Monthly Archives: November 2021

Researcher of the Week

Sivan Gottlieb, PhD


Halpern Center for the Study of Jewish Self-Perception
Bar-Ilan University

(English/עברית)

“I am an art historian focusing on illuminated Hebrew manuscripts from the late Middle Ages. In my dissertation, The Art of Medicine: Illuminated Hebrew Medical Manuscripts from the Late Middle Ages (approve recently), I collected seventy-nine illuminated Hebrew medical manuscripts from fourteenth to sixteenth-century Europe. I studied the ways in which these manuscripts employed visual languages, some professional in appearance and some less so, analysing the use and meaning of these images.

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Leo Baeck Fellowships 2022/23

The applications for the Leo Baeck fellowships 2022/23 opened. They write: “We are happy to advertise the international Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme 2022/2023 (German academic year October 2022-September 2023). We invite applications from PhD students who carry out research related to the history and culture of the German-speaking Jewry. The programme is jointly organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London and the  Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Our programme is open to PhD candidates worldwide.”

Deadline: February 1st, 2022.