New position for Tenured Assistant Professor in Early Modern History at the Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna.

The researcher must contribute to the implementation of the Excellence Project “Territories of Memory” and to the activities of the Department.

The researcher is expected to be dedicated to the study of cultural, religious, material, and social relations in the early modern period and to explore global contacts and practices of memory between the 16th and 18th centuries.

He/she is expected to make an original and high-profile research contribution to the debate on knowledge networks in the early modern period.

The selection is open to applicants, even citizens of countries not belonging to the European Union, who have obtained the PhD or equivalent qualification obtained in Italy or abroad.
Applicants must be in possession of the aforementioned qualification at the date of the deadline for the submission of applications to the present selection.

Applications from professors, associate professors, or assistant professor with tenure, as well as individuals who have already benefited from 3-year contracts as Tenured Assistant professor, will not be accepted, even if the applicant is not in service.

Application deadline: 16th June 2023 at 12:00 (noon, Italian Time).

Starting date of the position: Within 2023

https://bandi.unibo.it/s/apos5/rif-2648-bando-per-1-posto-da-ricercatore-a-tempo-determinato-in-tenure-track-rtt-dipartimento-di-storia-culture-civilta-disci-ssd-m-sto-02

The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies seeks to fill a

W1 Professorship (tenure-track) or W2 Professorship (with tenure) in Jewish Philosophy and Intellectual History

Starting April 1, 2024

Required qualifications include an internationally visible record of research within the broad scope of Jewish philosophy and intellectual history, as well as teaching experience. The profile for this position comprises a research concentration in some subfield of Jewish philosophy and intellectual history (e.g. classical or medieval Jewish philosophy or mysticism, Kabbalah, Haskalah, Musar, modern Jewish thought) together with the needed proficiency in Hebrew and other relevant languages. The successful candidate will be able to teach a range of courses providing broad thematic and historic coverage of the field. In addition to the candidate’s own innovative research initiatives, collaboration in research and teaching with the other professors’ chairs at the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies is expected. Beyond this, Heidelberg constitutes a rich environment within the higher-education landscape in terms of both research and teaching, and therefore, active scholarly exchange and/or collaboration with the professors’ chairs and research centers of Heidelberg University, in particular, are expressly desired.

The successful candidate will be employed under the terms of private law.

In addition to the general employment regulations of § 47 of the LHG [state higher education law of Baden-Württemberg], required qualifications for the W2 professorship include a completed program of university studies in the field, pedagogical aptitude and an exceptional capacity for academic research as demonstrated by an outstanding PhD dissertation in a qualifying area, as well as additional academic publications of proven excellence.

In accordance with § 51, par. 2 of the LHG [state higher education law of Baden-Württemberg], required qualifications for the W1 professorship include a completed program of university studies, pedagogical aptitude, which is, as a rule, to be demonstrated by experience in teaching or training, and an exceptional capacity for academic research, which, as a rule, should be demonstrated by a PhD dissertation of outstanding quality. This junior professorship is intended as a tenure-track position. The attainment of suitable achievements in research and teaching will be reviewed as part of the tenure process. After a successfully completed trial period, it will be possible to advance a W2 professorship with tenure. For additional information on the tenure-track process, see our website at:
http://www.hfjs.eu/md/hfjs/hochschule/leitungsorgane/satzung_uber_die_evaluation_von_juniorprofessoren_und_tenure_track__stand_29.01.2020.pdf [German only]

A willingness to procure outside funding, to participate in academic self-governance, and to seek collaboration with Heidelberg University are prerequisites. The languages of instruction are German and English. The administrative language of the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies is German, and therefore, the acquisition of sufficient German language skills is expected within the first three years of employment.

The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preference over equally qualified non-disabled applicants.

We ask for your application no later than July 31, 2023 in digital form, combined into a single PDF file including the usual documents.

Please send your application materials to the chairman of the hiring committee: Prof. Werner Arnold, Rector of the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies, E-mail: rektor@hfjs.eu.

Call for Job Applications: Executive Editor, Journal of Jewish Studies, OCHJS

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is seeking to fill the position of Journal of Jewish Studies (JJS) Executive Editor from 1^st September 2023. The post, which is directly responsible to the Centre’s President, will coordinate a team and work in close collaboration with the Editors of the Journal. The role comprises the administration of the Journal of Jewish Studies, overseeing printed production and digital publication.

Journal of Jewish Studies Executive Editor

Location                                   Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford
Salary                                        £21,800, pro rated to 60% FTE (£36,333 FTE)
Hours                                        Part time – 21 hours per week
Contract Type                        1 year with the possibility to extend to 2 years

Application Process

Applicants should send a copy of their CV and a covering letter to Ms Kerry Maciak at kerry.maciak@ochjs.ac.uk before the closing date. Any questions can be sent to her at the same address.

Closing date:                            15th June 2023
Interview date range:           July 2023

Relevant Documents

Job advertisement
Job description
Terms and conditions

Full details can be found here: https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-job-applications-executive-editor-journal-of-jewish-studies/

Position opening: Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica Curator of Digital Humanities (Kaplan Judaica Curator)

Job title: The Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica Curator of Digital Humanities at Penn Libraries (University of Pennsylvania), Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Job description summary: The Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica Curator of Digital Humanities (the Kaplan Curator) will be responsible for curating, building, and researching the Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica. The incumbent will also collaborate on experimental, sustainable projects, and methods which facilitate computational access to and use of Penn’s Judaica collections, promoting them and making connections between them and dispersed Judaica content around the globe. Reporting to the Director of Special Collections and Research Services in the Kislak Center, he/she is also expected to participate actively in the life of the Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship.

Targeted pay range: $43,919 – $70,161

For more information, including duties, qualifications, benefits, and directions for applying, please visit https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upenn/careers-at-penn/job/Van-Pelt-Library/Kaplan-Judaica-Curator_JR00070960. The position will remain open until filled, but application review is planned to begin within the next month.

Potential applicants can direct any questions about the position to myself at heider@upenn.edu.

Full-Time Research Associate Position in Hebrew Literature (5 years)

Interview date: 26 June 2023

Starting date of the contract: 1 October 2023

Ending Date of the contract: 1 September 2028

Gross Salary: 40.000 EUR per annum

Application deadline: 20th June 2023 Midnight (Italian time)

The Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies at the University of Padua, Italy, is seeking a postdoctoral research associate (Hebrew Literature) to work on the ERC funded project “SIQILLIYA: Debunking Eurocentric Literary History” led by Professor Nicola Carpentieri. The project aims to address the complexities of medieval Sicilian literature by studying the totality of the court poetry produced in Sicily in Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Italian between the 10th and the 13th cc. The project thus promises to shed light on what amounts to a black hole in literary history: it will document over four centuries of cultural interactions, and allow us to fully assess the role of Sicily’s many cultures in the rise of the Italian lyric.

The postholder will conduct individual and collaborative research in Medieval Hebrew poetry, focussing on Sicily. She or he will produce a new edition of the relevant portion of Sicilian medieval poetry (Hebrew, Latin, Greek or Italian) and take care of the inspection, acquisition, collation and edition of all relevant manuscript and printed materials needed. She or he will will contribute to the project’s main goal to produce an alternative narrative to “Le Origini” (the origins of Italian literature), one that will take into account the many poetic traditions of medieval Sicily.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential

• PhD in Greek, Latin, Hebrew or Italian Studies (depending on application), chronologically focused on the medieval period
• Expertise in two or more of these languages: medieval Arabic, Greek, Latin, Italian, Hebrew
• Expertise in manuscript acquisition, collation, editing
• A portfolio of relevant, peer-reviewed publications in print or forthcoming
• Proficiency in English

Desirable

• Prior participation in a collaborative research project
• Proficiency in Italian
• Experience travelling to specialist archives and research libraries
• An existing network with other scholars who might provide advice or participate in organised events
• Experience in the organisation of conferences, seminars, and/or workshops
• Skills in palaeography, papyrology, and/or codicology

For further information, contact Prof. Nicola Carpentieri at: nicola.carpentieri@unipd.it