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| Formation | 1955 |
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| Type | Research institute |
| Legal status | registered charity |
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Director | Joseph Cronin |
| Affiliations | Leo Baeck Institute, Leo Baeck Institute New York, Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem |
| Website | www |
The Leo Baeck Institute London is a research institute dedicated to the study of German-Jewish history, politics and culture, founded in 1955.[1][2] It belongs to the international Leo Baeck Institute with further research centres in New York City, Berlin and Jerusalem.
The LBI London researches the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry from the 17th century to the present day. The institute aims both to facilitate academic exchange and to use the German and Central European Jewish experience from the 17th to the 21st centuries to help understand contemporary socio-political debates concerning immigration, minorities, integration, and civil rights, in particular in the UK.
Since 2024, the institute is located at 44 Russell Square in Bloomsbury, central London. Between 2011 and 2024, it was located on the grounds of Queen Mary, University of London, where it established European Jewish History as a teaching and research field at the university's School of History.
The LBI London remains an independent institute and is a registered charity under English law.
- ^ "Welcome to the LBI London". Leo Baeck Institute London. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Leo Baeck Institute". Culture24. Retrieved 19 June 2019.