According to their call, “[t]he successful candidate is expected to have a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching excellence, an established record of scholarship and externally funded research, and evidence of public service and programming. The Chairs of Excellence program was established by the Tennessee Legislature in 1984 to fund endowed chairs through public-private partnerships. The UTC Judaic Studies Chair of Excellence was established in 1988 and has earned international recognition. Today, it is one of 100 chairs of excellence in Tennessee public universities and one of eleven chairs of excellence at UTC. The chairholder will teach courses in Judaic Studies and support and develop public programs related to the chairholder’s research interests. The chairholder should have a doctorate in Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, or a related discipline. The chairholder will have a teaching load of 3-4 courses per year and will have a budget for research and other approved purposes.”
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Job: College of Idaho – History, Berger-Neilsen Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies
According to their call, “[t]he Department of History at The College of Idaho invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track appointment to the Berger-Neilsen Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies to begin in fall 2027. This position is the first endowed chair in Judaic Studies in the state of Idaho, and one of the few such chairs in the Pacific Northwest and the intermountain region.”
Job: Assistant Professor of Medieval History, History Department, UT-Austin
The Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2027. We seek a scholar to teach medieval Europe, excluding Spain, with additional expertise in premodern global interconnections, especially the contacts between cultures and societies along the overland or maritime Silk Road(s) that encompass Eurasia, 500-1500 CE, including China. We also encourage applications from specialists in diasporic medieval populations, including global Jewish communities beyond the Mediterranean. The successful candidate must be willing and able to teach in the core curriculum (particularly in the “Western Civilization” core area). Duties will include undergraduate and graduate teaching, research, and service to the department, college, and university.
Applications must be received no later than November 13, 2026.
Rice University, Kraft Family Professor of Jewish Studies
Acording to their call, “[t]he Center for Jewish Studies in the School of Humanities and Arts at Rice University is seeking to hire the Kraft Family Professor of Jewish Studies, a full-time senior level scholar in modern Jewish Studies who will also serve as the next Center Director for a renewable term of 3–5 years. As the next Center Director, we are seeking an individual who has significant administrative and institution-building experience, is strategic, inspirational, and visionary, with a broad-minded and interdisciplinary approach to Jewish Studies. The successful candidate must qualify for an appointment in one of the departments in the School of Humanities and Arts.”
Deadline: 10 November 2026.
Publications Coordinator for the Jewish Quarterly Review
According to their call, “The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is hiring a Publications Coordinator to serve primarily as the manager of the Jewish Quarterly Review, and also of the new Katz Center edited volume series: Conversations and Advances in Judaic Studies, both published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.”
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies: Philip and Muriel Berman Scholar of Jewish Studies, Lafayette College
According to their call, “the Department of Religious Studies at Lafayette College invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in the study of Judaism at the rank of assistant professor, beginning Fall 2027. The successful candidate will be named the Philip and Muriel Berman Scholar of Jewish Studies and will support the study of Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness in partnership with Lafayette’s interdisciplinary Jewish Studies Program and the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies. We seek a dynamic scholar whose teaching and research engage Judaism in its historical, cultural, and intellectual diversity, and who situates that work within the broader theoretical and methodological frameworks of Religious Studies. We especially welcome candidates whose scholarship is interdisciplinary, intersecting with fields such as environment and sustainability, digital media and technology, religion and nationalism, materiality and the body, and gender and sexuality.”
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.
Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
According to their call, “[t]he Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications for a position at the rank of full or associate professor to fill the Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies. We seek a rigorous and imaginative scholar whose research encompasses one or more of the following specializations: Rabbinic Judaism and Jewish Law in Late Antiquity or the Medieval Period, Medieval Jewish Mysticism and Philosophy, or Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Judaism.”
Deadline: 30 June 2026.
Department of Classics at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Salzburg Tenure Track Position “Jewish Studies”
According to their call, “[a] tenure track position at the University of Salzburg offers clear career development opportunities leading to an associate professorship in strategic focus areas of the university. The tenure track phase includes clearly defined development goals and interim evaluations based on individually agreed qualification targets. An assistant professorship at the University of Salzburg offers opportunities to develop innovative research, committed teaching, and social responsibility. Assistant professors encourage early-career scientists, value interdisciplinarity, organise third mission activities, and are involved in university committees and internationalisation. With a sense of responsibility, integrity, and innovative strength, they shape a respectful working environment and promote scientific, technological, and social developments.”
Deadline: 27 May 2026.
CfA Tenure Track Position “Judaistik” (Univ. Salzburg)
According to the CfA the Department of Ancient Studies at the University of Salzburg seeks to hire a tenure-track position in “Jewish Studies” (assistant professorship).
Deadline: 27 May 2026