You can now read this German article by Carla Meyer-Schlenkrich, “Adolf Kober, ‘Grundbuch des Kölner Judenviertels 1135–1425’ (1920). Kartierung einer verlorenen Welt,” Quellenpublikationen der Gesellschaft für Rheinische Geschichtskunde, ed. Stephan Laux (Cologne: Böhlau, 2025), 259–84.
Monthly Archives: May 2025
The Study of Anti-Jewish Representation in Medieval Christian Europe
You can read this new paper by Marcia Kupfer, “The Study of Anti-Jewish Representation in Medieval Christian Europe (Latin West and Greek East): a Critical Historiographical Overview,” Studies in Iconography 46.8 (2025).
Database: Hebrew and Latin Charters from the Cologne Jewish Shrine Book (St. Laurenz Parish)
This digital edition compiled by Ursula Schattner-Rieser, Innsbruck University, provides first-time access to the entire corpus of Hebrew and a large selection of Latin charters from the so-called Judenschreinsbuch of Cologne’s St. Laurenz parish, dating from 1235 to 1347. These documents reflect key legal and social transactions in the medieval Jewish quarter – from property sales to marriage contracts – and illustrate everyday interactions between Jewish and Christian communities.
The database is intended user-friendly, and the tanscriptions and translations are available for download. Over three quarters of the documents are currently accessible, with the remaining ones being added continuously.
Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
According to their call, “[t]he Journal’s editorial team is currently welcoming submission of manuscripts for consideration for the 2025 volume (XXXVIII) of the Journal.”
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Arabic and Hebrew Sources)
ECOMDES “invite[s] applications for a 2-year (24 month) Postdoctoral Research Associate (Arabic and Hebrew Sources) on the project, based in The Department of History at King’s College London.
Jordan Schnizler Book Awards (AJS)
These awards, offered by the Association for Jewish Studies, have annually recognized and promoted outstanding scholarship in the field of Jewish Studies and honored scholars whose work embodies the best in the field: rigorous research, theoretical sophistication, innovative methodology, and excellent writing. The AJS annually awards one winner and one finalist in each of four categories.
Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture is one of the submission categories. The other categories are Jewish Literature and Linguistics, Modern Jewish History and Culture: Africa, Americas, Asia, and Oceania, and Philosophy and Jewish Thought.
Deadline: Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
Death & Piety in the Cairo Geniza
Watch Eve Krakowski’s talk in the Gratz Jewish Studies PhD Lecture Series about “Death & Piety in the Cairo Geniza”.
Thomas de Cantilupe (d. 1282) and the Last Jews of Medieval England
Read this new article by Irven Resnick, “Thomas de Cantilupe (d. 1282) and the Last Jews of Medieval England,” Religions 16.5 (2025): 1–22.
Maimonides’ Halakhic Revolution (and Why It Almost Worked)
Read this post by Bar Nativ on The Librarians.
Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies
Hamburg University searches a candidate for a Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies.
Deadline: 19 June 2025.