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Dr. Eli Reinhard Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University.Applications due: November 12, 2018

September 19, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

The Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University

Dr. Eli Reinhard Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Applications due: November 12, 2018

The Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University is proud to invite qualified candidates to apply to the inaugural Dr. Eli Reinhard Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The Reinhard Fellow will be appointed for two-years, beginning in the Fall of 2019.

The Taube Center for Jewish Studies draws on Stanford’s world-class, interdisciplinary faculty that includes scholars of ancient Jewish texts, Modern Jewish History, Sephardi Studies, Yiddish and European Jewish Literature, Hebrew and Israeli culture, Contemporary Jewish Life; Education, Sociology, Music, even Genetics. We are committed to:

Promoting research and the production of outstanding scholarship
Offering opportunities for the interdisciplinary study of Jewish history, languages and literatures, Talmudic Studies, mysticism, Sephardi Studies, and the social sciences
Serving as an intellectual resource for the broader community

We invite applications from people from any disciplinary background whose research interests would complement and contribute to the ongoing efforts of our faculty and our students, and whose work promises to make a significant contribution to the field of Jewish Studies.

The Fellowship will provide a minimum annual salary of $65,000, and will include benefits. This is a full-time position, housed in the Taube Center for Jewish Studies. The Fellow will be expected to be in residence at Stanford, and to be an active member of our scholarly community. This includes being available to students participating in the Colloquium on Jews, Judaism, and Jewish Culture, and presenting one public lecture each year reflecting the progress of their research. We may explore opportunities to teach, as well. The Fellow may not undertake any other sustained employment for the duration of their post-doctoral appointment.

Applicants must have earned the PhD within the past 3 years. Advanced doctoral students applying must include a statement from their dissertation supervisor indicating that they will have the Ph.D. conferred by July 1, 2019. Preference will be given to candidates who have not previously held another post-doctoral appointment.

Applicants should submit the following materials electronically, in PDF form. Please send inquiries and applications to lindamh@stanford.edu

A letter of intent stating how the applicant would use the fellowship period to further their research and scholarly publication (not to exceed 5 pages);
A current CV;
A writing sample, not to exceed 20 pages;
An official transcript from the applicant’s doctoral-granting institution.
Names and contact information of three recommenders

Stanford University welcomes applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, disability, age, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other factors as prohibited by law. Candidates from all American and foreign universities are welcome.

Phone or in-person interviews may be conducted for finalists.

Questions? Please contact Linda Huynh (lindamh@stanford.edu)

Call for Papers and Young Scholars Grants. ‘1819 – 2019: Two centuries of Wissenschaft des Judentums – Wissenschaft in a Grey Area’. Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies. Deadline for applications: 30 November 2018.

September 19, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

1819 – 2019: Two centuries of Wissenschaft des Judentums – Wissenschaft in a Grey Area:

Conference

Heidelberg

16-20 June 2019

Young Scholars Grants

In 2019, the discipline of Jewish Studies will look back on two hundred years of perseverance. The Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg in cooperation with the Verband der Judaisten in Deutschland e.V. and the University of Heidelberg provides up to 20 grants to young scholars on Master’s, Doctoral, and Post-Doctoral level to contribute to the conference on occasion of the bicentenary of Wissenschaft / Jewish Studies.

The roots of Wissenschaft des Judentums and Jewish Studies stretch back to the Verein zur Verbesserung des Zustandes der Juden im deutschen Bundesstaate (“Association for the improvement of the Jews in the German Confederation”), which was formed in Berlin in fall 1819 and which, for the purposes of inner reform of Judaism, laid the groundwork for a program of scientifically based self-reflection and reconstruction. The later realization of this circle as the Wissenschaft des Judentums extended far beyond its initial purpose and further beyond Germany’s borders.

While recalling the wreckage of the years between 1933-1945, the path from the Wissenschaft des Judentums to Jewish Studies as we know it today has often been read as a success story. To a great extent, however, this reading is also politically trite. Indeed, those looking closer would find that this merely fosters a narrative of complacency, which is ultimately dismissive of the unfinished rudiments, open questions, broken careers and forgotten achievements, as well as unsolved problems of other disciplines in their relation to Jewish Studies and even to Judaism itself. For want of acceptance into other disciplines, universities and general society the Wissenschaft des Judentums operated long into its darkest years between 1933-1945 in a grey area. Even after Jewish Studies have been placed inside the universities today much has yet to be resolved.

Two hundred years after the genesis of Jewish Studies, the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg, which, also in 2019, will celebrate the anniversary of its 40^th year, seeks to take this grey area into account and thereby extends an invitation to join an international conference from 16.-20. June 2019 in Heidelberg.

Entitled ‘1819 – 2019 : Wissenschaft des Judentums – Wissenschaft in a Grey Area’ , this conference deals with the retrospection, methods and open questions together with the enduring gray areas in both self-conception and external perception. Especially requested are proposals pertaining to the history of science and influence, such as today’s patterns of relationships to other disciplines, to scholars’ biographies or to future methods or prospective research questions. Especially welcome are innovative forms of presentation in addition to a conclusive concept.

All lectures shall be given in English. Contributions to the volume can be submitted in English or French, German, Hebrew and Polish together with, a detailed English abstract of 500 words. Manuscripts are due for print by 31 August 2019.

Applications can be sent to wdj200@hfjs.eu by 30 November 2018 to be decided by a selection committee. Submissions must include:

1. an abstract of no more than 300 words;

2. a C.V. including a list of publications of 2 pages;

3. (for doctoral students and other participants without Ph.D.) two recommendations;

4. as well as official affirmation that the contribution will be submitted on schedule for publication. All manuscripts are due by August 31, 2019.

Funding provided, the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg will take over travel costs proportionally (up to 200 Euro domestic, 300 Euro from EU-countries, 500 Euro from oversees), as well as lodging for up to five days and kosher catering throughout the conference.

Call for Papers. The 49th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches. The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. Deadline: 1 November 2018

September 18, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

The 49th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches

The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas

Call for Papers

The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas invites you to join fellow scholars March 2-4, 2019 as we continue the important legacy established by Franklin H. Littell and Hubert G. Locke nearly fifty years ago. This conference offers the opportunity to address the historical significance of the Holocaust through scholarship that is interfaith, international, and interdisciplinary.

The central theme of the 2019 ASC is “Conflicting Realities of the Holocaust.” 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of two important events: the liberation of Majdanek and the mass deportation of the Hungarian Jews. Liberation and death continued to coexist in the last year of the Holocaust. We now know with hindsight that these were the final months of the Third Reich, yet they still shaped uncertain and conflicting realities for the victims and perpetrators. The conference welcomes participants to revisit the Holocaust from the perspective of divergent realities and their representations either directly or indirectly. How did victims and perpetrators interpret these complex realities and how, if at all, did they inform their actions?

Please email presentation proposals to annualscholarsconference@utdallas.edu with “ASC Proposal” as the subject. The proposal should include the title of the paper with a short abstract of 250-500 words and a brief (150 word) bio and short CV. Proposals may be for a panel, round table, or individual paper.

Proposal submission deadline: November 1, 2018.

Notification of Acceptance letters will be emailed no later than November 15, 2018.

Registration will open on December 1, 2018 and will include a tiered pricing level:

Students/Retired Participants: $200

Regular Registration: $250

Late Registration (any registration after Feb. 15): $350

There will be limited financial support available for graduate students and junior scholars. Please indicate in your proposal if you would like to apply for one of these awards, including how this conference will help you in your research and/or professionally.

Interested participants are encouraged to visit www.utdallas.edu/ackerman/asc for more information or email Cindy Seton-Rogers at annualscholarsconference@utdallas.edu with any questions.

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

September 17, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

APPLY NOW FOR ONLINE COURSE:

Representations of Jewish-Christian Relations in Literature

**APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2018**

**BURSARIES STILL AVAILABLE**

Literature is a powerful tool which can influence the way readers think and act. Evoking strong feelings and offering vivid imagery, literature can perpetuate age-old misconceptions, untruths and stereotypes.

This online course will provide participants with the opportunity to engage with various texts from English Literature through the lens of interfaith studies, to understand the narrative of deep-seated prejudices and to recognise the value of dialogue to dispel these views. In the 21st-century, what can we learn from literary works to effect greater understanding between one another?

Following introductory case-study sessions on Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare, participants will explore nineteenth century works by Maria Edgeworth, Charles Dickens and George Eliot and their ‘literary friendships’. The course will also look at visual representations of some of the scenes and characters discussed.

Studying online offers individuals the opportunity to interact with fellow participants from all over the world. Many participants from across Europe and around the world – including Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, as well as Australia, Canada, China, Kenya, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United States to name but a few – have engaged with our online courses.

The application deadline has been extended to 30 September 2018. The course will commence on 8 October 2018.

Further details: https://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/study/online-courses/representations-of-jewish-christian-relations-in-literature

Contact: eth22@cam.ac.uk

Call for Applications. EAJS Workshop Grant: Nachmanides Forum 2019

September 11, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

European Association for Jewish Studies

Nachmanides Forum 2019

Workshop Grant

Call for Applications

Deadline: 14 October 2018 (midnight)

The European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) invites applications for a grant to organise a workshop to be held in 2019 addressing issues relating to the teaching of Jewish Studies in an academic context. This workshop should offer a framework for members of the EAJS to reflect on programmes, degrees, language instruction, curricula, etc., in Jewish Studies, building on the workshop, ‘E Pluribus Unum? Multidisciplinarity in Jewish Studies Programs and Teaching,’ held in Girona in May 2017. A report about this workshop can be found here: Girona Workshop Report.

The workshop organised by the successful applicant should contribute to the establishment of the Nachmanides Forum, a new annual forum of the EAJS, fostering cooperation among scholars involved in Jewish Studies across Europe. It will be devoted to matters of academic teaching of Jewish Studies, including language instruction, the integration of training in digital methods, (international) degree programs, and other related issues. It is named after the scholar, rabbi and physician, Nachmanides (1194-1270), who lived most of his life in Girona.

A grant of £5,000 will be awarded to the successful applicant to help organise the academic event, and to fund travel expenses, accommodation and maintenance of the active participants. Academic excellence and the impact on network building in Jewish Studies across Europe will be key criteria, and international cooperation in the development of applications is strongly encouraged. The workshop must be scheduled to be held in 2019.

Applicants are urged to identify and contact the relevant cost centre at their home institution (Department, Faculty, University) in order to avoid complications in the transfer of funds in case of a successful application. Also, they will need to document sufficient institutional support for holding the event and the adequate administration of funds.

The applicant(s) are encouraged to invite participants from across Europe in order to allow for a broad representation of approaches and academic cultures. Successful applicants are required to produce a short academic report of the major outcomes which will be posted to the EAJS homepage. English needs to be one, but not necessarily the only, conference language.

Grant: Proposed budgets will be assessed against the coherence and relevance of the submission as well as its expected outcomes and outputs. The grant will be for a fixed amount of £5,000. In case of an event budget exceeding this amount, the applicant(s) need to show evidence for the ability to provide for the remaining amount.

Eligibility: Applications are to be submitted by one or more scholars actively involved in Jewish Studies. The academic who will host the event will function as the main/first applicant, and they will need to document sufficient institutional support for holding the event and the adequate administration of funds. The main applicant needs to be a Full Member of the European Association for Jewish Studies. The other co-applicants, and the active participants, are not required to be members of the EAJS, though the EAJS expects that a majority of the active participants will be involved in academic Jewish Studies at European universities/institutions.

Submission process: Applications for the Nachmanides Forum 2019 workshop grant need to be submitted using the the following online form: Application_Nachmanides_Forum_2019

Deadline: The deadline for applications is 14 October 2018 (midnight).

Applicants will be notified about the success of their application by the end of November 2018.

Enquires should be emailed to: admin@eurojewishstudies.org