory.com/6. The draft programme is disseminated for informational purposes only and can be subject to (hopefully very minor) change.

Dear readers, this week on our blog you can find information, among others, about the following new publications: Lidia Zessin-Jurek, Katharina Friedla (red.) (2020) Syberiada Żydów polskich: losy uchodźców z zagłady discusses the ambiguous position of the Soviet Union towards Polish Jews during the Second World War. K. Čapková u.a. (Hrsg.) (2020): Zwischen Prag undContinue reading “New academic announcements from Sunday 21 February”

On Monday 22 February (6-8pm CET) our co-organiser, Dr Olena Palko, will be speaking, and taking questions on the topic Counting souls, ascribing nationality: interpreting imperial and early Soviet nationalities statistics, as part of the Ukrainian Studies Online Colloquium (European University Viadrina/Prisma Ukraina) (Zoom event) If you’re interested in attending, please feel free to get inContinue reading “Join us for the Ukrainian Studies Online Colloquium (virtual event)”

On Wednesday 24 February (1-2pm GMT) our co-organiser, Dr Samuel Foster, will be speaking, and taking questions on his forthcoming book ‘Yugoslavia in the British Imagination‘ (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), as part of the University of East Anglia’s Visiting Fellow Seminar Series. If you’re interested in attending, please feel free to get in touch via sgmh.basees@gmail.comContinue reading “Join us for the book presentation: ‘Yugoslavia in the British Imagination’ (2021)”