Sir Simon Schama’s award-winning books include A History of Britain and The Story of the Jews. He has written and presented over 50 films for the BBC on subjects as diverse as Tolstoy and American politics, and he co-presented the landmark series on the history of world art, Civilisations. Image © Charlie Bibby

Miri Rubin is Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary University of London. Her research and teaching explore the religious cultures of Europe through social relations, relations between Jews and Christians, and the operation of gender. She is interested in the diversity of urban life, as explored in her recent book Cities of Strangers, […]

Jonathan Brent’s books include Stalin’s Last Crime (2003); and Inside the Stalin Archives (2008). He teaches history and literature at Bard College. Brent became Executive Director and CEO of The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 2009 and in 2019 he received the Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania.

Adam Taub studied Natural Sciences and Law. He has been a lecturer at the London School of Jewish Studies for 20 years and is the co-founder of Etgar, a charity that aims to inspire a love of Jewish learning in young Jewish students.