All posts by Maria Stürzebecher

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“.

Online Talk by Birgit Wiedl about „In gutem mitterbau zu halten“. Jüdischer Weinbau und Weingartenbesitz im mittelalterlichen Wien (in German)

Take part in this online talk by Birgit Wiedl about „In gutem mitterbau zu halten“. Jüdischer Weinbau und Weingartenbesitz im mittelalterlichen Wien at the Arye Maimon Institute, Trier University, on 18 December 2023, 18:15 CEST.

To do so, please register with Dr. Christoph Cluse cluse@uni-trier.de or Dr. Jörg Müller muellerj@uni-trier.de for the Zoom link.

Online Talk by Danny Grabe about “Von Leibärzten, Henkern und anderen. Die Berufe von Juden und ihre Funktionen in den christlichen Quellen des Frühmittelalters” (in German)

Take part in this online talk by Danny Grabe about ” Von Leibärzten, Henkern und anderen. Die Berufe von Juden und ihre Funktionen in den christlichen Quellen des Frühmittelalters ” at the Arye Maimon Institute, Trier University, on 4 December 2023, 18:15 CEST.

To do so, please register with Dr. Christoph Cluse cluse@uni-trier.de or Dr. Jörg Müller muellerj@uni-trier.de for the Zoom link.

Job: University Assistant with a doctorate/PhD (m/f/d)

Dep. of History, University Graz

Application deadline: 27.12.2023

Your Responsibilities:

  • Independent research, publication and lecture activity in the field of medieval history with one of the following focal points (possibility of habilitation):
    • Social and economic history of the Middle Ages
    • History of Institutions
    • History of the Mediterranean
  • Teaching courses and supervising students in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in history as well as in history, social studies, and political education
  • Collaboration in applications for, and implementation of, competitive third-party funded research projects
  • Participation in the university’s self-administration as well as in organizational tasks of the institute

Invitation for submissions to the 2025 Leo Baeck Institute Year Book Essay Prize in German-Jewish Studies

Deadline: Friday, April 12, 2024

The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry is inviting submissions for the 2025 Year Book Essay Prize. The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book is a fully refereed Oxford University Press journal and covers cultural, social, and economic history. A leading journal in the field, the Year Book has appeared annually since 1956.

The Essay Prize was established in 2011 to stimulate new research on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry, and to promote young researchers in the field. The essay can be on any topic on the history and culture of German-speaking Central European Jewry from early modern times through to the present.