Daniel Lasker’s new book “Karaism. An Introduction to the Oldest Surviving Alternative Judaism” is now out via The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with
Liverpool University Press.

Daniel Lasker’s new book “Karaism. An Introduction to the Oldest Surviving Alternative Judaism” is now out via The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with
Liverpool University Press.
Register by February 11.
This German lecture, entitlted “‘da […] di hus in der Judengassen verbrannt wurden’: Die VErfolgungen von 1349 in Köln,” by Tanja Potthoff will take place on Monday 31 January 2022 in the Colloquium of the Arye Mamon-Institute for Jewish History at Trier University, 18:15 CET.
https://uni-trier.zoom.us/j/89105443587?pwd=MTNGZFJpa1plMXpSS0dTbWxzZzBKZz09
Meeting-ID: 891 0544 3587
Code: eLRL5eKv
Applications are invited for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Hebrew Language and Jewish Cultures to begin August 2022 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. The successful applicant’s tenure home will be in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, a dynamic academic unit committed to interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue among faculty with diverse geographical interests, theoretical concerns, and methodological approaches. Applicants are expected to have a Ph.D. in hand by August 2022.
Deadline: 21 February 2022
The workshop has been canceled due to the Covid pandemic. However, it will be rescheduled very soon.
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for the Advanced Study in the Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp announce a summer program for graduate students in Jewish studies.
Graduate students at any institution worldwide, in any subfield of Jewish studies, past or present, are eligible to apply. This is an in-person experience, and participation is contingent on a student being able to travel safely to Israel within public health requirements in place at the time. The program will take place the week before the World Congress of Jewish Studies, and participants are encouraged to plan to stay in Jerusalem for the Congress as well.
Fellowships are available for students accepted into the program who do not have applicable funding from their home institutions.
Deadline: 1 April 2022
Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main Foundation) is awarding two prizes for excellent research into Frankfurt am Main’s Jewish history. Rosl und Paul Arnsberg-Prize (€ 10.000) adresses advanced scholars, whereas Arno Lustiger-Förderpreis (€ 3.000) honours the research of young scholars resp. Ph.D.-students.
Deadline: 15 May 2022
22nd Workshop of the Interdisciplinary Forum Jewish History and Culture in the Early Modern Period
February 5-6, 2022
Online conference via Zoom
Registration:
Please register by February 2, 2022 at the latest. You will receive a confirmation of registration. If you cancel your registration after February 3/4, 2022 (date of receipt), we will charge you half of the conference fee, after that date or in case of absence the total fee.
The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia is delighted to invite you to the final workshop of the “Mutina Hebraica” Project:https://www.dhmore.unimore.it/2021/02/22/mutina-hebraica-insignito-del-premio-rita-levi-mo….
The workshop will take place online via Microsoft Teams on February 1, 2022, at 9 AM Italian time (CET).
To join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:2e3d4366eb4f485a85c2ac533d260eb3@thread.tacv2…
For its members and students, the European Association of Jewish Studies offers a webinar on how to use eScriptorium specifically for Hebrew script on Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 1 pm – 5 pm CET.