Category Archives: Call for Applications

Corcoran Visiting Chair in Christian-Jewish Relations

According to their call, “Boston College and its Center for Christian-Jewish Learning invite applications for a one year visiting appointment (renewable for a second year) as the Corcoran Visiting Chair in Christian-Jewish Relations, specializing in an aspect of the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or its earned equivalent, have a demonstrated record of publication in the field, and hold (or have retired from) a tenured position (or its equivalent) in a university or seminary. Applications from all relevant disciplines are welcome.”

Deadline: 1 November 2026.

Fellowship: From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies

According to their call, “[t]he Volkswagen Momentum Fellowship Programme “From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies” invites applications from scholars whose research focuses on Judaism and Jewish communities across the Middle East, the wider Middle East and North Africa from the early modern period into the modern era.”

Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures, LMU Munich.

Deadline: 2 November 2026

University of Virginia Visiting Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence

According to their call, “[t]he Jewish Studies Program at the University of Virginia’s scholar-in-residence fellowship program is a short-term residency open to distinguished national and international applicants, who may be academic scholars or scholars of practice. Recipients will typically spend 3 – 6 weeks at the University of Virginia and are invited to conduct their own research and contribute to the intellectual life of the Jewish Studies Program.”

Deadline: 1 October 2026.

Research Fellowships in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Poland (German Historical Institute Warsaw

According to their call, “[t]he GHIW offers fellowships for researchers whose work aligns with the Institute’s research objectives. We support research in German and East Central European history that requires a stay in Poland, Lithuania, or the Czech Republic. The grants are intended primarily for non-tenured, early-career scholars and are awarded for periods ranging from one to four months (depending on the research project). Only projects at an advanced stage are eligible for support. We do not provide write-up grants.”

Deadline: 30 September 2026.

Between Mind and World in Premodern Jewish Life 

According to their call, “[t[he Katz Center for Advanced Judaic studies seeks to use its 2027–28 fellowship year to support this aspiration to connect premodern Jewish thought and expression to the extra-textual realms of the material and the social, calling for relevant applications from scholars working in any field of premodern Jewish history and culture as these developed throughout the world between the Hellenistic period and the end of the European Middle Ages in the sixteenth century. New research has striven to expand our understanding of Jewish life beyond the small elites that have been the focus of Jewish studies in earlier generations. What new insights might yet emerge by continuing to expand our understanding of the worlds of premodern Jewish thought and expression—the interpersonal, intercultural, political, economic, institutional, material, and environmental contexts shaping and shaped by premodern Jewish minds?” Their thematic theme is “Between Mind and World in Premodern Jewish Life”.

Deadline: 27 October 2026.

Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Fellowships

According to their call, “the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic studies seeks to use its 2027–28 fellowship year to support this aspiration to connect premodern Jewish thought and expression to the extra-textual realms of the material and the social, calling for relevant applications from scholars working in any field of premodern Jewish history and culture as these developed throughout the world between the Hellenistic period and the end of the European Middle Ages in the sixteenth century. New research has striven to expand our understanding of Jewish life beyond the small elites that have been the focus of Jewish studies in earlier generations. What new insights might yet emerge by continuing to expand our understanding of the worlds of premodern Jewish thought and expression—the interpersonal, intercultural, political, economic, institutional, material, and environmental contexts shaping and shaped by premodern Jewish minds?”

Deadline: 27 October 2026.

Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania 2027–28 Fellowship

According to their call, “[t]he Katz Center for Advanced Judaic studies seeks to use its 2027–28 fellowship year to support this aspiration to connect premodern Jewish thought and expression to the extra-textual realms of the material and the social, calling for relevant applications from scholars working in any field of premodern Jewish history and culture as these developed throughout the world between the Hellenistic period and the end of the European Middle Ages in the sixteenth century. New research has striven to expand our understanding of Jewish life beyond the small elites that have been the focus of Jewish studies in earlier generations. What new insights might yet emerge by continuing to expand our understanding of the worlds of premodern Jewish thought and expression—the interpersonal, intercultural, political, economic, institutional, material, and environmental contexts shaping and shaped by premodern Jewish minds?”

Deadline: 27 October 2026.

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities – Associate Director

According to their call, “[t]he Associate Director of the Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) serves as an integral part of the Center’s leadership team. The Center for Jewish Studies is the intellectual, instructional, and programmatic home for Jewish Studies at the University of Minnesota. The Center is a research hub that also offers an undergraduate curriculum (major and minor in Jewish Studies) and engages in extensive community outreach programming. This role requires excellent management and communication skills, and it is expected that the Associate Director has broad expertise in the field of Jewish studies. The Associate Director oversees day-to-day operations of the Center, manages CJS communications in consultation with the Director, assists in the planning and administration of conferences, symposia, and community outreach activities, assists the director in fundraising activities, manages the undergraduate curriculum, and teaches one undergraduate course in both the fall and spring terms.”

Deadline: 10 July 2026.

The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities and Social Sciences – CfA 2027-2028

According to their call, “[t]he Martin Buber Society of Fellows aims at fostering interdisciplinary academic discourse at the highest level among outstanding young scholars (post-doctoral). Candidates who have completed their PhD at an Israeli or German university, as well as citizens of Israel or Germany who have received their PhD in any country, are eligible to apply. Applicants must have their PhD degree in hand no earlier than October 1st, 2022, and no later than July 1st, 2027.1 Application is open for those specializing in all fields of the Humanities and the Social Sciences.2 We are looking for creative humanists and social scientists with broad intellectual horizons. No connection of the subject matter to Jewish studies or Israel is required.”