| 2015 |
Jewish Country Houses was conceived and launched by a team led by the University of Oxford in partnership with Waddesdon Manor. |
| 2017 |
A Knowledge Exchange Fellowship awarded to Professor Abigail Green supported the development of the project to establish the Jewish country house as a focus for scholarly research, a site of European memory and a significant aspect of European Jewish Heritage. |
| March 2018 |
The first conference on the Jewish Country House was held at the University of Oxford in partnership with the National Trust and Historic England. The conference focused on the development of the intellectual framework and resources of the project. |
| May 2019 |
A second Knowledge Exchange Fellowship awarded to Abigail Green supported the second conference on the Jewish Country House which was held at the Villa Kérylos in France, and aimed to expand the European direction of the work, in collaboration with the AEPJ and the Centre des Monuments Nationaux. The Fellowship also supported training for staff and volunteers at relevant properties in the UK and work on a new resource pack. |
| October 2019 |
The UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council awarded the research grant - Jewish Country Houses - objects, networks, people (2019 - 2024). Project partners included the AEPJ, Strawberry Hill House, the National Trust, J-Trails, Waddesdon Manor, the CMN, and the universities of Durham and Cardiff. |
| 2021 |
A Knowledge Exchange Seed Fund grant was awarded to carry out a pilot project, 'Teaching the Holocaust through the Jewish Country House' in partnership with The Holocaust Educational Trust and J-Trails. |
| 2022 |
A new grant from the Claims Conference supported the Holocaust dimension of the project. Further funding was received from the Martin J Gross Family Foundation and TORCH to enable the commission of new photography by Hélène Binet for the project's new book about Jewish country houses. The project also added a new dimension - an artistic commission at Schloss Freienwalde in Germany, in collaboration with urKultur and funding support from TORCH. |
| September 2024 |
The Jewish Country Houses team successfully secured a two-year grant from the University of Oxford's John Fell Fund to ensure the legacy of its work. 'Beyond Jewish Country Houses' will support the development of new grant applications and a new framework for maintaining our organisation and synergies with the heritage sector. |
