European Association for Jewish Studies

Welcome to the EAJS website

Moses Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed, end of part 1. Cod Hebr 37 fol 112b. © The Royal Library, Copenhagen The European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) is the sole umbrella organisation for Europe representing this field of university studies. Its aims are the encouragement and support of the research and teaching of Jewish studies at university level in Europe, and other places of higher education and learning.

The EAJS was founded as a voluntary academic association in 1981. Among its activities are the organization of congresses and colloquia, the publication of the bi-annual European Journal of Jewish Studies (EJJS), and the hosting of the Online Directory of Jewish Studies in Europe on this website . The Funders Database provides EAJS members with information about funding resources in Jewish Studies.

Membership of the Association is open to all with an active scholarly interest in Jewish studies.

Call for Papers: XIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies. Kraków, Poland. 15-19 July 2018

XIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies Kraków, Poland, July 15-19, 2018 ‘Searching for the Roots of Jewish Traditions’ Call for Papers The Organising Committee of the XIth Congress of European Association for Jewish Studies … [Further Information]

New Position. Yiddish Lecturer. The Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan.

Yiddish Lecturer The Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan seeks applicants for a full-time LEO Lecturer III position to begin September 1, 2018. … [Further Information]

Call for Papers. International Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture. University of Amsterdam. June 25-27, 2018.

National Association of Hebrew Professors (NAPH) International Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 25-27, 2018 Call for Presentations The Program Committee of the … [Further Information]

Call for Applications. International Winter School: “Digital Humanities and Jewish Epigraphy”. Utrecht University, Netherlands. 19 – 21 February 2018.

Call for Applications: “Digital Humanities and Jewish Epigraphy” International Winter School Dates: 19–21 February 2018 Location: Utrecht University, Netherlands Organizer: Ortal-Paz Saar (Utrecht University) Main instructor: Thomas Kollatz … [Further Information]

Online Course (deadline extension). “Representations of Jewish-Christian Relations in Literature”. Woolf Institute, Cambridge.

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 2 OCTOBER 2017 Apply now for online course: Representations of Jewish-Christian Relations in Literature Literature is a powerful tool which can influence the way readers think and act. Evoking strong feelings and … [Further Information]

Call for Papers. “Agents of Cultural Change: Jewish and other Responses to Modernity, ca. 1750–1900”. International Conference, Washington, DC, October 8–10, 2018

Agents of Cultural Change: Jewish and other Responses to Modernity, ca. 1750–1900 International Conference, Washington, DC, October 8–10, 2018 Conveners: Simone Lässig (German Historical Institute, Washington DC), Zohar Shavit (Tel Aviv … [Further Information]

Full time, permanent position. Senior University Appointment (RSIV) in Hebrew and Jewish Studies and President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. University of Oxford.

University of Oxford Faculty of Oriental Studies in association with the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and Corpus Christi College Senior University Appointment (RSIV) in Hebrew and Jewish Studies and President of the Oxford Centre … [Further Information]

Call for Papers. One-Day International Conference. “Jews and Strangers”. Leo Baeck College, London. 3 July 2018.

Since the Diaspora, Jews have been forced to adopt the role of the stranger. Edmond Jabès even writes that when one says ‘stranger’ one thinks ‘Jew’. While this concept is deeply embedded in the Jewish psyche the goal of this conference is to explore … [Further Information]

Call for Papers. Section on Southeastern European Jewish History and Culture. XIth Congress of the EAJS. Kraków, Poland. 15-19 July 2018

SECTION ON SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE AT THE XITH EAJS CONGRESS KRAKÓW, POLAND, JULY 15-19, 2018 The history and cultural heritage of Jews living in the territories of Southeastern Europe is an understudied area in both … [Further Information]

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