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Second Call for Applications for Membership of the EAJS Digital Forum Advisory Board

November 21, 2019 by EAJS Administrator

Second Call for Applications for Membership of the EAJS Digital Forum Advisory Board

Deadline for applications: 30 November 2019

The EAJS invites its Full, Associate and Student members to express interest in joining the Digital Forum Advisory Board.

The Digital Humanities employ a large variety of methods and tools, including the digitization of textual, visual and audio material, digital cultural heritage, text encoding, natural language processing, geographical information systems, network analysis, the creation and analysis of mass data repositories (‘big data’ and data mining), conceptualization, enrichment, curation and exploitation of metadata or ontologies, data visualisation, human-machine interaction, virtual reality and many more that transform the ways academic research is carried out today.

The EAJS Digital Forum has been established in 2018 to offer the members of the Association opportunities to develop their skills, to develop research methods implementing digital tools, to integrate the DH into teaching, to reflect critically on methods, and to meet colleagues with similar interests and relevant expertise within the framework of workshops and conferences. Its membership should reflect and represent the multidisciplinarity of Jewish Studies as well as the diversity of methods and tools applied in the DH, as well as existing initiatives and academic bodies. Initially, the DF Advisory Board should comprise 24 members.

If you have relevant experience and expertise – in any field of Jewish Studies and the application of any methods and tools considered part of Digital Humanities – are a member in good standing and would like to support the activities of the EAJS Digital Forum, please apply to become a member of the Digital Forum Advisory Board by sending a short letter expressing your interest, including a brief description of your expertise (discipline; period and geographical area of research; type of DH methods applied, data type; experience in teaching DH), and a cv of up to 2 pages. Please send your application to the Administrator of the EAJS: admin@eurojewishstudies.org by 30 November 2019.

AJS and EAJS: Programme of Cooperation in Jewish Studies

March 6, 2015 by EAJS Administrator

AJS and EAJS: Programme of Cooperation in Jewish Studies

The Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) and the European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) are pleased to announce a partnership.

In the interest of promoting collaboration among scholars based at North American and European universities, the AJS will be offering reduced membership rates for Full and Student EAJS Members. Please note that this reduced AJS membership rate is only available to Full EAJS Members whose membership is not in arrears, and Student EAJS Members who have confirmed their student status. For more information, Full or Student EAJS Members interested in taking out an AJS membership should email the AJS Membership Manager, Michelle Katz, at mkatz@associationforjewishstudies.org.

Similarly, the EAJS is offering a reduced membership rate for AJS members. AJS members may become Associate members of the EAJS at the reduced rate of £25.00. To apply to the EAJS at the the reduced rate for AJS members, please click here. For more information, please contact the EAJS Administrator (link).