Sietske van der Veen
Postdoc & Lecturer in Jewish History at University of Amsterdam
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- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#LastChance | Apply now for the Oxford Summer Institute on Modern & Contemporary Judaism www.ochjs.ac.uk/academic-sem...
- Op 8 maart, Internationale #Vrouwendag, is de volgende editie van #Limmoed Nederland. Een rijkgevulde dag met ook aandacht voor interessante vrouwengeschiedenis, onder meer met een lezing van mij over Joodse vrouwen in naoorlogs Amsterdam. Meer info: limmoed.nl/lnl-08032026....
- Synagogues of #Paris Part I: La Grande synagogue du Consistoire at Rue de la Victoire (1874) is the largest synagogue in France. It was designed by the chief city architect and financed by the Rothschild family. Last picture: its smaller Portuguese pendant (1877) nearby at Rue Buffault.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#Chancen | EAJS Conference Grant Programme in European Jewish Studies for the academic year 2026/27 is opened | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
- The Cahen d’Anvers dynasty’s Château #Champs-sur-Marne near Paris is an exquisite example of how a country home could enable Jewish belonging to the nation-state. A treat to visit it with our MA students in Jewish studies during a wonderful IXth edition of the International Travelling Winter School.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenWith the new term commencing, take a look at our Hilary 2026 Term Programme! Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and the Faculty of Theology and Religion! www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr... #oxford #Events
- Now also available in English: jewish-textual-architectures.online/article/van-.... On Siegfried van Praag and post-war Jewish Amsterdam.
- Happy to see my contribution published in the anthology ‘Jüdische Text-Architekturen’ launched this week: juedische-text-architekturen.online/beitrag/van-.... On the Dutch Jewish writer Siegfried van Praag and the changing perceptions of Jewish urban landscapes after the Shoah. @igdjhh.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenBen je zelf historicus en wil je een keer posten? Ik host dit account, dus stuur me dan gerust een berichtje.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenMoritz Steinschneider Prize: Unit of Judaic Studies at Ludwig Maximilian Universität & Publisher De Gruyter Brill. Applicants submit to Steinschneider_Forschungspreis@degruyterbrill.com by Jan15, 2026: current CV, list of publications, research work, one-page abstract, available references.
- A new year’s wish from 75 years ago to today by Alice Horodisch-Garman, Amsterdam, 1950. © Joods Cultureel Kwartier
- 2026 will be the year my first monograph will come out 📚📢 Very much looking forward to the publication of ‘The Jewish Dutch Elite in Transition: Patterns of Social Mobility and Integration, 1870-1940’ in @degruyterbrill.bsky.social’s Series in Jewish Studies: doi.org/10.1163/9789....
- The Jewish cemetery, former Jewish school (now a museum), and a recently unveiled Shoah monument in #Leek in the province of Groningen, an area where many Jews, mostly from across the German border, settled from the eighteenth century onwards.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenIedereen in de UvA community: Welkom!
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenBook news 📚🎉 @sbvanderveen.bsky.social and I are delighted that our ‘Atlas of Jewish Urban Cultures’ will be published by WBOOKS in English and Dutch. Our atlas will explore Jewish urban history in Europe, combining textual contributions with maps, infographics, and images.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#Event | Call for applications for the 2026 Leo Baeck Spring School (LBSU) on the past and present of Sephardic Studies | March 23 - 27, 2026, in Potsdam | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #sefarad #Potsdam #SpringSchool #Research Deadline for applications: November 30, 2025
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#Chancen | Center for Jewish History (CJH) invites applications for seven available fellowships | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #fellowship #jewishhistory #archive Deadline for applications: December 29, 2025
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#Chancen | Vertretungsprofessur (W3) auf Zeit für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur an der Fakultät für Geschichts- und Kunstwissenschaften der @LMU_Muenchen ab Sommersemester 2026 | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #professorship #munich #lmu Bewerbungsfrist: 21. November 2025
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#Event | Open call to the International Summer Program 2026 of Sephardic studies in Barcelona from June 1 – June 26, 2026 at the Institute for Jewish Studies Barcelona (EJB) | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #sefarad #barcelona #summerschool
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenJoin us in London in July! CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE #BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/2025/11/03/c...
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenFEATURED JOB: Jewish History - Call for Applications: Several Fellowships at the Center for Jewish History 2026-27 www.cjh.org/research/fel....
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenCall for Papers: Crossing Borders – Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents University of Southampton, 14 April 2026 Submit by 31 Dec 2025 Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute). More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
- Jews were an integral part of the country house landscape. My article, now published in Jewish Social Studies @iupress.bsky.social, is the first survey of Dutch Jewish country houses in the modern period 🏡🏰 Very happy to see it in print! An online version can be found here: doi.org/10.2979/jss.....
- A very special site of Jewish heritage: the shul with mikvah (1889), the house of the chazzan (1905), and school rooms (1909) in #Winterswijk, in the Achterhoek region of the Netherlands. The adjacent cemetery was closed in 1884 – the current one is located on the edge of town.
- Come study with us in Amsterdam! Our MA #JewishStudies offers a rich programme covering Jewish culture and intellectual life from antiquity to the present day. Register for the online introduction (19 November) via: www.uva.nl/shared-conte.... Please share widely!
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenFunding available for Full and Student Members of the European Association for Jewish Studies to pursue archival or library research in 2026/27 - do check out the details here: www.eurojewishstudies.org/scholarships... Application deadline 30 November 2025.
- Parisians, students at @sorbonne-universite.fr, and everyone who happens to be in Paris in early December: join us for a symposium on antisemitism in the colonial contexts of French Algeria and the Dutch East Indies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. More info below 👇🏻
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenMocht je het nu leuk vinden om ook een keer te posten op @historicivertellen.bsky.social, stuur me dan een berichtje! Binnenkort ga ik aan de slag met de planning voor 2026 :)
- Zondagmiddag 26 oktober spreek ik in de mooie synagoge van #Winterswijk over dilemma’s rond Joods erfgoed van 1945 tot nu. Iedereen welkom, meer informatie is hier te vinden: synagogewinterswijk.nl/event/wat-is...
- Testimonies to the Jewish community of #Groenlo or Grolle: the building that housed the synagogue between 1822 and 1950 and the nineteenth-century cemetery just outside the city walls. In 2004, fifteen lead amulets from the seventeenth century were excavated just nearby.
- The New Synagogue at the Gerard Noodtstraat in #Nijmegen, an Orientalist design (with Torah scroll shaped centre), was consecrated in 1913. During WWII, the building was used as a storage space by the Nazis. Not long after, it became a church, and thereafter a museum. Since 2023, it houses a gym.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen⏰ The deadline to apply for #EUI postdoctoral fellowship programmes is fast approaching! Don't miss out on the chance to become part of a world-class academic community 👥📚 Apply now at: loom.ly/WmotZrE
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenThe Leo Baeck Institute London is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore intersections between German-Jewish and British history, including the history of the British Empire. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies
- Mooie kans voor beginnende onderzoekers in Joodse studies (voorheen) verbonden aan de @uva.nl: www.auf.nl/over-het-fon....
- For survivors of the Shoah in 1945 Amsterdam, broadsides or single-sheet prints had an important disseminating function. In my article, published in Zutot @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, I demonstrate the significance of looking at this type of source for the post-war period: brill.com/view/journal....
- Op zaterdag 11 oktober geef ik voor de afdeling Amsterdam van de Nederlandse Genealogische Vereniging een lezing over de lange en rijke Joodse geschiedenis van de stad. Niet-leden ook van harte welkom: www.ngv-afdelingen.nl/asd/agenda/.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#Chance | Full-time doctoral scholarship for a PhD thesis on "Intersections of Jewish and Working-Class Emancipation" | University of Antwerp | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #workingclass #emancipation #phd #scholarship Deadline for applications: October 13, 2025
- Looking forward!
- Tomorrow Joris Kok will defend his dissertation at @unileiden.bsky.social, supervised by Karin Hofmeester and me. It is part of a joint @huygensknaw.bsky.social and @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social project ‘Against the current. The social mobility of Jewish-Dutch (1880-1940)’.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#Chance | Hybrid Course in Jewish Heritage at the Central European University, Vienna | From January to March 2026 | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... #jewishheritage #architecture #museum #restitution #documentation europeanjewishculture Deadline for applications: September 26, 2025
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenMedio volgend jaar word ik 67. De advertentie voor een nieuwe directeur @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social staat vanaf vandaag online. Zegt het voort! vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...
- The Portuguese Synagogue, Esnoga or ‘Snoge’ in Amsterdam is celebrating its 350th birthday this year!
- Wie was grootste Amsterdammer aller tijden Samuel Sarphati (1813-1866) en wat is zijn betekenis voor de Joodse en Amsterdamse geschiedenis? Wees welkom bij mijn lezing als onderdeel van de summer school 350 jaar Snoge georganiseerd door Menasseh ben Israel Instituut en PIG: mbii.nl/kopstukken-u....
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenApplications are now open for Michaelmas Term classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! This term we will be offering courses for 12 different languages, so be sure to apply by noon on Sept. 12th, UK time! www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic... #languagelearning #oxford
- The synagogue at the Turfkade in historic town #Brielle near Rotterdam served as a warehouse for a long time after WWII. It was restored in 2004-2005 by the Stichting Behoud Synagoge Brielle and now is a local cultural centre.
- This is the beautifully located Jewish cemetery of #Diepenheim in Twente, where a small community thrived in the mid-nineteenth century. The last burial here took place in 1939. Several of the 18 remaining matzevot are heavily overgrown.
- The tiny medieval town of #Bronkhorst near Zutphen is home to a small Jewish cemetery, established in 1811. It once was the burial place for Jews from Bronkhorst, Steenderen, and Brummen on the other side of the river IJssel. Less than twenty matzevot remain today. It is a monument since the 1960s.
- Jewish heritage in the small town of #Lochem, Achterhoek: the synagogue at the Westwal (established 1865) with its original iron ceiling, now a memory site and cultural centre, and the cemetery at the Zutphenseweg, acquired by the community in 1829.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#Event | Call for papers for the Session 85 Jewish City Biographies at the European Association for Urban History conference in Barcelona, 2-5 September 2026. | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... @bartwallet.bsky.social @sbvanderveen.bsky.social Deadline: October 22, 2025
- CfA: Applications very welcome for session 85 ‘Jewish City Biographies’ @skorbel.bsky.social (Graz), @bartwallet.bsky.social, and I are organising at the European Association for Urban History conference in Barcelona in September 2026: eauhbarcelona2026.eu/call-for-pap.... Deadline: 22 October 2025.
- In een nieuw seizoen van de podcastserie ‘De Joodse Stad,’ gemaakt door Julia van der Krieke en Caspar Stalenhoef, mocht ik in de aflevering van deze week iets vertellen over de naoorlogse Rapenburgerstraat: open.spotify.com/episode/66hX....
- Former and recreated ‘Jewish streets’ in Poland: traces in the cityscapes of #Poznań and #Warsaw and the 1918-1939 gallery in museum POLIN.
- The Jewish cemetery at Brodno, #Warsaw, was established in 1780. In the nineteenth century, it became the burial ground for the poor. Brodno suffered from severe damage and deterioration during and after WWII. A monument since 2009, it is now looked after by the Jewish community.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenHiring ... you? We are inviting applications from individuals familiar with the field of Jewish Historical Studies and/or Jewish communal life in the UK to join us as a network coordinator. @jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies @biajs.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenHoe kunnen we plekken die verbonden zijn met collectief trauma zichtbaar, bespreekbaar en inclusiever maken? Een groot consortium onder leiding van Jan Kolen (@unileiden.bsky.social) en UvA-archeoloog Hayley Mickleburgh (@hlmickleburgh.bsky.social) gaat dat onderzoeken. www.uva.nl/shared-conte...
- Nożyk Synagogue, #Warsaw, is one of a few of the over 400 pre-war prayer houses in the city that survived WWII. During the war, it served as stables and as ghetto synagogue. After, it was used by the Jewish community until 1968, and again from the 1980s after political change and a major renovation.
- The Jewish cemetery at Okopowa Street, #Warsaw, was established in 1806. With 85,000 tombstones, it is one of the largest in Europe, with matzevot as far as the eye can see. After it fell into disrepair in the post-WWII period, it is now looked after by the Jewish community.
- A wonderful opportunity: the Dr. Henriëtte Boas Fellowship at the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana @allardpierson.bsky.social @uvahumanities.bsky.social. Deadline for applications: 1 October 2025. Please find more information here: www.allardpierson.nl/en/fellowshi....
- Een voorrecht om de Boterkoek en Spekkoek Lezing 2025 te geven voor Stichting Zachor Poesaka over de lange Joodse geschiedenis van de Indonesische archipel. Op 14 augustus in het Nationaal Holocaustmuseum. Iedereen met interesse in dit onderwerp is van harte welkom: jck.nl/agenda/boter....
- Mooi nieuws! Als onderdeel van het consortium ‘Traumascapes’ gaan we met steun van NWO de komende jaren onderzoek doen naar de geschiedenis en de toekomst van Joods erfgoed in Nederland. Blijf @bartwallet.bsky.social en mij volgen voor de vacatures. Meer info: www.nwo.nl/nieuws/veert....
- These are the two former synagogue buildings (used 1908-1930 and 1930-1938, respectively) and the Jewish cemetery of #Homberg, Germany. The tiny Jewish community of this Hessian town fell apart during the Nazi rise to power in the 1930s.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenKijktip voor donderdagavond op NPO2: film Nesjomme over Joods Amsterdam voor 1940. Met veel unieke, onbekende filmbeelden. Aanrader!
- The Castello di Torre #Alfina in Italy is a medieval castle turned neo-Gothic palace by Edoardo Cahen d’Anvers (1832-1894), scion of the Jewish banking family, who lived there during the renovation but never saw its completion, and is buried in a tomb in the woods a few kilometres away.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen🚨Applications are now open for our Visiting Fellow programme🚨 Don't miss this opportunity to join us in Southampton for up to two months between October 2025 & May 2026! Deadline: Thursday 10 July 2025 www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...
- It was enriching in so many ways to be part of the #JewishCountryHouses conference ‘Jews, Liberalism, and the Land’ in Italy this week. Through papers and site visits, scholars and heritage professionals explored the rural experiences of Jewish elites in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenAfter more than five years of service, I'm stepping down from my editor role at H-Judaic. It's time to pass the torch to someone else. If you wish to nominate yourself or someone else, please be in touch with Jonathan Sarna. #academicsky #JewishStudies networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenCfA: Grants by Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe for its European Jewish Heritage and Jewish Communal Life | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... Deadline for applications: July 1, 2025
- The Centraal Israëlietisch Weeshuis (Central Israelite Orphanage) in #Utrecht opened in 1871. The building is now home to, among others, Jewish cultural centre MerkAz. The ceiling of the synagogue of the Liberal Jewish community (LJG) dates back to the days of the orphanage.
- Our event ‘The Jewish Street: Amsterdam and Paris After 1945’ was a great success! Did you miss it? A recording of the livestream can be watched here: www.spui25.nl/programma/th.... With @bartwallet.bsky.social, Sarah Gensburger, Eric Le Bourhis, and yours truly.
- The synagogue at the Dieserstraat in #Zutphen was established in 1879 and (the upper floor) reconsecrated in 1985. Always a joy to be here.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#CfA | The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Hamburg is seeking a junior professor with tenure track (W1TTW2) of Jewish Studies | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/en/news/cfp-... Deadline for applications: June 19, 2025
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenWeitere spannende Quellen zu jüdischen Orten und Beiträge von u.a. @bjoernweyand.bsky.social, @sbvanderveen.bsky.social und @skorbel.bsky.social finden sich unter juedische-text-architekturen.online
- Vielen Dank @brunssen.bsky.social & Georg Spitaler für diesen schönen Beitrag in unserer neuen Online-Anthologie "Jüdische Text-Architekturen", ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt mit der Bet Tfila (@tu-braunschweig.de). Den Beitrag gibt es hier: juedische-text-architekturen.online/beitrag/brun...
- The beautiful synagogue of #Amersfoort tonight. It was built in 1727 and reconsecrated in 1949.
- Reposted by Sietske van der Veen#CfA | EAJS announces second round of the Small Research Grant Program for 2024-25 | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/en/news/eajs... Deadline for applications: May 29, 2025
- A look inside the #Russensjoel (‘Russians’ Shul’) at the Nieuwe Kerkstraat (once popularly called the ‘Jodenkerkstraat’) in Amsterdam. The shul was established in 1889 by Nidchei Yisrael. Although services resumed here in the 1980s after a major restoration, the pandemic sadly put an end to them.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenOn 2 May, I moderate this event on Sieg Maandag in Amsterdam. It marks the 80th anniversary of the famous photograph that documented Maandag’s liberation at Bergen-Belsen. The event focuses on life after trauma, violence and loss. You can attend (online) by signing up here: spui25.nl/programma/si...
- Ter gelegenheid van 4/5 mei geef ik op 8 mei a.s. een lezing voor de stichting Vrienden van Synagoge Amersfoort over de terugkeer van Joden in Nederland na de Shoah, met bijzondere aandacht voor ruimtelijke ervaringen. Interesse? Aanmelden kan via: vriendenvansynagogeamersfoort.nl/activiteit/m....
- Lijst van sjoeldiensten voor #Pesach in de synagoge van Amersfoort, uit Ons Contact, april 1946.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenVier historici bieden vandaag een diepgaande kijk op de geschiedenis en achtergrond van het Israëlisch-Palestijnse conflict tijdens een collegedag in de Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (@obamsterdam.bsky.social). Benieuwd naar onze andere collegedagen? Kijk op www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/evenementen/
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenOn 26 May we are organising a special evening at Spui25 on "The Jewish Street", comparing two streets in Paris and Amsterdam in the mid-20th century. With Sarah Gensburger (CNRS), Eric Le Bourhis (INLCO) and @sbvanderveen.bsky.social. Most welcome to join! www.spui25.nl/programma/th...
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenCfA: Jewish Heritage Seminar by the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe in cooperation with the Allard Pierson of the University of Amsterdam, August 24-29 Deadline for applications: April 8, 2025 Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
- Vers van de pers: de bijdrage die @bartwallet.bsky.social en ik schreven voor ‘Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen’: www.atlascontact.nl/boek/werelds.... Door de lens van de ‘portable’ Esnoga vertellen we op welke manieren stukjes Mokum altijd naar alle hoeken van de Joodse wereld zijn gereisd.
- Kindervers voor #Poerim door Clara Asscher-Pinkhof in Le-ezrath Ha-am, mededelingenblad voor Joden in bevrijd gebied, maart 1945.
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenTijdens de collegedag 'Conflict in het Midden-Oosten op 4 april vertelt historicus Sietske van der Veen over de oorsprong van het zionisme en de staat Israël. ‘Ik schets een context van het zionisme die mensen minder goed kennen.’ Aanmelden: buff.ly/HLL1akq
- Reposted by Sietske van der VeenNOW #HIRING! The OCHJS is looking for a part-time Communications Officer! Please consult our website for further details/how to #apply, and share with anyone you think might be interested: www.ochjs.ac.uk/now-hiring-c.... #Communications #JewishStudies
- We saw another great edition of the yearly Purimshpil by Daniella Zaidman-Mauer’s students at @uvahumanities.bsky.social. Snow White in #Yiddish – a play originally published in Poland in 1918.
