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Claims Conference University Partnership Program in Holocaust Studies. Application deadline: 9 November 2020

September 7, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

Claims Conference University Partnership Program in Holocaust Studies

The Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (The Claims Conference) provides grant funds to European universities for the purposes of teaching Holocaust courses for one year and is currently seeking universities that are interested in creating a partnership for the 2021-2022 academic year.

In order to be eligible for this round, the university must:

be Eastern European based and well established
be a public (government supported) university
have an established History or other Humanities related department
be offering no more than 1 Holocaust course throughout the university
be able to accept funds from the Claims Conference to pay the chosen lecturer directly (the Claims Conference will not pay the lecturer)

The Claims Conference will offer a maximum amount of $25,000 to:

create a new full-time lecturer position to start in September of 2021 and end in June of 2022. The lecturer will be expected to teach at least 3 Holocaust courses in the university, including one course that must be an Introduction to Holocaust. The courses should be taught in the language that the majority of students understand. The lecturer must also offer 4 seminars open to the public, with the support of the university. The university will not be able to add to the lecturer’s responsibilities beyond those related to teaching these courses, unless the university offers the lecturer a stipend.

combine the above Holocaust teaching position with an already existing lecturer position at your university.

The lecturer and the curricula must be approved by the university and the Claims Conference

Application deadline for University Partnership in Holocaust Studies: November 9, 2020

If interested or if you have any questions, please email Ms. Chavie Brumer at Chavie.brumer@claimscon.org indicating your intent to apply.

All applications must now be completed online through the Fluxx Portal System, along with your CV, the CVs of any recommended lecturers, a signed letter from your department head or provost, as well as your university’s Academic Freedom Policy. To apply, go to: https://claimsconference.fluxx.io/. Please begin the application process at least a week before the deadline in order to ensure that all steps in Fluxx are completed on time. For more information about the application process, go to:

http://www.claimscon.org/what-we-do/allocations/red/education/university-partnership/

Fellowship opportunity: Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Pennsylvania. Deadline: 12 October 2020.

August 27, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Fellowship opportunity: 2021 – 2022 Academic Year

Jews and the Law – Year 1: Rethinking Pre-modern Jewish Legal Cultures

Application Deadline: 12 October 2020

The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to open a call for applications for the first of two successive fellowship years devoted to Jews and the law.

Jews have been closely associated with law since antiquity, developing a rich and complex legal tradition and participating variously in the legal cultures of the societies in which they have lived. Several leading universities are now home to centers for Jewish law, ancient to contemporary in focus, and the topic is drawing scholarly interest from well beyond the field of legal studies, including research in history, literature, philosophy, political theory, and gender studies, among others. The Katz Center is pleased to contribute to this growing and expansive topic over the course of two consecutive fellowship years devoted to exploring the connections between Jewish studies and legal thought, culture, and practice.

During the first year of this cycle, the 2021–22 academic year, the Center seeks to support scholars working on law as a dynamic feature of Jewish culture in premodern contexts, spanning from antiquity to the eighteenth century.

The Katz Center invites applications that propose the study or framing of Jewish law or legal thinking within relevant historical contexts; that explore the relationship between law and other aspects of society or culture; that attend to questions of form, genre, and rhetoric; that investigate the institutions, practices, and actors that enact law; or that address related topics such as governance and/or crime. The vision for the year is of a fellowship community that advances an interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional approach to law and that bridges between Jewish law and other legal cultures.

Successful topics, among others, might explore:

Exchange between Jewish and non-Jewish legal genres, substance, and practice; the ubiquity of legal pluralisms in Jewish and ambient legal cultures.
The relationship between halakhic texts and the social practice of law, as reflected in court documents and notarial records from disparate premodern Jewish communities.
Evidence of negotiations between law, halakhic, and other sources of social and cultural authority (such as custom) in premodern Jewish societies.
The theorization of sovereignty—by Jews and over Jews—in different periods and places.
New approaches that illuminate Jewish intellectual history within and across premodern periods.
The intersection between law and empire, and between race, religion, and territory, in a variety of Jewish contexts.
The formation and authorization of legal experts across Jewish contexts, and their portrayal in the Jewish literary imagination.
The deployment of Jewish law in broader cultural discourses.
The benefits and limitations of different disciplinary approaches to these questions: history, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc.

The Katz Center will issue a separate call for applications in the summer of 2021 for the year 2022–23, focused on Jews and the law in modern contexts. While the hope is to promote interaction between the two years, the two fellowship cohorts will be distinct: there will be a separate selection process for each year, and fellows selected for the first year will not be eligible to reapply for the second.

Applications from scholars worldwide are encouraged. All applicants must hold a doctoral degree or expect to receive it by the start date of the fellowship. Fellows will be expected to take residence in Philadelphia, and to contribute to the Center’s intellectual community through active participation in seminars, conferences, and other collaborative activities.

For more information: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/scholarly-programsinternational-fellowship/apply

Research Associate Position (50%) Available. Ukrainian Jewry Research Initiative. Tel Aviv University. Deadline: 31 October 2020

August 21, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

Research Associate Position (50%) Available

The Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center of Tel Aviv University

seeks applications for a Research Associate in the Ukrainian Jewry Research Initiative

The Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, headed by Prof. Simha Goldin, is dedicated to research on the history and heritage of the Jewish people and its culture throughout the Diaspora in all eras. The Center is part of the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University.

The Center’s objectives are: to prepare and coordinate research tools for studying the history and culture of the Jewish people in the Diaspora; to initiate and encourage research projects in Diaspora studies, and to assist in their implementation; and to publish and disseminate the Center’s research projects.

The Center is pleased to announce the establishment of a new research initiative dedicated to studying the history and culture of Jews in the Ukraine, from the ancient to modern periods.

The position is wholly research-oriented; there is no teaching obligation.

We are looking for a candidate who meets the following criteria:

· Doctorate degree in a humanities field relevant to the theme of the project

· Excellent academic record

· Interest and experience in the field of the history of Ukrainian Jewry

· Fluency in English or Hebrew will be an advantage

Working hours: 50% position

Location: Tel Aviv University, Carter Jewish History Building

Remuneration for this position depends on qualifications and experience.

To apply please send the following materials to Sara Appel (saraappe@tauex.tau.ac.il):

· A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including publication list and the names and contact details of two references

· A cover letter describing your motivation to apply

· A research proposal (not to exceed three pages) on a topic related to the history of Ukrainian Jewry

All material can be submitted in either Hebrew or English.

Applications should be submitted by October 31, 2020, and you can expect to hear back within six weeks. After that, or if you have questions about the requirements for the position, you are welcome to email Sara Appel (saraappe@tauex.tau.ac.il).

Call for Papers. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (RSSSR). Deadline: 30 October 2020

August 21, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (RSSSR) is an interdisciplinary, international peer-viewed annual series, which publishes new and innovative research within the social scientific study of religion or belief. Contributions span a range of theoretical orientations, geographic contexts and research methods, though most articles are reports of original quantitative or qualitative research related mainly to the sociology and/or psychology of religion.

RSSR usually includes one or more guest-edited special sections that allows networks of researchers to report studies in areas that are or current interest or which are innovative and expanding the discipline into new areas. For 2021, RSSR will include the following special sections

Special section 1: Cultural Blindness in Psychology. Guest Editor Dr. Louise Sundararajan, has collected several papers documenting cultural blindness in psychology beginning with her own paper, “Cultural blindness in psychology: Implications for studies of religion.”

Special section 2: Religion or Belief in Higher Education. In this section, we will explore religious and non-religious identities on university campuses anywhere in the world. Chapter may interrogate how these identities are ‘lived’ on campus and how these are dealt with in university policy, practice, management and curricula. This section will explore the diversity of ways in which religious and non-religious identities are experienced, encountered and catered for on higher education campuses. We invite proposals for papers that explore any dimension of religion or non-religion on campuses in any geographical context, focussing on a particular tradition, group or movement or on the interactions between different parties, or on broader cultural or political changes impacting upon how religion is expressed within campus contexts. We hope that the special section will attract a range of epistemological positions and disciplinary standpoints.

Submitting Proposals

We invite proposals for the next edition of the RSSSR – RSSSR 32. This will be published by autumn 2021. We welcome proposals from academics at all levels of their career, including early career researchers and final year PhD students.

For Book Chapters

Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 300 words together with names and short biographies (150 words), institutional affiliation/s (if relevant), and contact details.

• Deadline for abstracts: 5pm on Friday 30th October 2020

• Notification of acceptance of paper: 5pm on Friday 13th November 2020

• If accepted full papers will be due by 5pm Friday 12th March 2021

Proposals for both the main and special sections should be send to the editors, Ralph Hood (ralph-hood@utc.edu) and Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (ac0967@coventry.ac.uk).

For Special Section Proposals

We welcome enquiries for guest edited special sections for RSSSR 32 and also for future editions. Special section proposals can emerge from conference proceedings or from other forms of academic collaboration around a specific subject area. To suggest a special proposal please contact the editors Ralph Hood (ralph-hood@utc.edu) and Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (ac0967@coventry.ac.uk) in the first instance, with the following information:

• Theme / Title of the special section

• Short rationale of the special section (no more than 500 words)

• Guest editor/s name and short bio (150 words) for each editor

• List of potential contributors

• If accepted timelines for special sections will be discussed with editors

For more information and submission guidelines please check the author guidelines (https://brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/RSSR_Author%20Guidelines.pdf) or contact the editors.

We look forward to receiving your work.

Professor Ralph Hood and Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor

Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor

Assistant Professor | Research Group Lead | Faith and Peaceful Relations

Series Editor | Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion

Chair (2020-2023) | Muslims in Britain Research Network

Principal Investigator | AHRC GCRF Minorities on Campus in India (2020-2022)

Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University

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ac0967@coventry.ac.uk | +44 (0)2477 651183 | @Sariya_CC

https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/sariya-cheruvallil-contractor

Azrieli Fellows Program: International Postdoctoral Fellowship for research at Israeli universities in STEM, Humanities and Social Sciences. Deadline: 1 November 2020

August 17, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

Azrieli Fellows Program

The Azrieli Foundation is launching its revamped International Postdoctoral Fellowship for research at Israeli universities in STEM, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Online Application for the 2021 Cohort Begins September 1st 2020 and may be accessed on the Azrieli Foundation website.

What kind of candidate are we looking for?
Ideal candidates will have an excellent academic track record and the potential to perform groundbreaking research, alongside an intellectual curiosity that transcends their field of study. They will possess a character that facilitates scientific and societal leadership, promoting change.

Who can apply?
Candidates who have received or will receive their PhD degrees at a recognized university in the EU or EFTA states, UK and Canada, may apply.

Eligible countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK.

What do I need in order to apply?
Requirements are detailed in the Guidelines on our website: https://azrielifoundation.org/fellows/internationalpostdoctoral/

Please note that candidates are required to have an academic sponsor who is a faculty member at an Israeli university. It is strongly recommended that you seek an academic sponsor as soon as possible.

How much is the Fellowship?
The value of the Fellowship is approximately € 47,000 (ILS 188,000) per year, including funds reserved for research and travel.

When does the Fellowship begin?
The official starting date of the Fellowship is October 2021, which is the beginning of the Israeli academic year 2021-22. However, candidates are permitted to start their Fellowship as early as June 2021 and no later than March 2022.

How long does the Fellowship last?
The Fellowship is offered for two years. Renewal for a third year will be considered favourably based on a competitive evaluation process.

How many fellowships are offered?
Up to 24 fellowships per year: 18 fellowships in STEM fields, 3 in Humanities, and 3 in Social Sciences.

When to apply?
The online application process opens September 1, 2020, and ends November 1, 2020.

When will decisions be announced?
Award notifications will be sent by February 15, 2021.

Guidelines and online application are available at https://azrielifoundation.org/fellows/internationalpostdoctoral/
For any questions, please contact: fellows@azrielifoundation.org