2003-2004 The Parkes Institute Annual Report Contents 2 Report of the Head of the Parkes Institute, Dr Sarah Pearce 4 Outreach 4 AHRB Parkes Centre for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations 5 Conferences, lectures and seminars in the Parkes Institute 6 Income 7 Postgraduate Studies in Jewish History and Culture 8 Reports by Members of the Parkes Institute 15 Parkes Library report by Jenny Ruthven, Parkes Librarian 15 Special Collections report by Dr Chris Woolgar, Head of Special Collections, the Hartley Library, University of Southampton 18 Publications and papers by members of the Parkes Institute 23 Members of the Management Committee of the Parkes Institute 24 Members of the Board of Studies of the Parkes Institute 24 Fellows of the Parkes Institute 24 Honorary Fellows of the Parkes Institute The ParkesAnn Instituteual Repor Annt ual2003-2004 Report | 1 The Parkes Institute | The University of Southampon The length of this report is testimony to this year's remarkable range of developments and activities connected to the Parkes Library and Special Collections archive for the study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. It has been a spectacular year of building for the future, with the completion of new housing for the library and archive, the arrival of new colleagues to lead research in new fields, and the appointment of our first administrator in the Parkes Institute. We are delighted to announce that in June 2004 the University’s Hartley Library opened the doors of its new Special Collections accommodation, in which the Parkes Library and related archives are housed, to its first readers. Funded by the University of Southampton, a £1million grant from the National Heritage Lottery, and the Jewish Claims Conference, this extension provides for at least twenty further years of expansion to the archive, world-class conservation facilities, reading room, exhibition gallery and conference space. Special praise is due to Dr Chris Woolgar, Head of Special Collections, Dr Mark Brown, the University Librarian, and his predecessor, Bernard Naylor, who worked ceaselessly towards this goal.Their vision, professional expertise and energy have led to the provision of a superb setting for all those studying and researching in the Parkes Institute. This has been a year of great change, with very significant departures and new arrivals among the academic and administrative team that constitutes the Parkes Institute. Professor Mark Roseman, formerly Head of the Parkes Institute and Professor of Modern European History, has moved to a chair in Jewish history at Indiana University, Bloomington. Professor David Cesarani, the former director of the AHRB Parkes Centre, has taken up a research chair in History at Royal Holloway College, University of London. Our distinguished Chair, Professor Clare Ungerson, announced her retirement in 2004. All represent a great loss to the Parkes Institute.We will miss their dynamism, institutional support and intellectual leadership. But we look forward to our continued relationship with them all, as Honorary Fellows of the Parkes Institute. David Cesarani continues to act as Revd. Dr James Parkes director of the Port Jews and Holocaust Bystanders projects of the AHRB 2 | Annual Report 2003-2004 The Parkes Institute | The University of Southampon Report of the Head of the Parkes Institute Dr Sarah Pearce Centre. On the academic staff of the priority for future development plans. Members of the Parkes Institute Parkes Institute, we are delighted to The Institute intends to establish a continue to teach a wide range of announce the arrivals of Dr Natan Meir, programme of research in the study of courses linked to the study of a specialist in East European Jewish Muslim-Jewish relations, leading to the Jewish/non-Jewish relations.Within History, and Dr Tobias Brinkmann, as establishment of a dedicated position in History, English, German and Music, lecturer in modern Jewish/non-Jewish this field within the University of undergraduates take courses on ancient Relations. At the same time, we Southampton. Draft proposals have so Judaism, Jewish magic, the Jewish welcome the arrivals of Dr Steve far received enthusiastic support from a Enlightenment, the Jews of Eastern Taverner and Ms Frances Clarke, wide range of assessors, highlighting both Europe, the Holocaust, refugees and administrators to the AHRB Centre and the critical contemporary relevance and genocide, Jewish literature and music. Parkes Institute respectively, who provide the rich potential for research in this, till Masters programmes in Jewish History essential support in maintaining the day- now, much neglected field, but also and Culture provide further to-day running of our operation.We are pointing to the absence of specialist opportunities for specialisation and also very fortunate to have as the new intellectual leadership in this field both research based on the Parkes Library Chair of the Parkes Institute Professor Jo within the University and the UK at and related archives.Within the Labanyi, Professor of Spanish, and large. Building on our internationally postgraduate community based in the Research Dean of the Faculty of Law, recognized expertise in the study of Parkes Institute, this year saw the award Arts and Social Sciences.This is also the Jewish/non-Jewish relations, our goal is to of the higher degree of PhD or MPhil. to place to acknowledge the tremendous provide an initial forum for dialogue 10 students, with 20 continuing towards role played by Professor Tony Kushner, between the disciplines of Islamic Studies the award of PhD. Special mention who with unfailing professional and Jewish Studies, through public should be made here of Mr William commitment and generosity, gave up lectures (semester 2, 2005) and a Tunley, our oldest student to date, who, research leave to accept the critical role dedicated seminar series (2005-06).The in his late eighties, was awarded an MPhil of leading the AHRB Parkes Centre series will also provide a strong for his study on James Parkes. Mr Tunley’s forward to the end of this phase of foundation for demonstrating interest was inspired by a meeting with funding, and beyond. For this, and for his commitment to the research area in James Parkes in earlier days. outstanding contribution in making future external bids, and generate possible all the recent appointments, the important research links for future inter- As always, we acknowledge with great members of the Parkes Institute owe institutional projects.We are actively gratitude the generous support of the him much gratitude and admiration. engaged on several fronts to secure Ian Karten Charitable Foundation, funding to support, in the first instance, together with the University of The AHRB Parkes Centre completed the creation of a post-doctoral Southampton, in supporting the creation the fourth of its five years as a dedicated fellowship in Muslim-Jewish Relations. of many of the lectureships that form AHRB-funded research centre.This has We are also working hard to lay the the core of the teaching team. Ian been an exceptionally productive year foundations for this exciting and Karten studentships also provided crucial for the five projects of the Centre.Their important development through new support to four students on the Masters publications, conferences, seminars, partnerships with the Maimonides programme in 2003-2004.This media presentations, and outreach work Foundation and the Three Faiths Forum. tremendous level of support has with community and political We also look forward to welcoming to enabled the Parkes Institute to develop organisations, continue to make a major the Institute Dr Mona Siddiqui, head of into one of the leading European centres impact at many different levels of Theology and Religious Studies at the for the study of Jewish/non-Jewish research and public understanding about University of Glasgow, and a leading relations, ensuring the continuity and Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. figure in Muslim dialogue with other development of the vision of James faiths, and to welcoming back Prof.Tudor Parkes within the University setting.The As part of its ongoing commitment to Parfitt, of the School of Oriental and crucial place of the Masters developing the field of study in African Studies, London, a former Parkes programmes, at a time of increasing Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, the Parkes Fellow, to speak on constructions of difficulty for students already bearing the Institute has identified the study of Jews in Islamist groups. weight of undergraduate loans, is Muslim-Jewish Relations as its first indicated by their success in continuing The ParkesAnn Instituteual Repor Annt ual2003-2004 Report | 3 The Parkes Institute | The University of Southampon AHRB Parkes Centre for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Outreach Relations to attract enthusiastic and talented The Parkes Institute welcomed the visit The AHRB Parkes Centre continues to students, many of whom go on each of Julian Lewis MP in May 2004, develop and deliver cutting-edge year to doctoral studies within the highlighting the work we do in the fields research.With the departure of David Parkes Institute. of community relations and inter-faith Cesarani, we should like to take this dialogue as well as education.The Parkes opportunity to thank Professor Martin The recent arrival of Dr Natan Meir Institute participated in a shared seminar Goodman of the Oriental Institute, coincides with an important new programme with the London Jewish University of Oxford, and