People

The Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies is a thriving interdisciplinary research hub with particularly close links to the School of Media, Arts and Humanities. The team is comprised of academic staff, administrative staff and postgraduate researchers. We welcome proposals for new research projects and ideas for talks and presentations.

Institute Director

A head and shoulders image of Gideon Reuveni Gideon Reuveni
Ralph Emanuel Director of the Weidenfeld Institute

Core Fellows

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Professor of Journalism

Kate Marrison
Holocaust Education Officer

A head and shoulders image of Katrin Steffen Katrin Steffen
DAAD Professor for Jewish East European History

A head and shoulders image of David Tal David Tal
Yossi Harel Chair in Modern Israel Studies

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Senior Lecturer In Media and Film

Gerhard Wolf
Senior Lecturer in Modern European History

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Centre Manager

Visiting Fellows

Paul Salmons
Affiliated Fellows

Paul Davies

Doug Haynes

Darrow Schecter

Claudia Siebrecht

Clive Webb
Current Doctoral Students

Sally Cherara

Samuel Ogden
Past Doctoral Students

Stefan Boberg

Florian Zabransky

Liza Weber
Administrative Members

Saumya Ranjan Nath -- Administrator

The Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies is supported by the Advisory Board.