Monthly Archives: January 2022

CFA: 2023 Leo Baeck Institute Year Book Essay Prize in German-Jewish Studies

The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry is delighted to announce its 2023 Essay Prize. The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book is a fully refereed Oxford University Press journal and covers cultural, social, and economic history. A leading journal in the field, the Year Book has appeared annually since 1956. The Essay Prize was established in 2011 to stimulate new research on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry, and to promote young researchers in the field. The essay can be on any topic on the history and culture of German-speaking Central European Jewry from early modern times through to the present.

Deadline: March 31, 2022

Exhibition “Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith” at the Met Closters NY

Communities of Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived side by side in Spain for centuries, creating vibrant artistic traditions that often intersected. For the first time since its inauguration at The Met Cloisters in 1961, the Fuentidueña Chapel gallery, which typically focuses on the Christian tradition, will present a group of works that testify to the diversity of Spanish medieval art. By telling a more nuanced story in this space, the exhibition will demonstrate the ease with which objects and artistic ideas transcended differences of belief. Placed in dialogue with each other, the silk textiles, ivory carvings, illuminated manuscripts, frescoes, and monumental sculptures featured in the show will reveal a dynamic, interconnected past that often mirrors the present.

EAJS Digital jour fixe (Digital Humanities)

The Digital Forum of the European Association of Jewish Studies offers digital lectures series focusing on projects, methods, and tools in the Digital Humanities useful to the field of Jewish Studies:

1) Avi Shmidman (Bar Ilan / Dicta), “Digital Humanities Tools for Jewish Studies Research: The Dicta Website.” Friday 28 January 2022, 10-11h30 CET

2) Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra (EPHE-PSL), “eScriptorium: A Digital Infrastructure for Manual and Automatic Analysis of Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Print.” 25 February 2022, 10-11h30 CET

3) Thomas Kollatz (Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mainz), “(Very) short introduction into Digital Editing with Text Encoding Initiative.” 25 March 2022, 10-11h30 CET