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Call for Applications. Virtual “Taster” Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation 2021. The Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London. June 2021. Application deadline: 5 April 2021.

February 23, 2021 by EAJS Administrator

Virtual “Taster” Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation 2021

The Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London, with the support of the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University, USA, and Pears Foundation, is pleased to invite applications for participation in a unique virtual ‘taster’ edition of the biennial European Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation. This version marks an interlude from the full residential Summer Institute, which will take place in summer 2022 (conditions permitting).

This event will take place on MS Teams from Tuesday 15 – Thursday 17 June 2021. A series of 90-minute sessions will be spread across the three days, with no more than three sessions per day. These will be taught by staff from the Holocaust Research Institute, beginning at 12:00 and finishing by 17:00 BST. The programme will consist of seminars and discussions focusing on new trends in historiography and scholarship in several fields, such as representations of the Holocaust in literature, film and digital humanities.

Places are available for a maximum of 20 applicants. This event is open to PhD students who are currently enrolled in full- or part-time programmes, and full- or part-time early-career academic staff. We invite applications from a wide variety of disciplines and all intellectual fields related to Holocaust Studies. Please note that the entire programme will be conducted in English.

Applications should include your full name, address, institutional affiliation, webpage link (if applicable) and a detailed statement of 500 words explaining your interest and experience in Holocaust Studies, and intentions for teaching and/or researching the Holocaust after the conclusion of the Institute; a curriculum vitae (maximum three pages); plus, a letter of recommendation from your head of department or manager. In the case of graduate students, a letter of recommendation from the primary doctoral supervisor should be provided. Applications should be submitted via email (PDF or Word) by Monday 5 April to Imogen Dalziel, Programme Manager: HolocaustRI@rhul.ac.uk.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by Monday 26 April.

New Position. The newly endowed Robert Weiner and Ilan Peleg Chair in Jewish Studies. Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania. Application deadline: 12 March 2021.

February 21, 2021 by EAJS Administrator

Lafayette College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position to fill the newly endowed Robert Weiner and Ilan Peleg Chair in Jewish Studies, starting July 1, 2021. This is an open-rank position, with a strong preference for candidates at the rank of associate professor or advanced assistant professor. The successful candidate will be jointly affiliated with the Jewish Studies program and a department/program appropriate to the candidate’s discipline and area of teaching and scholarship. We are interested in a candidate who will teach courses in Jewish Studies related to one or more of the subjects of Jewish history, religion, politics, philosophy, literatures, and the arts, communities, languages, and cultures from their ancient origins through present times in societies around the world, including the Holocaust and Arab-Israeli relations. The candidate will also provide undergraduates with research opportunities and mentor them in their independent scholarship. We welcome candidates with a doctorate from any of a range of departments and disciplines, including but not necessarily Jewish Studies. The candidate will play a leadership role in further strengthening the Jewish Studies program at Lafayette College, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to examining the many facets of Jewish civilization.

We seek exceptional teacher-scholars with evidence of innovative and effective undergraduate teaching, a strong and productive research program, and widely recognized or potential leadership in the field. The teaching load is four courses in the first year of appointment and five courses each year after that. Applicants should upload the following items to Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/82801 by March 12, 2021: a cover letter, CV, a statement of teaching philosophy and interests, a recent writing sample in English (e.g., an article, chapter, etc., 25 pages maximum), up to two course syllabi, and three letters of recommendation. The cover letter should discuss how the applicant’s teaching, scholarship, mentoring, and/or community service will support Lafayette’s commitment to diversity and inclusion as articulated in the College’s diversity statement (http://www.lafayette.edu/about/diversity-statement). Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications completed by March 12, 2021 will receive full consideration. Further inquiries may be addressed to the search committee co-chairs, Eric Ziolkowski (ziolkowe@lafayette.edu) or Ethan Berkove (berkovee@lafayette.edu).

Lafayette College is a highly selective private undergraduate college with academic programs and opportunities characteristic of larger institutions. The College is approximately 70 miles from both New York City and Philadelphia. More information about the Jewish Studies program is available at https://jewishstudies.lafayette.edu/. Lafayette College is committed to creating a diverse community: one that is inclusive and responsive, and is supportive of each and all its students, staff, and faculty. All members of the College community share a responsibility for creating, maintaining, and developing a learning environment in which difference is valued, equity is sought, and inclusiveness is practiced. Lafayette College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and minorities.

New Position. Visiting Professorship. Jewish Cultural History. Philologisch-Historischen Fakultät der Universität Augsburg. Summer 2022. Application deadline: 31 March 2021.

February 18, 2021 by EAJS Administrator

An der Philologisch-Historischen Fakultät der Universität Augsburg ist ab 1. April 2022 eine

Gastprofessur

für Jüdische Kulturgeschichte

mit einer Vergütung nach BesGr. W3

in einem für die Dauer des Sommersemesters 2022 (01.04.2022 bis 30.09.2022) befristeten privatrechtlichen Dienstverhältnis zu besetzen.

Die Gastprofessur wird aus Mitteln einer großzügigen Spende von Dr. Georg Haindl (Augsburg) finanziert.

Die Gastprofessur, die jährlich ausgeschrieben wird, dient der Stärkung des kulturgeschichtlichen Profils und des interdisziplinären Studienangebotes der Fakultät. Sie richtet sich an erfahrene Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus dem In- und Ausland und lädt sie ein, ein Semester lang in Augsburg ihre Themen mit Studierenden, Lehrenden und der Augsburger Stadtöffentlichkeit zu diskutieren. „Jüdische Kulturgeschichte“ wird dabei sehr breit verstanden und umfasst alle historischen Epochen sowie jüdische Literatur und Kultur von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart.

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen sind neben den allgemeinen dienstrechtlichen Voraussetzungen ein abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium, pädagogische Eignung, besondere Befähigung zu wissenschaftlicher Arbeit, die in der Regel durch die Qualität einer Promotion nachgewiesen wird sowie zusätzliche wissenschaftliche Leistungen, die durch eine Habilitation oder gleichwertige wissenschaftliche Leistungen nachgewiesen oder im Rahmen einer Juniorprofessur erbracht wurden.

Interessierte sind eingeladen, ein Exposé mit Themenvorschlägen inklusive Lehrveranstaltungen im Umfang von bis zu fünf Seiten einzureichen. Von den Gastwissenschaftlerinnen und Gastwissenschaftlern wird erwartet, dass sie vier Semesterwochenstunden unterrichten und in Augsburg präsent sind. Unterrichtssprachen können Deutsch und Englisch sein.

Die Universität Augsburg strebt eine Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauen in Forschung und Lehre an und bittet Wissenschaftlerinnen nachdrücklich sich zu bewerben. Für alle Fragen zur Gleichstellung finden Sie die Kontaktdaten der Frauenbeauftragten der Philologisch-Historischen Fakultät unter: https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/philhist/fakultaet/frauen-und-genderbeauftragte/

Die Stelle ist für schwerbehinderte Menschen geeignet. Schwerbehinderte Bewerberinnen und Bewerber (m/w/d) werden bei ansonsten im Wesentlichen gleicher Eignung, Befähigung und fachlicher Leistung bevorzugt eingestellt.

Bei allgemeinen Fragen zur Ausschreibung und Bewerbung können Sie sich an das Dekanat (dekanin@philhist.uni-augsburg.de) wenden.

Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen (Lebenslauf, Zeugnisse, Promotions-, Habilitationsurkunde, Ernennungsurkunden, Verzeichnis der Schriften und Lehrveranstaltungen, etc.) richten Sie bitte bis zum

31.03.2021

an die Dekanin der Philologisch-Historischen Fakultät der Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 10, 86135 Augsburg (Briefanschrift) bzw. 86159 Augsburg (Paketpostanschrift). Wir erwarten Ihre Bewerbung in genau einer pdf-Datei (max. 8 MB) unter dekanin@philhist.uni-augsburg.de.

Diese Ausschreibung und weitere aktuelle Informationen über die Fakultät können über das Internet (https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/philhist/) abgerufen werden.

Bursaries in Jewish Studies. “Jewish Cultures Across Mediterranean Europe” (J‐Med). The University Complutense of Madrid (UCM). 2021-2022. Deadline for applications: 2 April 2021

February 18, 2021 by EAJS Administrator

BURSARIES IN JEWISH STUDIES (CSIC‐UCM)

The project “Jewish Cultures Across Mediterranean Europe” (J‐Med), CSIC‐UCM, invites applications for up to three‐month study and/or research bursaries in the field of Jewish studies at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and at the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM), during the academic year 2021-2022, with a monthly stipend of 962 € and the option of an additional travel allowance of 270 €.

AIM

The grants are addressed to students who have completed their degree after October 1, 2018, or to those who have already started the doctoral school, and wish to continue research and specialization studies with scholars from both academic institutions.

The centers eligible for application are the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near East (Jewish and Islamic Studies Department) of the Center for Human and Social Sciences (CCHS) of the CSIC, as well as the Faculty of Philology (Hebrew and Aramaic Studies Section) of the University Complutense in Madrid.

PROFILE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES

The grants are addressed to university students from Spain (except for those previously enrolled in any academic institution of the Community of Madrid), Portugal and other countries in Europe, especially those of the Mediterranean area.

Eligible candidates must be pre‐doctoral students with a degree or master’s degree in Jewish studies, Hebrew (or Semitic philology with major in Hebrew), or equivalent studies by country of origin, and other research disciplines with interest in Jewish studies.

The grant period, up to three months, must take place between November 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022 (subjected to the pandemics situation), being required residence in Madrid during the period awarded, exceptionally permitting absence during short periods duly justified.

The recipients of the grants will participate in the activities organized by the project “Jewish Cultures across Mediterranean Europe” (www.jmed.eu). Those awarded will be responsible for their own travel arrangements and health insurance.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

Candidates must submit their application, by filling out the form and uploading the required documents, at

http://ilc.csic.es/es/event-webform/formulario-solicitud-j-med-application-form-j-med

The deadline for submissions is April 2, 2021, 11pm CET.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Form (to be filled out)
CV, English or Spanish (max. 5 p.)
Plan of the proposed activity (max. 4 p.)
Recommendation letter by a scholar from the student’s academic institution of provenance

BURSARIES AWARD

The selection process will depend on the excellence of CV and the interest of the proposal. The CSIC‐UCM selection committee will decide about the submitted applications and inform all candidates about the final decision in April.

For pre‐application inquiries, please contact: jmed@csic.es

13th Contact Day – Jewish Studies on the Low Countries. Thursday 20 May 2021

February 15, 2021 by EAJS Administrator

13th Contact Day – Jewish Studies on the Low Countries

Thursday 20 May 2021

Online: please register via ijs@uantwerpen.be and you will receive a Zoom link

PROGRAM

14.00-14.10 Welcome by Vivian Liska (Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp), Karin Hofmeester (IISG/University of Antwerp) & Veerle Vanden Daelen (Kazerne Dossin/University of Antwerp)

14.10-14.55 Panel 1: Jewish social mobility, economy and diamonds

Chair: Karin Hofmeester

Sietske van der Veen (Huygens ING Institute), Upward social mobility strategies of Jewish Dutch in the Dutch Biography Portal (1880-1940)

Joris Kok (IISG), Social Mobility of Jewish Diamond Workers in Pre-war Amsterdam

Donald Weber (AMSAB ISG), A World of Diamond: Diamond Workers in Belgium, the Netherlands and France (1895-2000)

14.55-15.25 Panel 2: Non-European Jews in Belgium, the Netherlands and beyond

Chair: Veerle Vanden Daelen

Thomas Verbruggen (University of Antwerp), Non-European Jewish itinerant traders in Belgium and beyond (1880-1930)

Amal Ihkan(University of Antwerp), The identity of Moroccan Jews living in Belgium and The Netherlands

15.25-15.35 Break

15.35-16.00 Short book presentations

Chair: Jan Morrens (Institute for Jewish Studies, Antwerp)

Karin Hofmeester (ed.), Een Schitterende erfenis. 125 nalatenschap van de Algemene Nederlandse Diamantbewerkersbond

Veerle Vanden Daelen, Kazerne Dossin. Holocaust en mensenrechten

Herman van Rens en Annelies Wilms, Joodse mannen uit West-Europa naar dwangarbeiderskampen in Silezië, 1942-1945

Jan Maes, De ster en het kruis. De Gereformeerde Jodenzending in Antwerpen en Brussel (1931 -1948)

16.00-16.30 Panel 3: Manuscript production in the context of Empire

Chair: Veerle Vanden Daelen

Dagmara Budzioch (Hebrew University, Jerusalem/T. Taube Department for Jewish Studies, University of Wroclaw), Selected issues of decorated Esther scrolls production in the 17th- and 18th-century Amsterdam

Juan Lorenzo Castro (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Sephardim of Antwerp; financial connectors of the Hispanic Monarchy XVI-XVII centuries

16.30-16.40 Break

16.40-17.25 Panel 4: Life stories of Jews in Antwerp and Brussels during the Second World War

Chair: Karin Hofmeester

Wolfgang Schellenbacher (Documentation Centre of the Austrian Resistance (DÖW), Vienna), Mapping Transnational Data on Austrian Refugees in Antwerp prior to Deportation

Dorien Styven (Kazerne Dossin), Left Behind in Antwerp: Jewish Families affected by the Forced Labour, 1942-1944

Jan Maes (Kazerne Dossin/ Stichting voor de Eigentijdse Herinnering), The German Greiferin Helga Zweig, alias Marion Dubois. The story of a Jewish Jew Hunter at work at the Brussels Sipo-SD

17.25-17.30 Wrapping up (Karin Hofmeester & Veerle Vanden Daelen)

Participants to the Contact Day are kindly invited to the evening lecture (in Dutch):

Dr. Herman van Rens en Annelies Wilms, Tussenstation Cosel. Joodse mannen uit West-Europa naar dwangarbeiderskampen in Silezië, 1942-1945

Starting at 8 pm

Online: please register via ijs@uantwerpen.be and you will receive a Zoom link