Call for Applications:

The Lilli and Michael Sommerfreund Visiting Professorship in Jewish Studies 2021/22 (1 April 2021 –31 March 2022)

The Hochschule für Jüdische Studien / College for Jewish Studies Heidelberg (HfJS) seeks to appoint a visiting professor to the Lilli and Michael Sommerfreund Chair in Jewish Studies for the academic term 1 April 2021 – 30 March 2022.

Founded in 2018, the Lilli and Michael Sommerfreund Guest Professorship in Jewish Studies commemorates two survivors of the Shoah that devoted their lives not only to rebuilding the Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main, but also to fostering the city`s greater cultural and social growth. To honor its namesakes, the chair is dedicated to the teaching of Jewish History and Culture at the HfJS. Conditions for appointment are a doctorate in Jewish studies or a comparable study and in accordance with Article 47, Paragraph 2 of the Higher Education Law of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg a habilitation or comparable qualification, as well as pedagogical aptitude. The successful candidate will be able to teach in English and supervise students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, especially students pursuing the international Master of Arts degree in “Jewish Civilizations”. The course load is 9 hours per week, one of which is to be taught as a specialized lecture (Vorlesung). The HfJS welcomes applications from scholars of adjacent fields within Jewish Studies that are not currently represented in the HfJS course listings. The appointee will be expected to take residency in Heidelberg throughout the duration of each semester. The HfJS aims to increase the number of women on its faculty, hence specifically encourages qualified women to apply. Disabled persons will be given preference if they are equally qualified.

Please send all inquiries and application materials (letter of application, CV and list of publications) to rektor@hfjs.eu by 4 January 2021.

For more information: www.hfjs.eu

Tenure-Track Position: The Holocaust and its Aftermath with teaching and research experience in topics pertaining to the 20^th Century Jewish World

The Faculty of Jewish Studies and the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at Bar-Ilan University invites applications for a tenure track position in the field of the Holocaust and its Aftermath with an additional field of specialization pertaining to the 20^th century Jewish world.

The position requires teaching in Hebrew at the highest pedagogical level, including both required undergraduate courses and advanced electives for undergraduates in the aforementioned fields, graduate seminars in the candidate’s specific field of expertise, and advising masters and doctoral students in the field of the Holocaust and other topics in 20^th century Jewish History. In addition, the candidate is expected to conduct independent and original research, to publish articles and books in reputable academic peer-reviewed platforms, to participate in local and international conferences, and to compete for research grants.

Basic requirements include:

1) Proven successful college\university teaching experience.

2) Publications in the required field in peer-reviewed journals and renowned academic publishers.

3) Proven academic knowledge of European History (1870-1948).

4) Proven experience in archival research.

5) Fluency in Hebrew and a scholarly working knowledge of at least one additional relevant European language in the field of the Holocaust, especially Yiddish and German. (proficiency in additional European languages will be an advantage for the candidate).

6) For Israeli candidates, Post-doctoral study and research outside of Israel. For those who completed their doctoral studies between 2019-2020 and who could not travel abroad, post-doctoral study and research at an Israeli university in which they did not complete their doctoral studies.

The successful candidate will begin teaching in October 2021. Candidates in relevant fields are invited to apply. The rank of the elected candidate will be determined on the basis of their experience and publications.

Please submit the following documents:

1.      Cover Letter (including names of three references).

2.      Curriculum Vitae.

3.      Doctoral Diploma or certificate + confirmation of Post-doctoral study if required according to line 6 above.

4.      List of publications.

5.      Two publications.

6.      Brief summary of research plans for the next few years.

7.      Teaching evaluations from the previous three years (if available).

Three letters of recommendation from senior scholars should be sent by them directly to the commission at the e-mail address below.

Documents can be in English or in Hebrew. Please submit all of the requested materials in one PDF document to the following e-mail address: jewishhistory.dept@biu.ac.il

Candidates are responsible to make sure that all the above is sent in by December 27, 2020. Files missing any of these documents will not be evaluated. Moreover, only suitable submissions will receive a response.

For further inquiries, please contact the Department Chair:

Professor Emmanuel Friedheim, at: emmanuel.friedheim@biu.ac.il