Read this article by Avital Davidovich Eshed, “Cut Through the Middle: The Virgin Body and the Body Politic in Medieval Ashkenaz,” Medieval Encounters 32 (2026): 115–146.
Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
According to their call, “[t]he Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications for a position at the rank of full or associate professor to fill the Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies. We seek a rigorous and imaginative scholar whose research encompasses one or more of the following specializations: Rabbinic Judaism and Jewish Law in Late Antiquity or the Medieval Period, Medieval Jewish Mysticism and Philosophy, or Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Judaism.”
Deadline: 30 June 2026.
Register now: Seminar and Lecture with Prof. Elisheva Carlebach and Prof. Debra Kaplan: “Out of Her Own Head!?” Early Modern European Jewish Women and the Written Word, at the National Library of Israel, 22 June 2026
The National Library of Israel, The Ilona and Hugo Lowy Special Collections Presentation Room
Prof. Elisheva Carlebach, Columbia University and Prof. Debra Kaplan, Bar-Ilan University
9:30-11:30 seminar open to graduate students and early career researchers registration
11:45-13:00 lecture open to the public registration required
14:00 guided tour “From Glikl to modern Israel” registration EN | HE, payment required
On June 22, 2026, Elisheva Carlebach and Debra Kaplan will lead a graduate seminar at the National Library of Israel hosted by the Contending with Crises research team at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The seminar (9:30–11:30) is open to graduate students and early career researchers and will include a close reading of texts.
Grant for a Debut Book in Jewish Studies (2026-2027)
According to their call, “[t]he Schocken Institute for Jewish Research of the JTS invites scholars to submit applications for a grant to adapt an outstanding doctoral dissertation into a scholarly monograph. The book should focus on one of the Institute’s core research areas: History of the Hebrew Book, Halakha (Responsa Literature), Jewish History, Kabbalah and Hasidism, Hebrew Literature, or Women’s and Gender Studies within Jewish Studies.”
Deadline: 30 June 2026.
Illness, Health, and Healing among Jewish Communities in the Lands of Islam, Jerusalem, 4–5 November 2026
According to their call, “[t]he annual conference of the Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East will be dedicated to the theme of Illness, Health, and Healing among Jewish Communities in the Lands of Islam. The conference seeks to explore these issues from the late seventh century to the present day, focusing on Jewish communities from Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in the west, including the Land of Israel, Iran, the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, as well as Jewish immigrant communities originating in the lands of Islam outside Israel.”
CFA: Kluge Fellowships at the Library of Congress, USA
Scholars who have received a PhD within the past seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or in their professional field are eligible for a fellowship, tenable for periods from four to eleven months at a stipend of $5,000 per month for residential research of the collections at the Library of Congress.
מעבר לחומרמבט השוואתי על האמנות היהודית
You can participate in this hybrid book launch of the 3-volumes History of Jewish Art produced by Katrin Kogman-Appel and Ronit Steinberg on 25 May 2026. It will be in Hebrew and one talk in English.
Rambam Mishne Torah, Volume 1
You can now listen to an interview about Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz’ Rambam Mishne Torah, Volume 1 via the New Books Network.
Department of Classics at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Salzburg Tenure Track Position “Jewish Studies”
According to their call, “[a] tenure track position at the University of Salzburg offers clear career development opportunities leading to an associate professorship in strategic focus areas of the university. The tenure track phase includes clearly defined development goals and interim evaluations based on individually agreed qualification targets. An assistant professorship at the University of Salzburg offers opportunities to develop innovative research, committed teaching, and social responsibility. Assistant professors encourage early-career scientists, value interdisciplinarity, organise third mission activities, and are involved in university committees and internationalisation. With a sense of responsibility, integrity, and innovative strength, they shape a respectful working environment and promote scientific, technological, and social developments.”
Deadline: 27 May 2026.
Review of Mo Pareles: Nothing Pure. Jewish Law, Christian Supersession, and Bible Translation in Old English
You can now read Sarah Ifft-Decker’s review of Mo Pareles’ Nothing Pure. Jewish Law, Christian Supersession, and Bible Translation in Old English via The Medievla Review.