William Pimlott

“The warmth of the shtetl between the walls of the hamam.” I reviewed Rachel Rojanski’s new book which tells a different story about Yiddish in the Hebrew state. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/…

Out next summer with Allen Lane in the UK and Little, Brown in the US and available for pre-order now: penguin.co.uk/books/451280/t…

@MiriamHSchwartz @shternsh Congratulations!

It's official! I've been a little quiet lately, but I'm so grateful to share that I'm a doctor! A huge thanks to my amazing advisor and committee Anna Shternshis @shternsh, Naomi Seidman, and Allison Schachter. Now, I'm off to Dartmouth College as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow!

@boltsfood Blog pls

rented a bungalow in rockaway beach to live in for august to find out what would happen (like psychologically and spiritually, but also in regards to having a Great tan) if i swim in the ocean every day for a full month

The Universal Yiddish Library is live—now in beta! After nearly a decade of collaboration, the Yiddish book collections of the Yiddish Book Center, National Library of Israel, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and The New York Public Library are finally united in one searchable, free-to-use portal. For the first time ever, you can explore 60,000+ Yiddish book records in one place: a treasure trove for scholars, students, and lovers of Yiddish literature. universalyiddishlibrary.org/en/?utm_source…

@Leyzertog So cool!

Interested in learning to speak Polish Yiddish? I’ll be teaching a short beginner-level course this July, meeting twice a week. We’ll be using the textbook In Eynem, along with specially adapted audio materials in the Polish Yiddish pronunciation. circle.org/yiddishclasses…

We are pleased to announce that registration for the second NGG Conference on May 19th is open! It will take place at the @ParkesInstitute of the @unisouthampton, with support from the @JHSE. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@MattJMyers @OUPHistory Congratulations!

I'm pleased to announce that my book, The Halted March of the European Left, is officially released today by @OUPHistory. Many thanks to Charles S. Maier and Göran Therborn for the endorsements. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

We're delighted to see that our former Postdoctoral Research Fellow @WilliamPimlott has a new article out in Jewish Social Studies. Read about the development of Yiddish history in Britain here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/…

New article by @WilliamPimlott in Jewish Social Studies muse.jhu.edu/article/951924

Looking forward to reading Will Pimlott’s—@WilliamPimlott—new article, “Global British Jewish History: YIVO in Britain, 1937–71”: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/…

My new article is out in Jewish Social Studies. Read about the development of Yiddish history in Britain - a lost autobiography competition! - and the challenges of making global history in a Yiddish key.

Between 25 and 27 November 2025, the Swedish Holocaust Museum @swehlcstmuseum in Stockholm will be hosting the ‘International and Transdisciplinary Conference on Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory, and Materiality’.

We are delighted to announce that Dr Paris Chronakis’s book - The Business of Transition: Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek Rule - has won the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Writing Based on Archival Material (JDC-Herbert Katzki Award).

@bucephalus424 Kalman Marmor got there first: yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yi…

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Dear friends, an announcement

today I'm thankful to discover that my book is now available for pre-order from the publisher! its no accident this coincides with the @Chabad #kinus - this is the book you need to understand how Kabbalah animates the most dynamic movement in modern Judaism link⏬

@DrSuriyah @cardiffuni Congratulations!!

Excited to share that I’ve secured a Senior Lecturership in Human Geography at @cardiffuni with a focus on political geography & sub-themes of race/power, migration, and globalisation. Looking forward to teaching brilliant courses and engaging with scholars in the field! ☺️

מיר שטעלן אײַך פֿאָר די הײַיאָריקע #Farbindungen25 קאָנפֿערענץ — „בעד ייִדיש“! די קאָנפֿערענץ װעט פֿאָרקומען װירטועל פֿונעם 2טן ביזן 3טן פֿעברואַר 2025. דעם קול־קורא װעט איר געפֿינען דורך דער פֿאַרבינדונג אונטן. אַלע פֿירלייגן מוזן געשיקט װערן ביזן 15טן נאָװעמבער.

@zachary_mazur_ @CEUPress Congratulations!!

On 28 and 29 June 2024, a great event is happening at the University of Southern California. “Archives in/of Transit: Historical Perspectives from the 1930s to the Present” has been convened by @USCShoahFdn, @USCDornsife, @GHIWashington , @wienerlibrary, @QMUL and the HRI.