Jurnet’s House Lecture in Jewish Studies 2025: Jewish Country Houses: Histories and HeritageInfo Location Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionUEA is delighted to announce that Juliet Carey and Abigail Green have been named 2025 Jurnet's House Lecturers in Jewish Studies. Their lecture on the topic of 'Jewish Country Houses: Histories and Heritage' will take place on 26 February. We celebrate their co-edited volume Jewish Country Houses published by Brandeis University Press and Profile Books. All are welcome. Juliet Carey is Senior Curator at Waddesdon Manor (The Rothschild Collection). Abigail Green is Professor of Modern European History at Brasenose College, Oxford. She was Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded project 'Jewish Country Houses – Objects, Networks, People'. Location: Julian Study Centre Lecture Theatre 0.01 Time: 17.30 to 18.30 Free entry, ticket required.
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ContactAll queries to [email protected] More InformationCountry houses are powerful symbols of national identity, evoking the glamorous world of the landowning aristocracy. Jewish country houses – properties that were owned, built, or renewed by Jews – tell a more complex story of prejudice and integration, difference and connection. Many had spectacular art collections and gardens. Some were stages for lavish entertaining, while others inspired the European avant-garde. A few are now museums of international importance, many more are hidden treasures, and all were beloved homes that bear witness to the remarkable achievements of newly emancipated Jews across Europe – and to a dream of belonging that mostly came to a brutal end with the Holocaust. Drawing on the first book to explore this history, Juliet Carey and Abigail Green will shed new light on the world of the Jewish country house as it emerged on both sides of the Atlantic. The event will be held in Lecture Theatre 0.01, Julian Study Centre | |||||||||||||||
