International Summer Institute on Modern Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean Jewries (Thessaloniki, 22-26 June)

[Paris Papamichos Chronakis]

Dear members of the Sephardi and Mizrahi caucus group,

I hope this email finds you all well. The International Summer Institute on Modern Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean Jewries (Thessaloniki, 22-26 June) might be of interest to any graduate students among you or whom you may know. Please consider applying.

Kind regards,

Paris

 

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International Summer Institute on Modern Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean Jewries Thessaloniki, Greece, 22-26 June 2026 The International Summer Institute on Modern Balkan and Mediterranean Jewries, will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 22 to 26 June 2026. The Summer Institute is a multidisciplinary training programme on the history, culture and memory of the Jews of Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean in the late modern and contemporary periods. It welcomes 10-12 graduate students (advanced MA and PhD) from the region and internationally and from a range of disciplines.   Over five days, students will explore in depth the archival, methodological and conceptual advances in this fast-growing field through a series of lectures, seminar sessions, panel discussions, archival workshops and walkshops. Students will also receive feedback on their pre-circulated work-in-progress. Confirmed academics include Professor Constantine Iordachi (Central European University), Professor Matthias Lehmann (University of Cologne), Dr Devin Naar (University of Washington), Dr Nadége Ragaru (Sciences Po, Paris), Dr Paris Papamichos Chronakis (Royal Holloway University of London), Dr Esther Solomon (University of Ioannina) and Dr Giorgos Antoniou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.   The summer institute will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, one of the most celebrated cities in Jewish history. It is organised by the Holocaust Research Institute (HRI) at Royal Holloway University of London, in cooperation with the Sephardi Studies Program of the University of Washington and the Chair of Jewish Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Participation is free of charge. The organisers will provide accommodation for non-local participants for six nights and one meal per day. Please apply by 5 May via the online form For further inquiries, please contact Paris Papamichos Chronakis: paris.c...@rhul.ac.uk Our mailing address is:   The Holocaust Research Institute c/o Department of History Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX UK Copyright © 2022 The Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London.  All rights reserved

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Paris Papamichos Chronakis

Lecturer in Modern Greek History

Department of History

Royal Holloway, University of London

[Paris Papamichos Chronakis]

Dear friends,

I hope this email finds you all well. Please find below a call for applications for the international summer institute on Balkan and Mediterranean Jewish History to be held in Thessaloniki, 22-26 June 2026. Highlights include:

• Dr Devin Naar (University of Washington, Seattle) will lead two workshops on Ladino archives
• Professor Matthias Lehmann (University of Cologne) will give a lecture on the place of the Mediterranean in Jewish historiography.
• Professor Constantin Iordachi (Central European University) will give two lectures on “Fascism and Antisemitism” and “Fascism and the Holocaust in Central and South-Eastern Europe”.
• Dr Nadege Ragaru will give one lecture on Bulgarian Jewish women in post-war trials.
• Dr Paris Papamichos Chronakis (Royal Holloway University of London) will lead a seminar on social class in Sephardi Mediterranean history.
• Dr Esther Solomon (University of Ioannina) will screen the documentary Lost Yannina and discuss the production of documentaries on the Holocaust of Greek Jews.
• Professor Andromache Gazi (Panteion University, Athens) will present and discuss with students the new Holocaust Museum of Greece.
• Dr Giorgos Antoniou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), will lead a walkshop on Jewish Salonica.

Summer School website: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671464899d392b93e56bce16b&id=2245cb82a2
Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1245985900849663&set=pb.100063147944488.-2207520000
Facebook page of the Holocaust Research Institute (where you can find the call for applications): https://www.facebook.com/rhulhri

With much appreciation,