CFA: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Call for Applications for Visiting Fellowships, Closing Date: 28 September 2022, 12 noon UK Time

30 June 2022 by kerry.maciak86453900

Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Call for Applications for Visiting Fellowships

Closing Date: 28 September 2022, 12 noon UK Time

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (OCHJS), as part of its Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL), invites proposals from individuals wishing to undertake a Visiting Fellowship at the OCHJS on a topic related to rare Judeo-languages.

The OCHJS and its OSRJL invite applications for 2 Visiting Fellowships from applicants who are current, established academics and/or postdoctoral researchers working on any aspect of rare Judeo-languages, including linguistics, literature, manuscript studies, and book history. (Doctoral students are not eligible to apply.) The 2 successful applicants will become Visiting Fellows of the OCHJS for at least one calendar month during either Oxford University’s Hilary Term 2023 or Trinity Term 2023. Each Visiting Fellow will be the recipient of a £3,000 honorarium.

Proposals, in no more than 2 pages, should include the following information:

1. Title of Project

2. Description of subject

3. Research methods to be used

4. Possibilities for innovation through the research project

5. Reasons why Oxford is particularly appropriate as the venue for the research, including titles of materials that might be consulted as part of the project

6. Value of the project for the development of Jewish Studies as an academic subject

7. Outcomes of the project (e.g., articles, book chapters, etc.)

Please attach a curriculum vitae and publication list in addition to the proposal (and completed application details form). Additionally, please ensure that 1 academic letter of reference is submitted directly to the Academic Registrar (details below) by email before the application deadline. The responsibility for ensuring said letter of reference is submitted rests solely with the applicant.

The OCHJS will inform applicants following the deadline which projects have been selected for further consideration and then may request further information from applicants before the final decisions are made and announced in October 2022.

Please send your proposal to the OCHJS Academic Registrar and OSRJL Coordinator, Ms Madeleine Trivasse, by email (registrar@ochjs.ac.uk) by 28 September 2022 at 12 noon UK Time.

For more information, including the application details form, please consult this page of our website: https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-applications-for-osrjl-visiting-fellowships/

New job: Lecturer in Jewish Studies, University of London, UK, Fixed term (one year), Salary: Grade 8 £47,765 – £53,912 pa inclusive, Location: London, application deadline: 15th July 2022

29 June 2022 by kerry.maciak86453900

Lecturer in Jewish Studies

Job title: Lecturer in Jewish Studies

Department: School of History, Religions and Philosophies, SOAS, University of London, UK

Contract Type: Fixed term (one year)

Salary: Grade 8 £47,765 – £53,912 pa inclusive

Location: London

Hours: 35 hours per week

SOAS University of London is the leading Higher Education institution in Europe specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East. SOAS University of London is positioned to play a leading role in reimagining higher education globally, with a new strategic plan in place as the basis for the renewal and revitalisation of the School which commits SOAS to both student responsiveness and research intensity. SOAS is moving towards a new model of international partnerships which is responsive to the transnational character of our global challenges.

About the Department:

Our degree programmes cover the histories, systems of belief and thought in Africa, Asia and the Near and Middle East.  We are unique in the field for approaching religion and culture from the perspective of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, rather than through a western-centric framework, and for exploring in depth the dynamic histories of these regions, as well as their traditions, systems of belief and thought.

Our innovative and progressive teaching has contributed to our recent ranking of 10th in the UK and 39th in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017) for history; and 17th in the UK for religions and philosophies.

About the Role:

The School of History, Religions & Philosophies seeks to appoint a fixed term lecturer in Jewish Studies for one year starting in September 2022.

The responsibilities of the post-holder will include

Convening and teaching the following modules: Jewish Identity from Ancient to Modern Times (UG); The Holocaust and the Problem of Evil (UG); Modern Jewish Thought (UG); Religion, Nationhood and Ethnicity in Judaism (PG); The Holocaust in Theology, Literature and Art (PG); and potentially Death and the Meaning of Life.

Contributing to the administrative work of the Department.

Providing pastoral care and academic advising for both UG and PG students

Contributing to the research strengths of the Department through publication and grant applications.

Engaging in public-facing knowledge exchange and widening participation exercises.

About you:

The successful applicant will work closely and collegially with the core teaching team and the Subject Head for Religions and Philosophies, Dr Sîan Hawthorne, to facilitate and enhance the delivery of a well-organised and well-executed curriculum at both UG and PGT levels.

Applicants should hold a PhD degree in Jewish Studies. They will have expertise in Jewish history, culture and thought. Experience in and dedication to high-quality classroom teaching at both the UG and PG levels is essential, as are organisational and communication skills. Further, we are looking for an individual with a track record in high-quality research, knowledge exchange, public-facing engagement, and widening participation.

You can find further information on the key criteria for the role in the Job Description and Person Specification, along with a full list of duties and responsibilities, which can be found on the SOAS website.

Closing date:  15th July 2022

Interviews to be held by the end of July 2022 online

Completed applications must be received by 23:59 on the closing date to be considered.

Further information:

If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please email ch12@soas.ac.uk

If you have any questions or require any assistance with regard to the application process, please contact hr-recruitment@soas.ac.uk

‘Successful candidates will need to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK or have limited leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with SOAS, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006’

For information on how and why SOAS processes personal data about its job applicants, please read our Job Applicant Notice.

We would particularly welcome applications from candidates from working class, first generation Higher Education, the Global South, Black, Asian or other minority ethnic and underrepresented groups. All appointment decisions will be made on merit, following a fair and competitive process.

For more information see:

https://vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/290207

2023-2024 Fellowship Opportunity, The Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Jewish Visual Cultures, Application deadline: 7th Nov 2022

29 June 2022 by kerry.maciak86453900

2023-2024 Fellowship Opportunity

The Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of MichiganJewish Visual Cultures

Studies of visual imagination in Jewish life have exploded in recent years. From the growth of Jewish museums throughout the USA and Europe to the founding of new journals devoted to Jewish art, Jewish visual culture has engaged broad audiences. Scholarly and popular studies, exhibitions and films, have enlightened us on a range of themes in various periods, from the medieval past to the present day. In diverse formats they depict the way Jews and Jewish culture and religion were seen, extending our understanding of the intricate relations between Jews and others. How these portrayals framed images and understanding of Jewish life have added important dimensions to the contexts of Jewish life as a minority throughout history and recently as a majority.

This theme year at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies recognizes historical precedents even as it builds upon and departs from them.

In the 19th century Jews commissioned and collected art; patronized art and institutions that collected art; served as benefactors of archaeological missions and excavations; and dealt commercially in art of different cultures. Individual, universalist, and integrationist orientations drove Jews’ engagement with art. But Jewish art, in all its manifestations, seldom drew their interest and they had little knowledge of what constituted the Jewish visual world prior to the 19th century. Oblivious to what had been produced for centuries in the realm of monuments, manuscripts, synagogue architecture, ephemera, ceremonial art (Judaica), printed books, drawings, and fabrics, they and others remained aloof from how visual culture occupied a significant place in Jewish historical development.

By the 21st century, these attitudes and assumptions had changed radically.

The Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies seeks to explore many facets of Jewish visual imagination. How did Jewish experiences with and attitudes toward the visual intersect with those of the majority populations, and with minority populations in Israel? How did Jewish visuality challenge or coexist with the hallmark of Jewish culture – the literary text? How does visual culture broaden the Jewish narrative? The Frankel Institute theme year on Jewish visual cultures will address these and other questions. The Institute invites applications from senior and junior scholars from a wide range of disciplines, as well as artists and curators, to investigate and explicate Jewish visual cultures from the medieval period to the present.

Applications due November 7, 2022

For more information, and complete application materials go to www.lsa.umich.edu/judaic/institutejudaicstudies@umich.edu

734.763.9047

The Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center is pleased to invite you to the online symposium: Patriotism, Combat, and Jewish Identity: The Experience of Jewish Soldiers in the Two World Wars, July 6th 2022, 15.00-20.00 (Israel time)

28 June 2022 by kerry.maciak86453900

The Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center is pleased to invite you to the online symposium:

Patriotism, Combat, and Jewish Identity: The Experience of Jewish Soldiers in the Two World Wars

The event will take place on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 15:00-20:00 (Israel Time), and will be broadcast live on Zoom. The full invitation can be found on our website: https://en-humanities.tau.ac.il/diaspora/Patriotism_Combat_and_Jewish_Identity

This event has been organized as part of the Center’s ongoing research project “Jewish Soldiers in World War II”, which has been made possible by generous support from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

For your attention – the event will be held in English and will also be recorded and made accessible for later viewing on our YouTube Channel.

Please register in advance >

Panel discussion – Images of the Grotesque and Arabesque: The Discovery of Kafka’s Drawings, 16th June 2022, 6.30pm UK time

9 June 2022 by kerry.maciak86453900

Panel discussion – Images of the Grotesque and Arabesque: The Discovery of Kafka’s Drawings

The Leo Baeck Institute London and the German Historical Institute London have the pleasure of warmly inviting you to a discussion of the book Franz Kafka: The Drawings (Yale University Press, 2022) with the author and editor Prof Andreas Kilcher (ETH Zurich, CH) and Prof Nicholas Sawicki (Lehigh University, USA), chaired by Dr Daniel Wildmann (Leo Baeck Institute London, UK).

Images of the Grotesque and Arabesque: The Discovery of Kafka’s drawings

6.30pm UK time, June 16th 2022

Over 100 completely unknown drawings by Franz Kafka of fascinating figures, shifting from the realistic to the fantastic, the grotesque, the uncanny and the carnivalesque have been made accessible in Prof Andreas Kilcher’s highly acclaimed book Franz Kafka: The Drawings.

The drawings illuminate a previously unknown side of the quintessential modernist author. Three fascinating stories can be told about Kafka’s drawings: the story of their transmission, the story of Kafka as a draftsman, and the story of his drawing in relation to his writing.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the German Historical Institute London, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NJor online via Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88690122832?pwd=bUl3N2RWTlViaGRpWnJveGdYSTJWdz09. If you have any difficulty joining us on the night, please contact volunteer@leobaeck.co.uk and a member of staff will be able to assist you.

Admission is free but places must be reserved in advance by contacting info@leobaeck.co.uk. Please also let us know how you wish to attend.