Read the new Fragment of the Month post by Yehuda Seewald about “Unraveling a Genizah Mystery: New Insights into Saadia Gaon’s Biblical Commentary and Anti-Karaite Polemic.”
Monthly Archives: September 2024
Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) 2024 Graduate Student Paper Award
The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) invites nominations for the 2024 Graduate Student Paper Award. This award recognizes outstanding research on contemporary Jewry by graduate students. Eligible papers must have been accepted for publication or published in an academic journal during 2023/2024.
Deadline: 31 October 2024.
Video Recording of Anna Abulafia’s Book Launch “Christian-Jewish Relations 1000–1300”
Watch now the recording of Anna Abulafia’s book launch Christian-Jewish Relations 1000-1300: Jews in the Service of Medieval Christendom (2nd edtion, Routledge, 2025).
New Post of the Genizah Research Unit: Fragment of the Month September 2024
Read the new Post of the Genizah Research Unit with the Fragment of the Month September 2024: Unraveling a Genizah Mystery: New Insights into Saadia Gaon’s Biblical Commentary and Anti-Karaite Polemic by Yehuda Seewald
JOB: Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies seeks a visionary and collaborative faculty member to serve as the tenured Lipton Professor of Jewish Studies. In addition, the successful candidate will serve as the Center’s Director for up to five years. We welcome applicants from any disciplinary background to apply. We are especially interested in scholarship in the following areas: early modern studies, Sephardic studies, Atlantic studies, anthropology, and medieval studies.
JOB: Assistant Professor, Medieval European History, Northwestern University
The Department of History at Northwestern University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor of Medieval European History, to begin on September 1, 2025. The position is open to candidates whose research engages any facet of European society from roughly 800-1500 CE.
17th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low CountriesInstitute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp, 8 May 2025
The Institute of Jewish Studies organises for the seventeenth time an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Antwerp concerning Jewish Studies on the Low Countries. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate contacts between researchers working within this area of study.
Deadline: 15 December 2024.
New Book: Material Encounters between Jews and Christians: From the Silk and Spice Routes to the Highlands of Ethiopia
Eds. Bar Kribus, Zaroui Pogossian and Alexandra Cuffel (Arc Humanities Press, September 2024)
This book demonstrates the potential of material culture, including artworks and archaeological finds, to shed new light on Jewish-Christian interaction in medieval and early modern times. Previous studies have focused on areas where Jews lived as a minority under Christian rule, such as in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire. This book, on the other hand, explores the eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia, the Red Sea and India, where Jews and Christians interacted on a different footing.
Baron Book Prize: Call for applications
The American Academy for Jewish Research invites submissions for the Salo Wittmayer Baron Book Prize. The Baron Book Prize ($3,000) is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding first book in Jewish studies.
Eligibility: An academic book in English, in any area of Jewish studies published in calendar year 2024.
Journal of Jewish Studies 75/2 (2024)
The new issue of Journal of Jewish Studies 75/2 (2024) contains several papers relevant to medieval Jewish Studies.