Laura Almagor
@LauraAlmagor
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Assistant Professor in Political History. Historian of modern Jewish politics.
Utrecht University
Joined May 2008
Thank you for the great conversation, @LausanneProject!.
“A man of letters and fighter for unpopular causes.” @LauraAlmagor spoke to us about Israel Zangwill, exploring his relationship to Zionism and how he deployed concepts of race and "civilisation"
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It truly was spectacular. .
GloBio Summer Institute 2024 in Bieszkowice is over. It was a fantastic week of hard work, joyful interaction, creativity & fun!. Thank you Anna Mazurkiewicz for your generosity & hospitality! Thanks to everyone that took part!. Until next time!. @Uniwersytet_GD @UCPH_Research
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RT @bartov_omer: Yesterday, June 27, Alon Confino, my dear friend, brilliant scholar, and true humanist, passed away following a difficult….
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RT @sashargs: A huge congratulations to @SBvanderVeen who successfully defended her PhD thesis today with grace and poise 🎉.
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RT @SBvanderVeen: My review of @LaurienVastenh1’s book ‘Between Community and Collaboration: “Jewish Councils” in Western Europe under Nazi….
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For all you Spanish-speakers: I recently gave this interview about my book to Chile-based.@JADCulturaJudia.
Entrevistamos a la historiadora Laura Almagor que nos habló sobre el movimiento territorialista judío que intentaba ser una tercera posición entre el sionismo y la disolución del componente nacional en la identidad judía.
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My wonderful colleagues @FrakkingRoel and Roberta Biasillo are looking for the perfect candidate for this PhD position with us in Utrecht. Please help spread the word!.
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RT @GlobalGlobio: Happening today:.Reading Group: Biography, Nationalism and Ideology.With Christian Wicke.
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‘Biography, Nationalism and Ideology’ With Christian Wicke Click for details.
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A new review of my book, generously discussed alongside one of the most important scholarly interventions in Jewish studies of the past years!.
New on @ContempLevant: Maytal Mark reviews Beyond Zion: The Jewish Territorialist Movement (@LauraAlmagor) and Unacknowledged Kinships: postcolonial studies and the historiography of Zionism (ed. Stefan Vogt, Derek Penslar & Arieh Saposnik).
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RT @MiriamEveMora: My book reviewed by @PublishersWkly ! Thank you so much for this review!. I must say, "tough sledding" is a phenomenal….
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RT @GlobalGlobio: 🥳 GloBio is super proud & happy to co-sponsor this important and exciting event! . Women and Diplomacy: From the Interwar….
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A conference to mark International Women's Day and the tenth anniversary of the official opening of the Women's Library Reading Room at the LSE.
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I am humbled by Stefan Vogt's generous review of my book in this latest issue of Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, which contains a wealth of great articles and reviews, as per usual!.
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The Jewish Territorialist movement has always been a stepchild of both Zionism and the historiography of Jewish national movements. Only a handful of studies have addressed Jewish Territorialism in...
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My recent article for @newlinesmag just came out in French in @RevueConditions. My work has actually never been translated before and I'm honoured!.
Par Laura Almagor - Qu'est-ce que le territorialisme, ce mouvement sioniste anti-étatiste ? .
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RT @GlobalGlobio: Happy New Year!. GloBio is very happy to announce this year's 1st reading group:. Biographical Lexicons: Advantages & Pit….
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‘Biographical Lexicons: Advantages and Pitfalls’ With Sietske van der Veen Click for details.
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I wrote this as a micro-contribution to the current moment. Old ideas with perhaps just a tiny bit of new relevance for some. .
NEW: Though a product of Zionism, Jewish territorialism became one of its main critics in the early 20th century. Its history teaches us something about what Zionism is, but also about what it could have been, writes @LauraAlmagor.
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RT @bengidley: This ended up a bit longer than we expected. Very interested to hear your thoughts. Let us know if you want to add your name….
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The brilliant @LauraAlmagor is heading to the @UoP_History research seminar @UoP_SASHPL ! Come listen to Laura's paper ‘Reinvention at Bandung: Jewish Displaced Persons and the new global order, 1943-1962’ on Wed. 8 Nov in person or online. Signup here👇.
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