Monthly Archives: July 2026

Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Fellowships

Call for Applications

According to their call, “the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic studies seeks to use its 2027–28 fellowship year to support this aspiration to connect premodern Jewish thought and expression to the extra-textual realms of the material and the social, calling for relevant applications from scholars working in any field of premodern Jewish history and culture as these developed throughout the world between the Hellenistic period and the end of the European Middle Ages in the sixteenth century. New research has striven to expand our understanding of Jewish life beyond the small elites that have been the focus of Jewish studies in earlier generations. What new insights might yet emerge by continuing to expand our understanding of the worlds of premodern Jewish thought and expression—the interpersonal, intercultural, political, economic, institutional, material, and environmental contexts shaping and shaped by premodern Jewish minds?”

Deadline: 27 October 2026.

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Workshop: Jüdisches Mittelalter im Museum II

Conferences

11th Workshop of the ”Arbeitsgruppe Mittelalter im Netzwerk Jüdisches Kulturerbe“ in cooperation with the Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia

The ”Arbeitsgruppe Mittelalter im Netzwerk Jüdisches Kulturerbe“ invites to its next workshop on October 8–9, 2026, in Augsburg. The Jewish Museum Augsburg Schwaben is currently preparing to revamp its permanent exhibition. Against this backdrop, the workshop will once again address the question of how to portray and contextualize medieval Jewish life in a museum setting. Unlike in Cologne, for example, there are few archaeological finds or objects that could be used to present the diverse history of the medieval Jewish community in Augsburg. It is primarily municipal sources and a few Hebrew sources that provide insight into the life of this community. Together in Augsburg, we will discuss how vivid, scientifically grounded multimedia and spatial presentations can be developed and narrated from this seemingly disparate source material; how medieval Jewish history can be conveyed within the context of urban history and urban space; and where, on the one hand, the limitations and, on the other, the future potential of museum concepts can be identified.

We invite interested individuals from all disciplines (building research, archaeology, architectural and art history, history, Jewish studies, historic preservation, and museology). The number of participants for both days is limited. Travel and accommodation expenses cannot be covered.

Registration and further information: malin.drees@jmaugsburg.de /maria.stuerzebecher@erfurt.de / simon.paulus@ifag.uni-stuttgart

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Inter Judeos – Permanent Open-Air Exhibition in Erfurt’s Jewish Quarter

Exhibitions

Since June 2026, the new permanent exhibition “Inter Judeos” can be seen in Erfurt’s Jewish quarter. Along the 707-meter-long historic walking tour around the UNESCO World Heritage Site, visitors can discover a wealth of new information and fascinating background stories presented through both traditional and multimedia formats—ranging from original medieval artifacts to a theatrical performance and graffiti art.

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Exhibition: Jiddisch/ייִדיש – Von den Anfängen bis zum Buchdruck.

Exhibitions

21 July – 13 September 2026, Erfurt Small Synagogue

Yiddish is primarily a language spoken and written by Jews in German-speaking regions. In its earliest stages, the language developed from various German dialects, which were enriched with Hebrew-Aramaic and Romance elements, and later, at the end of the Middle Ages in the East, with Slavic elements as well. These languages had a major influence on the vocabulary and structure of Yiddish, which is why Yiddish is also referred to as a component language. From the outset, Yiddish was written using Hebrew letters. Modern Yiddish works are mostly written in Eastern Yiddish, while the examples presented here mainly document (early) Western Yiddish. The exhibition aims to show the diversity of early Yiddish from its beginnings to the advent of printing. To this end, various forms of writing in the Yiddish language are presented. Our evidence ranges from glosses and single-word examples, legal texts, short texts, letters and narrative texts to scientific treatises. The different genres impressively demonstrate the diverse use of the early Yiddish language.

The exhibition was curated by the Department of Yiddish Studies and the Junior Professorship in Medieval History, specialising in Jewish history, at the University of Trier, where it was first shown in 2025. It will be on display at the Small Synagogue in Erfurt from 21 July to 13 September 2026. Admission is free and no booking is required.

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