Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Director: James Jordan
MA Holocaust convenor: Janek Gryta

Doctor Anoushka Alexander-Rose

Email:A.Alexander-Rose@soton.ac.uk

Professor Claire Le Foll

Professor

History and culture of Jews in Belarus from 1772 to 1939, including Belarusian-Jewish r

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:C.Le-Foll@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 7536

Professor Devorah Baum

Professor

Marriage – in literature, memoir, film, art, psychoanalysis, feminism and philosophy.

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:D.M.Baum@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 2470

Doctor Emily-Rose Baker

Research Fellow

Holocaust memory and representation

Film philosophy and ethics 

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:E-R.Baker@soton.ac.uk

Doctor George Gilbert

Associate Professor

Politics and culture in late Imperial Russia

Email:G.Gilbert@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 7245
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Mrs Hannah Capey

'Laughter' in the Book of Genesis

Second Temple period

Email:H.K.Capey@soton.ac.uk

Professor Helen Spurling

Associate Dean (Research & Enterprise)

Jewish-Christian relations and Jewish-Muslim relations

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:H.Spurling@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 5566

Professor James Jordan

Professor

The British Broadcasting Corporation

Holocaust studies

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:J.A.Jordan@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 4679

Doctor Janek Gryta

Lecturer in Holocaust History

Holocaust studies

history of State Socialism 

memory studies

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:J.Gryta@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Joachim Schloer

German-Jewish history in modern times

Email:J.Schloer@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 2232