EAJS Administrator

New Position. Research Assistant. Cecil Roth Collection, University of Leeds. Closing Date: Thursday 6 December 2018.

November 9, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, CECIL ROTH COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

We are seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to support a Sadler Seminar Series entitled ‘The Archive after Cecil Roth: Jewish Studies, Cultural History and the Cecil Roth Collection’ and to work with staff in the University of Leeds Brotherton Library on the Roth Collection.

With a postgraduate qualification or equivalent in Jewish studies, medieval studies, early-modern studies or a related area, you will be responsible for undertaking documentation and repackaging of uncatalogued ephemera in the Roth Collection under the direction of Special Collections staff. You will also provide administrative support for a University research seminar series entitled, ‘The Archive After Cecil Roth: Jewish studies, cultural history and the Cecil Roth Collection; This will involve researching future sources of funding for the research and creating the project’s webpages and producing new content (blogs, podcasts/webcasts) based on the research.

Category: Research

Grade: Grade 6

Salary: £27,025 to £32,236 p.a. pro rata

Working Time: 32% (12 hours per week)

Post Type: Part Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 hours per week for 6 months: 1 January – 30 June 2019)

Closing Date: Thursday 06 December 2018

For details see: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=AHCFA1019

Research fellowship opportunities offered by the JDC Archives. Deadline for applications: 21 January 2019.

November 6, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

Research fellowship opportunities offered by the JDC Archives

The JDC Archives, which holds the institutional records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee since its founding in 1914, is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its 2019 fellowship program. In 2019, 6 fellowships will be awarded to senior scholars, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and independent researchers to conduct research in the JDC Archives, either in New York or in Jerusalem. Research topics in the fields of twentieth century Jewish history, modern history, social welfare, migration, and humanitarian assistance will be considered, as well as other areas of academic research covered in the JDC archival collections. For more information, and to apply, visit http://archives.jdc.org/about-us/fellowships-and-grants-general-information/. The fellowship awards are $2,000-$5,000.

The deadline to submit applications is 21 January 2019.

The JDC Archives’ online database with documents, photographs, and a names index is available at http://archives.jdc.org/search-the-archives/. Finding aids can be accessed at http://archives.jdc.org/explore-the-archives/finding-aids/

Researches are encouraged to apply for these fellowships and to explore the JDC Archives website for scholarly and teaching materials.

Three new doctoral positions. The Institute of Jewish Studies and the Institute of Historical Theology. The University of Bern. Deadline for applications: 31 January 2019.

November 5, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

Three new doctoral positions

The University of Bern

The Institute of Jewish Studies and the Institute of Historical Theology

The Institute of Jewish Studies and the Institute of Historical Theology at the University of Bern invite applications for three PhD positions (full-time and limited to four years):

(1): Jewish Studies or Classics

(2) and (3): Theology, Classics or History

The three positions are funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNF and are part of the larger “Sinergia” research project “Lege Josephum: Ways of Reading Josephus in the Latin Middle Ages”, co-directed with the Classics department.

Position 1, Jewish Studies or Classics:

The successful candidate will write a dissertation on the use of Latin sources in the 10th century historiographical work Yosippon. Candidates must hold an MA degree in Jewish Studies, Classics or an affiliated field and demonstrate thorough knowledge of both Latin and (biblical) Hebrew.

Positions 2 and 3, Theology, Classics, Medieval Latin or History:

The successful candidates will write a dissertation on the use and interpretation of Josephus in historiographical works by the Circle of St Victor: in Petrus Comestor’s Historia scholastica (Position 2) and in the crusader chronicles of the 12th century (Position 3). Candidates must hold an MA degree in Theology, Classics, or History and demonstrate thorough knowledge of Latin.

The annual salaries for each position range from CHF 47’040 to CHF 50’040. The appointment will begin on July 1, 2019, or shortly thereafter. Applications should be submitted in German or English and should contain a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, as well as a sample of academic writing (one pdf-file).

Applicants for position 1 are invited to send in their applications (and enquiries about the project) electronically to the following address: Prof. Dr. René Bloch, Institut für Judaistik, Länggassstrasse 51, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, rene.bloch@theol.unibe.ch.

Applicants for positions 2 and 3 are invited to send in their applications (and enquiries about the projects) electronically to the following address: Prof. Dr. Katharina Heyden, Institut für Historische Theologie, Länggassstrasse 51, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, katharina.heyden@theol.unibe.ch.

Applications for all three positions should be sent in no later than January 31, 2019.

Call for Presentations. The 2019 NAPH Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture. Boston, Massachusetts. 24-26 June 2019.

November 5, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

National Association of Professors of Hebrew

International Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

June 24-26, 2019

Call for Presentations

Dear colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce that the 2019 NAPH Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture will be held at Boston University on June 24-26, 2019.

Members who are interested in organizing thematic panels, a seminar, or a colloquium and/or in presenting an individual paper or conducting a workshop are now invited to submit their proposals to the Conference Committee.

The deadline for submitting proposals for organized panels or individual papers is December 15, 2018.

For a description of the conference and submission instructions, visit our website https://naphhebrew.org and navigate to “International Conference” tab and to “Upcoming Conference” page.

Karen Grumberg
Conference Coordinator
keren@austin.utexas.edu

Call for Papers. The Hungarian Hebrew Studies Conference. KRE, Budapest, 29 January 2019.

November 5, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

Hungarian Hebrew Studies Conference

Schweitzer Lectures 2019

Hungarian Hebrew Studies Society

KRE, Budapest, 29 January 2019

Call for Papers

The Hungarian Hebrew Studies Society continues its tradition of organising the Hungarian Hebrew Studies Conference. This one-day-long yearly meeting will take place this time on 29 January 2019, at the Faculty of Theology of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Our conference series commemorates the founding president of our Society, Prof dr. József Schweitzer (1922–2015), former Chief Rabbi of Hungary and director of the Rabbinical Seminary.

The Hungarian Hebrew Studies Conference has set a twofold goal. First, it provides a forum where members of the Hungarian Hebrew Studies Society, and in general, scholars of Hebrew Studies in Hungary and abroad can encounter each other, reflect upon each other’s research, and build scholarly networks. Second, we also aim at enhancing the communication between Hebrew studies and related disciplines.

The topic of a presentation may cover any sub-field of Hebrew studies, including among others: the Hebrew Bible and its historical, archaeological, cultural and religious context, the Hellenistic and Roman period, Qumran and early Judaism, rabbinical and medieval Jewish literature, Jewish history, social history, cultural history, history of religion, and so forth. Welcome are works employing historical, social scientific, philosophical, ethnographic and anthropological, literary, linguistic and translations studies methodologies, as well. However, theological discussions related to any confession, independently of their scholarly worth, fall outside the scope of the Hungarian Hebrew Studies Conference.

Speakers will have 30 minutes at their disposal, which is best used as 20-22 minutes for the talk and 8-10 minutes for the discussion. The language of the talks can be either Hungarian or English. We expect the presentation of new results, either unpublished, or recently published, but unknown to the broader audience.

Submissions of at most 1-page-long anonymous abstracts in pdf format are welcome via the web form until the deadline, 19 November 2018. Three forms of submission are available:

Regular abstract: anonymous submission by students and scholars who are not members of the Hungarian Hebrew Studies Society, but also by members. These abstracts undergo regular double-blind peer review, in order to ensure the quality of the conference.
Member abstract: members of the Hungarian Hebrew Studies Society who will have paid their membership dues of 2018 by the submission deadline can also submit a non-anonymous abstract. Their membership of the Society will be the guarantee for the quality of their papers presenting novel research results, which we shall aim at including in the programme.
Poster: preliminary outcomes of newly started and on-going research projects, student projects of “junior kind”, as well as topics best fitting the visual modality, and demonstrations of databases and software will have the chance to be presented in a separate poster session.

We are looking forward to the participation of our colleagues. We are also soliciting their help in encouraging their undergraduate, graduate and doctorate students to present a talk or a poster at the Hungarian Hebrew Studies Conference.

We acknowledge the support of: