All posts by Martina Mampieri

About Martina Mampieri

Martina Mampieri holds a double Ph.D. in History and Jewish Studies at the University of Roma Tre and the University of Hamburg. She is currently a Martin Buber Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she works on her second book project on Isaiah Sonne. In 2018-20, she held other postdoctoral positions at Sapienza University of Rome, the Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes in Paris, Harvard University, and the Lichtenberg-Kolleg at Georg-August-University of Göttingen. She is the author of Living under the Evil Pope: The Hebrew Chronicle of Pope Paul IV by Benjamin Neḥemiah ben Elnathan from Civitanova Marche, 16th cent. (Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2020) as well as several articles on Italian Jewry and books in the early modern period.

JOB: Assistant Professor of German Studies (1 year), Grinnell College

The Department of GERMAN STUDIES invites applications for a 1-YEAR appointment beginning Fall 2022. Assistant Professor (Ph.D.) preferred; Instructor (ABD) or Associate Professor possible. Research and teaching interests might include but are not limited to the following areas from the German-speaking worlds: Jewish Studies, Turkish Studies, Black Studies, Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, Transnationality or Migration Studies. Near-Native proficiency in German required. 

Deadline: March 31, 2022

CFP: The 19th Early Modern Workshop (August 15-16, 2022): Jewish Mobility Reconsidered

The Early Modern Workshop invites proposals to participate in this summer’s meeting on the theme of “Jewish Mobility Reconsidered: People, Objects, and Information in Motion in the Early Modern Period” to be held via zoom. Now approaching its twentieth year, the Early Modern Workshop (EMW) brings together scholars from every level of their academic careers, from advanced graduate students to senior scholars, to examine pertinent historical questions based on the analysis of primary sources from the early modern period (approx. 1450-1800).

Deadline: March 4, 2022

Panel discussion “The development of the academic study of Kabbalah” (February 22, 2022)

Please join the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 12:00PM EST / 7:00PM ILT, for a virtual panel with Dr. Biti Roi, Dr. Noam Zadoff and Dr. Andrea Gondos on The development of the academic study of Kabbalah: A central theme in the history of Humanities in Israel. Marking the 40th anniversary of the death of Gershom Scholem, the founder of the discipline at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, our panelists review some of the main questions, topics and characters that have defined the field over the decades.

CFP: The German Quarterly Special Issue on “Premodern German Studies”

The German Quarterly invites proposals (400-word abstracts) for articles to appear in a special issue devoted to Premodern German Studies, edited by CJ Jones (University of Notre Dame) and Annegret Oehme (University of Washington).  

We welcome research on any aspect of the German-speaking world before 1700, including European border regions, German speakers outside of Europe, and exchanges between German-speaking communities and speakers of other languages. The editors aim to bring together a set of articles that showcases a broad array of different time periods, scholarly approaches, and source types, especially interdisciplinary approaches, new theories and methodologies, and/or non-canonical and understudied sources. We also welcome submissions that focus on pedagogical questions.

Deadline: February 28, 2022

JOB: Lecturer Pool All Specializations – Department of History, University of California, Berkeley

The Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach courses should an opening arise.

The Department of History is generating an applicant pool of qualified instructors to teach courses in all areas of History (Africa, Ancient Greece & Rome, Byzantine, Early Modern Europe, East Asia, North America, Jewish, Late Modern Europe, Medieval Europe, Middle East, Science, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and other various needs), pending openings.

Open date: January 31st, 2022

Next review date: Monday, Feb 14, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

CFA: Aresty Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar Position in Jewish Studies, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University-New Brunswick invites applications for the position of Aresty Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar for the 2022-23 academic year.

In 2022-23, the Aresty Visiting Scholar is a one-semester (fall or spring) appointment to a recent PhD (earned no earlier than 2017) in the fields of Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, and rabbinics, up until the early medieval period in Jewish Studies.

Deadline: 22 February 2022

JOB: Assistant Professor of Hebrew Language and Jewish Cultures, University of Kentucky

Applications are invited for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Hebrew Language and Jewish Cultures to begin August 2022 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. The successful applicant’s tenure home will be in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, a dynamic academic unit committed to interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue among faculty with diverse geographical interests, theoretical concerns, and methodological approaches. Applicants are expected to have a Ph.D. in hand by August 2022. 

Deadline: 21 February 2022