Monthly Archives: September 2023

Funding available for EAJS members: Small Research Grant Programme

The European Association for Jewish Studies is delighted to announce a new funding stream available to its Full and Student members. Funded through generous support from its core funder, the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, the new EAJS Research Grant Programme supports individual scholars in their research.

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EAJS Digital Forum Workshop 2023: Digital Mapping Approaches to European Jewish History 

The EAJS Digital Forum, in collaboration with the Taube Department of Jewish Studies, is pleased to announce the “Digital Mapping Approaches to European Jewish History” workshop. This workshop is part of a series of workshops and seminars by the EAJS Digital Forum designed to respond to DH challenges for European Jewish studies.

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The Basel Graduate School of History (BGSH) is offering two 1-year starter scholarships 

The purpose of the scholarships is to support you during the starting phase of your doctorate. Within the first six months of your scholarship, you must develop a grant application for your doctoral project and submit it to the Swiss National Science Foundation, or another funding institution.

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World Heritage Committee inscribed the Jewish-Medieval Heritage on the World Heritage List

At its 45th session on 17 September, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Jewish-Medieval Heritage on the World Heritage List.

In the largely intact historic old town of Erfurt, unique architectural evidence of the important Jewish community from the period between the end of the 11th and the middle of the 14th century has been preserved. These include the Old Synagogue, one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved medieval synagogues, the mikveh, which was first built in the 12th century, and a Jewish secular building from the 12th and 13th centuries, the so-called „Stone House“.As the central objects of the Erfurt application, the architectural evidence is supplemented by a wealth of material evidence such as gravestones, manuscripts and the „Erfurt Treasure“, which is unique worldwide. In their combination, the testimonies fulfil all the elements that are necessary to express the extraordinary universal value.

The objects in their entirety provide information about Jewish community and everyday life as well as the coexistence of Jews and Christians in medieval sites – in a complexity that is not comparable to any known site. They reflect the cohabitation of Jews and Christians between coexistence, persecution and expulsion in a medieval city in Europe. The city of Erfurt sees its UNESCO application as an acknowledgement of Germany‘s special historical responsibility to recall and permanently honour Europe‘s Jewish-Christian roots. Sites that focus on Judaism and its history are under-represented on the World Heritage List, especially when it comes to European Jewry.

HMDA: Hebrew Manuscripts in the Digital Age: Palæography, Edition, Cataloguing

The École Pratique des Hautes Études, ” the School of Advanced Studies ” within Paris Sciences Lettres University, is inviting applications from French and international research students for an online course cluster “Hebrew Manuscripts in the Digital Age: Palaegraphy, Edition, Cataloguing”. 

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Associate Professor/Professor – J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair in Jewish Studies, University of Toronto

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Jewish Studies. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2024. The successful candidate will be appointed to a Faculty of Arts & Science Department depending on their field of expertise (51%), and the Anne Tanenbaum Centre of Jewish Studies (49%). The successful candidate is eligible to be named the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair in Jewish Studies for a five-year term, which will be renewable following a favorable review.

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‘Creation – Re Creation’: Sydney Jewish Museum, 11-12 February 2024

Creation – Re-Creation is the theme for the 2024 Australian Association for Jewish Studies Conference, which will be held at the Sydney Jewish Museum on 11-12 February 2024. The conference committee invites submissions of abstracts that address all elements of the themes of Creation and Re-Creation – broadly defined – with reference to Judaism, Jewish History and Culture, and Jews.

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