Monthly Archives: April 2025

The Bohemian National Hall Annual Lecture on the History and Culture of Jews in the Czech and Slovak Lands

According to their call, “[t]he Jewish Museum in Prague – in co-operation with the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews (www.shcsj.org) and the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York – invites applicants to submit their topic proposals for the Bohemian National Hall Annual Lecture on the History and Culture of Jews in the Czech and Slovak Lands. This call is open to scholars from different disciplines working on a variety of topics centred around Jewish history and culture in the Czech lands, Slovakia and in the other regions of the former Habsburg Monarchy from the Middle Ages to the present.”

Deadline: 31 May 2025.

Wiss. Mitarb. 65% (Forschungsgruppe »Aschkenas«)

Im Fachbereich III der Universität Trier (Geschichte/Geschichtliche Landeskunde, Professur Stephan Laux) isdt voraussichtlich zum 01.07.2025 in dem von der DFG drittmittelfinanzierten Forschungsprojekt »Aschkenas in neuen Lebenswelten. Akteure, Praktiken und Räume in der jüdischen Geschichte Mitteleuropas während des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts«, Teilprojekt 3 »Extra muros, intra muros« folgende Stelle zu besetzen: Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (m/w/d) (EG 13 TV-L, 65%, befristet für die Dauer von vier Jahren gem. WissZeitVG).

Conference: Tracing Jewish Histories: The Long Lives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture

London, Courtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square Campus, Lecture Theatre 2

19 May – 20 May 2025, 10:00 – 17:00

Works of art and architecture made by or for Jewish communities in the medieval period are often examined through the lenses of persecution and expulsion, or are contrasted against Christian or Muslim“styles.” This symposium seeks to expand and nuance these narratives in order to highlight how works of art and architecture can uniquely trace the history of particular Jewish communities by mapping their movements and traditions across generations and geographies. Medieval Jewish objects and spaces can also serve as loci to examine ideas related to collective memory and cultural identity. To that end, the symposium seeks to open new dialogues regarding the “afterlives” of medieval Jewish art more broadly, initiating discussions regarding the ways in which works of art and architecture continued to bear witness to the richness of Jewish life and culture long after they were created.

Organised by Laura Feigen and Reed O’Mara, this symposium is supported by Sam Fogg and the Mellon Foundation with additional support from The Department of Art History and Art at Case Western Reserve University.