The Research Group “Contending with Crises” (HUJI) invites those interested to attend

The Research Group “Contending with Crises” (HUJI) invites those interested to attend


A fascinating image of Judas appears in a Biblia pauperum (Bible of the Poor), produced in Regensburg or Vienna around 1435 and today in the Morgan Library and Museum in New York (Fig. 1). It was featured in the exhibition that I guest curated there this year, Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality and in the accompanying volume of the same name.[i] As an art historian with an interest in little-known images as well as the intersecting histories of money, sexuality, and anti-Semitism, I was immediately drawn to this image. The exhibition explored how the rise of the monetary economy transformed European life and culture. One thread of the show examined how Christians displaced onto Jews their anxiety about committing economic practices that they deemed immoral. The image of Judas formed part of that thread.
Continue reading A Judas in a Fifteenth-Century Biblia Pauperum and the Intersecting Histories of Money, Sexuality, and Anti-Semitismis offering up to 2 visiting fellowships for Ph.D. students in the fields of History, Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, Literature, or Art History starting in October 2024.
Deadline: 20 May 2024
Continue reading CFA: Visiting Ph.D. Fellowships, 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
Continue reading 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)
Led by Dean Irwin, a team of England-based researchers is working to reconstruct biographies of Lincoln Jews and work through the sources.
Applications on projects concerning Jewish literature, history and culture in Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and Middle Ages are welcome along with studies on the synagogue in Antiquity and beyond. The field of Jewish Studies in Sweden is broad and interdiciplinary, and as such invite’s applicants from broad backgrounds.
A PhD position at Lund University means a stable salary for four years (starting at roughly 30 000 SEK a month, an above average salary in Sweden) and the possibility of having a co-advisor from another university. Extension to the four years is given for maternity/paternity leave and sick leave.
Deadline: February 15 2024
