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Jewish Country Houses Objects, Networks, People Jewish Country Houses Objects, Networks, People Report of Activities: 2019 Funding Publications Activities during the 2018-19 academic year Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, were funded by a University of Oxford Special issue (November 2019) Knowledge-Exchange Fellowship (and 2 eds Abigail Green, David Rechter and KEF extensions) held by Prof. Abigail Green Juliet Carey in partnership with the National Trust and the AEPJ. In addition, the Centre des Monuments Nationaux made a generous contribution to towards the costs of hosting a conference at Villa Kerylos in May 2019. Supplementary funding was awarded to: - the Gottlieb Leitner heritage trail developed in partnership with J-Trails (KE Seed Fund) - the ‘Strawberry Hill after Walpole’ exhibition project, developed in It is great to have a publication to herald the partnership with Strawberry Hill House launch of this AHRC project, with (Heritage Seed Fund) contributions by AG/JC, TS and Oliver Cox. Many thanks are due to David Rechter for - Hélène Binet Photography project in his tireless work in bringing this special partnership with Urkultur (Brasenose issue into print. College Research Fund, Creative Industries Seed Fund, Business Engagement and Partnerships Seed Jewish Country Houses: Fund). the Lure of the Land All this has enabled us to maintain momentum during the gap between An illustrated book proposal was submitted applying for AHRC funding (August 2018) to publishers in September. National Trust and the start date of the AHRC grant Cultural Publishing would like to be (October 2019). Going forward, the involved in publishing the book and structure of reports will relate more closely discussions are ongoing. to the structure of the AHRC grant, but activities in 2018-19 were more diffuse, and the structure of this report will reflect that. 2 Conferences - to launch the pan-European network, website and heritage route we are developing with the AEPJ, and to consult with properties about what this should look like (through a dedicated workshop session, see Appendix 2). - to build on the achievements of The JCH I by extending the range and depth of our network in the UK (Trent Park); within France, through collaboration with the CMN, involvement of the Musée Nissim de Camondo; and throughout Europe, with presentations by representatives of the Chateau de Seneffe (Belgium), Villa Montesca (Italy), Villa Varda (Italy), Villas Stiassni and Tugendhat (Czech Republic). ‘The Jewish Country House II’ (May 2019, Villa Kerylos) - to showcase achievements within the NT so far, through presentations highlighting new curatorial directions This international workshop was hosted by (Hughenden), new research (Upton), the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, and and volunteer training (Marcus organised by AG, SD and TS in partnership Roberts). with Bernard le Magoarou and Jenny Lebard. - to reinforce connections to European There were 30 participants in total, Jewish heritage organisations and including members of the JCH core group practitioners, notably the Jewish and steering committee, 5 scholars from Museum Berlin, urKultur, and the AEPJ. France and the US, and a further 16 heritage For more details see Conference professionals. Programme (Appendix 1) This event was the centrepiece of our The workshop was widely felt to be a huge activities in 2018-19. It served: success, underlining the importance of - to set the intellectual agenda for the involving European partners as hosts and project through presentations on its 3 stakeholders in the project: for this reason, key core dimensions: Houses (JC); we have accepted offers to hold events in Collecting Strand (SD and TS); Politics partnership with the Musée Nissim de and Philanthropy Strand (JG and AG), Camondo, Villa Montesca and the National and through a French panel which Heritage Institute (Czech Republic) going allowed us to forge new connections, forward. notably with Cyril Grange (CNRS, now a We are grateful to Hannah Kershaw and member of the advisory committee) and Claire Philips for the vital administrative Henri Lavagne (Insitut de France, support they provided. contributing to the JCH volume). 3 Jewish Stories and the National Heritage, Polesden Lacey - to encourage and mentor research by NT staff in this area. Here the (December 2019) contributions from properties like Polesden, Willow Road and Ormesby Hall, as well as the curator for the South-West, were particularly welcome. Perhaps it is unsurprising that the most detailed feedback we have comes from the properties with challenging histories. Victoria Bevan (Polesden) wrote to thank the organisers for “giving us all the impetus to think more deeply about our Jewish stories. It was a Erno Goldfinger playing with his daughter in the house at 2 really thought-provoking and Willow Rd that he designed. ©National Trust Images. interesting day for me, particularly the This workshop was the first event keynote speech.” Neil Watt (Mount organised as part of the collecting strand Stuart) likewise admitted it was the first and aimed to explore the range of different time he had been asked to think about Jewish stories found across heritage sites in the Londonderry family in this way, but Britain and Europe. The workshop was free that it was important that “Mount Stuart and all 50 spaces were taken; 26 of the illustrated its commitment to exploring attendees were NT employees, including all of our multifaceted histories.” national specialists and staff from other core NT properties who were not - to re-conceptualise the place of Jewish presenting (Hughenden, Monk’s House, histories and their inter-connections Upton). The other 24 attendees were made within the national heritage. Here, the up of academics (7, including the core presence of participants from beyond group) and heritage professionals (11) the NT was particularly valuable. including representatives from non-NT Particular highlights were (1) the properties with a Jewish dimension keynote lecture by Professor David (Strawberry Hill, Bletchley Park), Jewish Feldman (Birkbeck), which addressed heritage practitioners (Willesden Cemetery the urgent issue of antisemitism and House of Life project) and two curators heritage, demonstrating the deep roots from the National Gallery. of anxieties about Jewish wealth and The event was sponsored by the National influence within British political life, Trust and brought NT staff into and providing an important context for conversation with curators working outside understanding Jewish investments in the NT framework. It served: cultural philanthropy and patterns of assimilation. (2) the presentation by - to identify new collaborators within the Hester Abrams on Willesden cemetery. NT who might contribute to future As Jonathan Wallis (Ormesby Hall) events or were working on properties commented, “this seminar has opened with Jewish stories: these included the my eyes to a host of possible stories and Birmingham back-to-backs, 2 Willow connections which may lie just under Road and several properties with the surface”. For him, a key insight was complex histories of antisemitism the recognition that how “we talk about and/or Nazi contacts during the 1930s Jewish History is important within (Polesden Lacey, Mount Stuart, today’s society”. Ormesby Hall) 4 The day concluded with a tour of Polesden and members of the national research Lacey by Victoria Bevan, pointing out those team. The transformative impact of aspects of the interiors overseen by the volunteer training (by Marcus Roberts) Jewish designers Charles Mèwes and Arthur and UK Jewish Heritage Day Davis. Overall, the workshop succeeded in participation on the level of engagement raising awareness of the project within the within individual properties was very NT- especially at a time when we think exciting to see. ahead to the forthcoming workshops in 2020- and allowed us to find new - Further volunteer training, with a site- connections with heritage partners. specific session at Mottisfont Abbey, and a further session at Osterley open to NT Some of these presentations will hopefully staff nationally, with a particular focus feed into the two workshops in Paris and on the theme of Jewish collecting. This London this year, and we are planning a attracted additional participation from group visit to Willesden cemetery. Marcus Gunnersbury Park (beyond the NT), and Roberts will likely continue to work with allowed us to identify some new Jewish the Back-to-Backs, and other useful stories, notably in the Birmingham connections were made. back-to-backs. We are grateful to Hannah Kershaw and Briony Truscott for their help in organising - Ongoing NT participation in the UK and managing the day, and to the staff at Jewish Heritage Days/European Days of Polesden for hosting us. Jewish Culture in September 2020, which also featured the Salomons For more details see Polesden Estate, Townhill Park House, the V&A Programme (Appendix 4); workshop and Worth Park. NT properties are evaluation (Appendix 5) committed to ongoing participation for the duration of the grant. AHRC Collecting Strand events - Further relevant properties identified: (I) Lindisfarne Castle (Sir Edward de TS, SD and BT have begun working with the Stein) (ii) Clandon Park with (now NT, the Musée Camondo, the V&A and the largely destroyed) collections of Jewish CMN to organise these events, which will be interest formed by Hannah Gubbay and a key focus for activity in 2020. Lady Swaythling. In addition, the workshop at Polesden Lacey has drawn attention to the existence of several properties with difficult, Nazi- sympathising histories during the 1930s: a subject not directly relevant to our project, but one we hope the NT will National Trust continue to explore. - NT participation at the workshops held Partnership at Villa Kerylos and Polesden Lacy prompted new research by NT staff into Collaboration continued apace during 2019. the Jewish stories attached to NT places. - A meeting at Mottisfont brought It was great to support research in together members of the JCH team with French archives conducted by Dr. Celia relevant NT curators, house managers Hughes of Upton (into the Bearsteds’ 5 riviera villa).
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