Scholarships

Doctoral Fellowships. The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS). Deadline: 30 April 2018.

April 15, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR EIGHT DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS (Ancient Studies and related disciplines)

The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS) with funding of the Einstein Centre Chronoi “Time and Awareness of Time in Ancient Societies” is offering at Freie Universität Berlin and at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 8 doctoral fellowships for the winter term 2018/19, starting on January 1st, 2019.

Receiving a fellowship is connected with the admission to the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS) and participation in one of the graduate school’s five doctoral programs. Each program is based on a structured curriculum.

The five BerGSAS doctoral programs are:

Ancient Languages and Texts (ALT)
Ancient Objects and Visual Studies (AOViS)
Ancient Philosophy and History of Ancient Science (APhil/HistAS)
Landscape Archaeology and Architecture (LAA)
Languages and Cultures of the Silk Road (Silk Road)

For further information on the doctoral programs please visit: http://www.berliner- antike-kolleg.org/en/web/internet/bergsas/programs.

We welcome applications by highly qualified graduates from any field of ancient studies, or from a closely related discipline. Applicants must hold an outstanding Master’s degree, or equivalent degree. This call is open for individual proposals. The PhD projects are therefore not required to connect thematically with the topic of the Einstein Center Chronoi “Time and Awareness of Time in Ancient Societies”. Any doctoral project that fits with the Center’s research topic is welcome. Each fellowship will include a stipend of 1365 euros per month to be awarded for two years, with an option to extend the support for a third year, depending on the positive evaluation towards the end of the second year.

The applying candidates are expected to inform themselves about the requirements concerning the admission to their doctoral studies before sending in the application form. Contacting the preferred supervisor beforehand is also necessary.

For further information about all the institutes involved and seminars participating, please visit: http://www.berliner-antike-kolleg.org/bergsas/programs.

For further inquiries please contact the BerGSAS Coordinators: Dr. Regina Attula, regina.attula@berliner-antike-kolleg.de

Dr. Carmen Marcks-Jacobs, carmen.marcks-jacobs@berliner-antike-kolleg.de

Candidates are asked to send their application including the documents listed below and referring to the application quoting reference number 2018-BerGSAS-EC-1 before 30 April 2018 to application@berliner-antike-kolleg.org.

Required application documents (1 PDF, max. 10 MB):

statement of purpose in applying to the PhD program (max. 3 pp)
dissertation project synopsis (8-10 pp)
working plan and schedule
curriculum vitae (CV, resume)
completed application form (download here: http://www.berliner- antike-kolleg.org/bergsas/ausschreibungen)
two letters of recommendation
copies of certificates of any academic degrees
writing sample (15-20 pp)
copies of certificates of English (C-1) and/or German (DSH-2) language skills

World Union of Jewish Studies. Ulpan Scholarships (Summer of 2018). Deadline: 30 April 2018.

April 10, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

World Union of Jewish Studies

Ulpan Scholarships

Ulpan Scholarships are now available for European graduate students and early career scholars of Jewish Studies to undertake Hebrew language programmes in Israel during the Summer of 2018. These scholarships have been funded through the generous support of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.

Applicants can apply for study at any of the Summer Ulpan programmes offered by the following universities:

Applicants may apply for up to 1500 GBP toward their tuition and housing costs and, in cases where housing is not required, the remainder of the grant may be used towards travel costs in cooperation with partner travel agencies.

In order to be eligible to receive an Ulpan Scholarship from WUJS, applicants must be:

EU citizens or citizens of another European non-EU member country (Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Gibraltar, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia)
Based at a European University;
Either a graduate student or early career scholar (who received their doctoral degree no more than five years ago);
Researching a topic within the field of Jewish Studies;
Able to demonstrate the relevance of Hebrew language skills to their research interests.

Applicants for Ulpan Scholarships will have to apply BOTH to the educational institution for the study programme as well as to the World Union of Jewish Studies for the grant. Successful candidates will receive the grant on condition that they are accepted to the Ulpan programme. They will be required to participate in the programme and submit a final report to the World Union of Jewish Studies after completion of the programme.

For the application form click here. If you cannot access the form, please contact us at Jewishst@vms.huji.ac.il.

Deadline for 2018 summer language programme grants: 30 April 2018.

Applications must be sent to the World Union of Jewish Studies: jewistst@vms.huji.ac.il.

Call for Submissions. 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards. Deadline: 1 June 2018.

March 21, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

Call for Submissions: 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards

The Association for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards, made possible by funding from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. These awards, now in their tenth year, recognize and promote outstanding scholarship in the field of Jewish Studies and honor scholars whose work embodies the best in the field: rigorous research, theoretical sophistication, innovative methodology, and excellent writing. AJS annually awards one winner and one finalist in each of four categories, with each winner receiving $10,000 and each finalist receiving $2,000.

The four submission categories for 2018 are:

Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History & Culture in Antiquity
Jews and the Arts: Music, Performance, Visual
Modern Jewish History and Culture: Europe and Israel
Social Science, Anthropology, and Folklore

Visit the AJS website for eligibility requirements and instructions on how to apply. Contact Amy Weiss at aweiss@associationforjewishstudies.org with questions.

Deadline for Submissions: 1 June 2018

Call for Submissions. International Prize for an outstanding publication: “Jews and Illiberal Regimes in Eastern Europe after 1917”. Deadline: 31 May 2018.

January 24, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2018

International Prize for an outstanding publication

Jews and Illiberal Regimes in Eastern Europe after 1917

The Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East-European Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is pleased to announce an international competition for outstanding academic publications on Jews and Illiberal Regimes in Eastern Europe after 1917.

Submission requirements:

Peer-reviewed books or articles published at an academic press since January 2016 or peer-reviewed books and articles that have been accepted for publication at an academic press.
Eligible languages: Hebrew, English, Polish, German, Russian and Ukrainian.
Applications must be submitted no later than May 31, 2018.
Applications must include a pdf file of the publication, the candidate’s CV and all contact information.

All applications will be reviewed by an international committee of scholars.

The winners of the prize will be announced by January 1, 2019.

Awards: $7,000 for an outstanding book and $3,000 for an outstanding article.

Applications and questions should be sent to Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East-European Jewry: merkaznev@savion.huji.ac.il

Info at our web-site: http://nevzlin.huji.ac.il/news/49