CFA: Post-Doc Fellowships, The Israel Science Foundation research project “Contending with Crises: The Jews in XIVth Century Europe,” Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten (PI)

offering up to 2 Post-Doctoral scholarships beginning in the 2024-2025 academic year. Scholars who have received their Ph.D. after October 1st 2019 or will submit their Ph.D. no later than October 1st 2024 are eligible to apply.

Deadline: 20 May 2024

The successful candidates will spend one academic year in Jerusalem (with a possibility of extension to two or more years). They will take part in a group enterprise of creating a history of Jewish life in Europe during the XIVth century with an emphasis on challenges Jews faced as part of the centuries’ crises including expulsion, migration, persecution and plague but also return to previous homes after displacement, cultural production, changing and continuing social structures. Work on any geographic area in Europe is relevant for this project. Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of up to 9,000 NIS and will be given offices at the Hebrew University (Mount Scopus campus). They will participate in the project’s seminar, research trips, conferences and its other activities and are expected to produce project-related article(s) and/or monograph. Fellows must be present in the office 3 full days a week and devote 100% of their time to the project and their research.

The required criteria for submitting candidacy for the fellowships are:
Proven academic excellence.
Knowledge of relevant research languages (Hebrew, Latin, as well Old French/Mittelhochdeutsch/modern

French/German/Italian/Spanish).
Sound knowledge of the history of medieval Europe.

Interested individuals are requested to send the following documents as an electronic version (in one file):

o Curriculum vitae (including language proficiency)
o Abstract of the PhD dissertation
o Letters of evaluation of the PhD dissertation (if available)
o A document describing the planned research program (up to 500 words)
o Two letters of recommendation. Please send recommendations to audreyfi@savion.huji.ac.il
o A writing sample: PhD chapter or a paper that has been accepted for publication (no more than 30 pages)

Please send the requested materials electronically in one file to: Audrey Fingherman by May 20th, 2024 audreyfi@savion.huji.ac.il

For additional information about the project: contact Elisheva Baumgarten by email (Elisheva.baumgarten@mail.huji.ac.il)


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About Hannah Teddy Schachter

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Doctoral Fellow of the Israel Science Foundation-funded research group "Contending with Crises: Jews in Fourteenth-Century Europe" led by Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten. While my doctoral research explores the relationships between Jews and royal women--specifically queens--in 13th-century France, my other research projects consider Jewish-Christian encounters in medieval processions, dance and song, as well as costume in France and the German Kingdom during the Middle Ages.