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Alexandru Bar is a Research Associate at the University of York's Department of History of Art, whose work is fundamentally trans-disciplinary and trans-national, combining art history, cultural history, and Jewish studies. He earned his M.A. at Tel Aviv University in Israel (on a Masa scholarship) and his PhD at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom (on an AHRC-funded scholarship with the "Performing Jewish Archives" Project). His research explores the rarely examined relationship between Tristan Tzara and Marcel Janco, their thinking and language. He seeks to clear the way for a renewed consideration of the symbolic substance of Tzara’s and Janco’s Jewish experience and the role it played in defining their national identity. His most recent research project seeks to provide an original account of the life and creative endeavours of Marcel Janco after 1940 with the aim to create a more comprehensive understanding of Janco’s Jewish identity and the influence of suffering and disillusionment on his introspective exploration of art. Dr Bar has recently co-authored an article with Professor Michael White, titled “Dada Lingua Franca: The Linguistic Fate of Tristan Tzara and Raoul Hausmann,” which is featured in the volume "Cannibalizing the Canon: Dada Techniques in East-Central Europe," edited by Oliver A.I. Botar et al. This work, published by Brill Academic Pub in 2024 as part of the Avant Garde Critical Studies series, further cements his reputation as a scholar of avant-garde movements and their complex cultural contexts.