European Association for Jewish Studies

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The European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) is the sole umbrella organisation for Europe representing the academic field of Jewish Studies. Its primary aim is to encourage and support 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 and became a registered charity in 2010. Among its activities are the support and organisation of congresses and colloquia, the publication of the European Journal of Jewish Studies (EJJS), and the hosting of the Online Directory of Jewish Studies in Europe. Additionally, 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.

EAJS Congress Postponed Until 2023: The Twelfth EAJS Congress will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, on 16-20 July 2023

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Russian Invasion of Ukraine

EAJS Statement The European Association for Jewish Studies condemns Russia’s unprecedented and barbaric aggression against Ukraine. We express solidarity with Ukraine, with its democratically-elected government and with its people. We honour those … [Further Information]

EAJS Digital Jour Fixe

EAJS Digital Jour Fixe The Digital Forum of the EAJS invites all interested to participate in the “EAJS Digtal jour fixe” taking place monthly or bimonthly on Fridays 10-11h30 CET / 9-10h30 BT via zoom. These meetings will be dedicated to the … [Further Information]

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Archaeology, Antiquity, and the Making of the Modern Middle East: Global Histories 1800–1939 25–26 May, 2023, University of Warwick, Global History and Culture Centre, deadline: 20th June 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS: Archaeology, Antiquity, and the Making of the Modern Middle East: Global Histories 1800–193925–26 May, 2023, University of Warwick, Global History and Culture Centre This conference will explore the role played by discoveries … [Further Information]

LECTIO Visiting Program 2022-23, application deadline: 10.06.2022

LECTIO Visiting Program 2022-23 LECTIO, the KU Leuven Institute for the Study and Transmission of Texts, Ideas and Images in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, invites applications for its Visiting Program 2022-23. Candidates working … [Further Information]

Kurt-David-Brühl-Guest Professorship for Jewish Studies, application deadline: 22.06.2022

At the University of Graz, researchers and students work across a broad disciplinary spectrum to enlarge our knowledge, and find strategies to deal with challenges our society is confronted with and to shape tomorrow’s world. The University of Graz … [Further Information]

Two Part-Time Research and Teaching Associate Positions. Institute of Judaic Studies. Goethe University Frankfurt. To begin October 2022. Deadline for applications: 30 June 2022.

The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main is one of the largest universities in Germany with around 48,000 students and with about 5,000 employees. Founded in 1914 by Frankfurt citizens and since 2008 once again proud of its foundation … [Further Information]

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies Central European University (Vienna, Austria), Sept 2022, deadline for applications: 15 June 2022

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies Central European University (Vienna, Austria) https://jewishstudies.ceu.edu/article/2022-05-09/call-applications-jewish-studies-postdoctoral-fellowship Application deadline: 15 June 2022 Starting date: … [Further Information]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR TOPICAL ISSUES OF OPEN PHILOSOPHY, deadline for submission: 31 Oct 2022

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR TOPICAL ISSUES OF OPEN PHILOSOPHY Open Philosophy (degruyter.com/opphil) invites groups of researchers, conference organizers and individual scholars to submit their proposals of edited volumes to be considered for … [Further Information]

Research training event in Jewish Studies for PhDs and Early Career Researchers, University of Manchester, 13-14 June 2022 (online via zoom), register by 20th May 2022

Research training event in Jewish Studies for PhDs and Early Career Researchers, University of Manchester, 13-14 June 2022 (online via zoom) The Centre for Jewish Studies at Manchester University is pleased to announce the sixth doctoral and … [Further Information]

14th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries, University of Antwerp, 12 May 2022

14th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries, University of Antwerp, 12 May 2022 Registration (free) via: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/ijs/lectures-and-conferences/conferences/contact-day/ 14th Contact Day | … [Further Information]

New Research Project. Jewish Studies, minorities, migration studies, and cultural astronomy. Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw).

New Research Project. Jewish Studies, minorities, migration studies, and cultural astronomy. Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw). PERIPHERIES (MSCA COFUND) is an interdisciplinary project on the identity and scientific cultural heritage of … [Further Information]

Call for papers: To be (dis)continued. New Perspectives on the Entanglements of Gender, Sexualities, and Jewishness, 20-23 June 2023, Berlin, 31 May 2022 deadline

To be (dis)continued. New Perspectives on the Entanglements of Gender, Sexualities, and Jewishness Workshop organized by the research group “Gender/Queer and Jewish Studies” at the Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg in … [Further Information]

International conference. “Returning Galician Jews from Oblivion: 100th Anniversary of Jakub Honigsman”. Lviv, Ukraine (6-7 December 2022). Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2022

International conference Returning Galician Jews from Oblivion: 100th Anniversary of Jakub Honigsman December 6–7, 2022, Lviv, Ukraine Organizer: Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies The Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies invites … [Further Information]

Fifth International Spring School in Jewish Studies – Home, Belonging and Exile: Sepharad and Beyond (Madrid and Toledo, May 27 – June 3 2022)

Fifth International Spring School in Jewish Studies - Home, Belonging and Exile: Sepharad and Beyond (Madrid and Toledo, May 27 - June 3 2022) The Hebrew Bible begins with the creation of the whole world, but quite quickly zooms into the history … [Further Information]

CALL FOR PAPERS, for a topical issue of Open Theology, CULTURAL TRAUMA AND THE HEBREW BIBLE (second call), deadline: 15th June 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of Open Theology CULTURAL TRAUMA AND THE HEBREW BIBLE (second call) Open Theology (https://www.degruyter.com/OPTH) invites submissions for the topical issue “Cultural Trauma and the Hebrew Bible,” edited … [Further Information]

MA Programme in East European Jewish Studies, University of Wroclaw taught in English, starting October 2022

MA Programme in East European Jewish Studies, University of Wroclaw taught in English, starting October 2022 The Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw is proud to announce its new International MA Programme in East … [Further Information]

Free eLecture series: Sacred Ink: Body Marking Throughout the Ages, 27th April 2022 – 1st June 2022, 16.00 to 17.00 BST (london) via Zoom.

Free eLecture series: Sacred Ink: Body Marking Throughout the Ages, 27th April 2022 - 1st June 2022, 16.00 to 17.00 BST (london) via Zoom. The Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, University College London, is hosting a free eLecture … [Further Information]

Call for Papers. 100 Anniversary of I and Thou (1923). University of Haifa. 17-18 July 2023. Deadline: 23 June 2022.

Call for Papers: Women Write Buber (Conference) 100 Anniversary of I and Thou (1923) University of Haifa | July 17-18, 2023 Keynote Speakers: Prof. Vivian Liska, University of Antwerp, and Prof. Leora Batnitzky, Princeton University | The Bucerius … [Further Information]

David R. Blumenthal Prize in Medieval Jewish Studies. Deadline 1 June 2022.

David R. Blumenthal Prize in Medieval Jewish Studies Brill, the international scholarly publisher, announces The David R. Blumenthal Prize in Medieval Jewish Studies. The David Blumenthal Prize in Medieval Jewish Studies selection committee is … [Further Information]