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Remembering Hannah Arendt: Fifty Years On
Today, 4 December 2025, marks 50 years since the death of Hannah Arendt, the German‑Jewish political thinker whose work continues to shape how democracies understand power, evil and responsibility.
Lucian Freud
Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Lucian Freud (1922–2011), the British painter and grandson of Sigmund Freud who fundamentally reshaped the trajectory of 20th-century figurative art.
Gershom Scholem: A Revolutionary Scholar of Jewish Mysticism
On 5 December, we commemorate the birthday of Gershom Scholem (1897–1982), one of the foremost historians and thinkers of modern Jewish culture.
Applications for the Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme 2026/27 now open
We are happy to advertise the international Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme 2026/2027 (German academic year October 2026-September 2027). We invite applications from PhD students who carry out research into the field of German-Jewish history and culture.
LBI London moves to Senate House
The LBI London relocated to Senate House last month, bringing us closer to our academic partner Birkbeck and the venue for many of our lectures.
Eva Reichmann: Witness, Historian, Legacy — Inaugural Lecture Marks LBI's 70th Anniversary
The inaugural Eva Reichmann Memorial Lecture was held last Thursday evening at The Wiener Holocaust Library, as part of the Leo Baeck Institute’s international 70th anniversary celebrations.
Night of Broken Glass
This photograph from the Leo Baeck Institute New York collection (F 13380) reveals the damage to a Jewish clothing shop in Magdeburg after the Kristallnacht pogrom on 9 November 1938.
Call for Papers - Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
  University of Southampton, Tuesday 14 April 2026

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