The Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin seeks a visionary and collaborative director, who will also serve as a tenured full professor on the Jewish Studies faculty and in a department consistent with their area of academic specialization
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Call for Papers: Boundaries, Crossings, and Crossroads in the medieval Iberian world. Fordham University, New York, Feb 27-March 1 2026
Call for Papers: Conference on Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages
University of Oxford 20-21 April 2026
Tenure-track Global Medieval History Position at Hunter College, CUNY (New York)
The Department of History at Hunter College, CUNY invites applications for an Open Rank (full-time, tenure-track/tenured) position in Global Medieval History, 500-1500. The department is especially interested in applications from scholars whose research and teaching deal with medieval history in Western, Eastern, Central, or Northern Europe; the Mediterranean world (Southern Europe, North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean); and/or Central Asia.
Summer Skills Seminars
Enroll in a 4-day online seminar to improve your language or paleography skills. Hosted by the Mediterranean Seminar. Applications due April 28.

Advanced Summer School for Graduate Students: Inside/Out in Jewish Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, July 27–31, 2025
How is the inner life (in its emotional, cognitive, experiential, and unconscious aspects) understood in relation to the body and the self’s presentation to the outer world (intention/act; eating; sexuality)? How has space been constructed and conceptualized so as to create insides and outsides, private and public spheres? What is it to be “at home”—for an individual, a community, or a people—and what is gained and lost in being so? What are the ethical issues raised by the creation or erasure of a boundary between inside and outside? How might God or the world be thought of as inside or outside with relation to the other?
These and other questions related to the theme will be explored through the lens of Jewish history, texts, traditions, practices, and more. Graduate students at any institution worldwide, in any subfield of Jewish studies, past or present, are eligible to apply. The week will also include professionalization sessions to help students think about next steps in their development as scholars, and to reflect together on some of the challenges of academic life.
Neo-Lachrymosity and the Writing of Jewish History: March 31 Conference at the University of Pennsylvania
1-Year Jewish Studies Postdoc at the University of Delaware
The Jewish Studies Program and Department of History seek candidates for the inaugural Chaiken Postdoctoral Researcher in Jewish History for the academic year 2025-2026. The Researcher will teach one course per semester in Jewish history, conduct research in their area of expertise, and organize and lead a scholarly symposium. Area of specialty and methodology are open
Visiting Assistant Professor in Hebrew and Jewish Studies
The University of Kentucky invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor in Hebrew & Jewish Studies to begin August 1st, 2025. This is a full-time, non-tenure-eligible faculty position with an appointment of one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year. Candidates should be specialists in Jewish culture during any period between 500 B.C.E and 500 C.E. but applicants from other Jewish Studies backgrounds who can also teach in this area will be considered.
Tracing Jewish Histories: The Afterlives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture
Call for papers for a two-day in-person symposium in London at The Courtauld Institute of Art on May 19th and 20th. Proposals are due to Laura Feigen (laura.feigen@courtauld.ac.uk) and Reed O’Mara (rao44@case.edu) by 27 February 2025. To learn more about the symposium and read the CFP, please see the attached PDF.