Category Archives: Call for Applications

The Bohemian National Hall Annual Lecture on the History and Culture of Jews in the Czech and Slovak Lands

According to their call, “[t]he Jewish Museum in Prague – in co-operation with the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews (www.shcsj.org) and the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York – invites applicants to submit their topic proposals for the Bohemian National Hall Annual Lecture on the History and Culture of Jews in the Czech and Slovak Lands. This call is open to scholars from different disciplines working on a variety of topics centred around Jewish history and culture in the Czech lands, Slovakia and in the other regions of the former Habsburg Monarchy from the Middle Ages to the present.”

Deadline: 31 May 2025.

Wiss. Mitarb. 65% (Forschungsgruppe »Aschkenas«)

Im Fachbereich III der Universität Trier (Geschichte/Geschichtliche Landeskunde, Professur Stephan Laux) isdt voraussichtlich zum 01.07.2025 in dem von der DFG drittmittelfinanzierten Forschungsprojekt »Aschkenas in neuen Lebenswelten. Akteure, Praktiken und Räume in der jüdischen Geschichte Mitteleuropas während des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts«, Teilprojekt 3 »Extra muros, intra muros« folgende Stelle zu besetzen: Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (m/w/d) (EG 13 TV-L, 65%, befristet für die Dauer von vier Jahren gem. WissZeitVG).

Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerkes: Promotionsstipendien

Das Ziel von ELES ist es, Jüdinnen und Juden finanziell und ideell zu fördern, die über die eigenen Fachkenntnisse hinaus gesellschaftliches Verantwortungsbewusstsein und Dialogfähigkeit beweisen und damit zu denjenigen gehören, die die Zukunft aktiv mitgestalten. Neben hervorragenden universitären- und Forschungsleistungen wird von den Stipendiat_innen deswegen auch gesellschaftliches Engagement in jüdischen Gemeinden, im sozialen Bereich, in der Jugendarbeit, in studentischen Organisationen oder im gesellschaftlichen Umfeld erwartet.

Frist: 31. März 2025.

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.

Postdoc Fellowships, Israel Science Foundation, “Contending with Crises: The Jews in XIVth Century Europe” deadline March 15 

The Israel Science Foundation sponsored research project Contending with Crises: The Jews in XIVth Century Europe at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the direction of Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten is offering up to 1Post-Doctoral scholarships beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. Scholars who have received their Ph.D. after October 1st 2020 or will submit their Ph.D. no later than October 1st 2025 are eligible to apply. It is possible to apply for a full year or for part of one.

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