Monthly Archives: January 2026

Postdoctoral Associate in Jewish Thought / Philosophy at Yale University

Acording to their call, “[t]he Program in Jewish Studies at Yale University is offering a two-year Postdoctoral fellowship that will begin on July 1, 2026. Candidates for the fellowship must have a Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2026 and must have received the degree no earlier than 2023. The Program seeks a specialist in Jewish Thought and/or Philosophy who will work closely with appropriate members of Yale’s faculty. The Jewish Studies Postdoctoral Associate will be expected to be in residence, to conduct research in Yale’s library and archival collections, to participate actively in the intellectual life of the university, teach two courses, one per year with the option of substituting the organization of a conference, seminar, or colloquium for the second year’s course.”

Deadline: 16 February 2026.

International Humanities Postdoctoral Research Associate in Jewish Mysticism at Brown University

According to their call, “[t]he Department of Religious Studies, Program in Judaic Studies, and Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University invite applications for a two-year appointment as International Humanities Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Jewish mystical tradition. Candidates should have teaching competence in Kabbalah and the Zohar (and know the requisite languages), but the area of research specialization is open. We are especially interested in the areas of Jews and Judaism in the Sephardic or Islamic worlds; comparative mysticism; and the intersection of Kabbalah and hermeneutics within a wider humanistic frame.”

Deadline: 31 January 2026.

Medicine, sciences and ‘popularization of knowledge’ – EABS Annual Conference 2026

Here is the call for the EABS Annual Conference 2026 at KU Leuven, Belgium, 20–23 July 2026: “For our annual focus area “Popularization of Knowledge”, we invite scholars to comparatively explore the diffusion of medicine, sciences and other (scientific) knowledge (including magic, divination, dream interpretation etc.) beyond the confines of technical texts or groups of experts, with a specific focus on its applicability and socio-cultural utility in Jewish (also in Judeo-Arabic, Ladino or Yiddish), (early) Christian (in Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Latin etc.) and Islamic(ate) (con)texts as well as in ancient Egyptian, Babylonian and other cultures (Syriac, Persian, Mandean, South-Asian, East-Asian etc.). Scholars may address – with a focus on a single text/tradition or a comparative approach, synchronic and/or diachronic – the diffusion of (expert) knowledge into the non-technical discourse (e.g. literature, epistles, political, religious or legal writings) of other learned circles (political, or other elites), religious traditions (e.g. rabbinic texts; the Persian Denkard/Bundahisn; early Christian authors, Islamic texts, Vedic traditions etc.) as well as into wider areas of society. Such a ‘popularization’ of expert knowledge might include the appropriation of concepts about the body, the world/nature and the cosmos/creation or  practices (e.g. healing; ritual action, examinations, incantations, divination).”

Wisdom from the Middle Ages: Philosophical Contributions from the Abrahamic Traditions

According ot their call, “The University of New Brunswick’s Department of Philosophy invites scholars to submit abstracts for an international conference on “Wisdom from the Middle Ages: Philosophical Contributions from the Abrahamic Traditions.” This conference will highlight the important philosophical contributions made by Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thinkers in the Middle Ages. A secondary goal of the conference is to encourage dialogue and collaboration among researchers who work in different Abrahamic traditions, as well as to prompt new comparative studies among these traditions.”

Deadline: 30 January 2026.

Postdoctoral Associate Jewish Thought / Philosophy (2026-2028), Yale University

According ot their call, “the Program in Jewish Studies at Yale University is offering a two-year Postdoctoral fellowship that will begin on July 1, 2026. Candidates for the fellowship must have a Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2026 and must have received the degree no earlier than 2023. The Program seeks a specialist in Jewish Thought / Philosophy (2026-2028) who will work closely with appropriate members of Yale’s faculty.”

Deadline: 16 February 2026.