Job: Professor of Jewish Art (at W2 level, or W1 with tenure track leading to W2)

The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies invites applications for the position of Professor of Jewish Art (at W2 level, or W1 with tenure track leading to W2) starting October 1, 2025.

Depending on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience, the position will either be filled at the level of a W2 professorship, or a W1 professorship with tenure track leading to W2 level. The employment relationship will fall under private law.

The professorship in Jewish Art at the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies serves as a fundamental building block toward an integrative conception of Jewish Studies. The successful candidate will be expected to represent the entire spectrum of Jewish Art as a field of study and possess a broad range of expertise in cultural history. This expertise should enable the candidate to analyze artistic activity within Jewish cultures methodologically with respect to theoretical discourses, as well as to discuss transcultural interrelations and the relationship between majority and minority, or the question of internal vs. external definitions of Jewish Art.


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About Maria Stürzebecher

I am the curator of the Museum Old Synagogue in Erfurt and scientific coordinator for the UNESCO World Heritage application Jewish-Medieval Heritage in Erfurt. Since 2012, I am editing the series "Erfurter Schriften zur Jüdischen Geschichte"; in 2020, the 6th volume "Ritual Objects in Ritual Contexts." was published. I studied History of Arts, Archaeology, Sociology and History and wrote my PhD thesis about the medieval Erfurt Treasure, which was published in 2009 entitled „Der Schatzfund aus der Erfurter Michaelisstrasse – Mittelalterliche Goldschmiedearbeiten als Zeugnisse jüdischen Lebens in Erfurt“.