Scholarships

Postdoctoral Fellowships. Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships.

December 13, 2018 by EAJS Administrator Leave a Comment

Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships

Applications are invited for one-year postdoctoral positions related to Israel Studies that will begin in the Fall of each academic year. One or two fellowships may be provided each year, depending upon funding availability.

Those who are accepted to the postdoctoral program will be expected to:

Pursue original research about the modern state of Israel and produce work for submission to appropriate academic publications.
Teach at least one undergraduate course (one quarter)
Present one public lecture while in residence
Participate actively in Center colloquia and other public programs during the fellowship year

2019-20 Application Opening and Deadlines:

The application for 2019-20 postdoctoral positions will open on December 3, 2018. Completed applications including all the required materials should be submitted no later than March 8, 2019. Decisions will be announced on April 8, 2019.

Who Should Apply:

Applicants must have a PhD degree from an accredited university
The Center welcomes applications from students in a wide range of disciplines, including, but not limited to history, political science, economics, sociology, literature, visual and performing arts, management, engineering, law, public health, environment and sustainability.

For more information about the application process, please visit the Y&S Nazarian Center website or send an email to israel@international.ucla.edu

One-Year Jewish Studies Program at Paideia, the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden. Early deadline: 31 January 2019; Final deadline: 31 March 2019

December 7, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

The 2019-2020 One-Year Jewish Studies Program at Paideia

The 2019-2020 One-Year Jewish Studies Program at Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden is now open for applications

Paideia is a European academic Institute founded in 2000 with the mandate to nurture the renewal of European Jewish culture, to support cross-cultural dialogue, and to promot a positive paradigm of a minority culture within European societies. Paideia does this through highly intensive educational leadership program, focusing on in-depth knowledge of Jewish sources and on social innovation.

The program offers a unique international Jewish studies experience during eight months in Stockholm with the possibility of completing a 120 ECTS Master in Jewish Civilizations at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien in Heidelberg, Germany. It combines traditional Hevruta study methodology, an academic approach to interpretation and practical application, and includes intensive text studies running chronologically from Torah and Midrash, through Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Responsa Literature to Modern Jewish Philosophy and Literature, language studies (Modern Hebrew at three levels), as well as a three-week trip to Israel, including studies at Yad Vashem and at the National Library of Israel.

The studies are tuition free and students are eligible for scholarships towards accommodation and living costs.

Early deadline: 31 January 2019

Final deadline: 31 March 2019

Students can apply through our website www.paideia-eu.org. For more information contact us at info@paideia-eu.org.

Visiting Fellowship. “Sir Mick and Lady Barbara Davis Visiting Fellowship 2020”. Woolf Institute. Deadline: 15 February 2019.

December 5, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

Sir Mick and Lady Barbara Davis Visiting Fellowship 2020

The Woolf Institute works to improve relations between religion and society through education from a multidisciplinary perspective.

The Institute invites applications for its annual visiting fellowship.

The Fellowship is tenable for a two to three month period that overlaps one of the Cambridge terms 2020:

Lent term: 14 January–13 March 2020

Easter term: 21 April–12 June 2020

The successful candidate will be expected to be involved in a project of academic research or public education in an area relevant to the Institute’s work. The Fellow will be asked to present their work at a symposium on the subject of their project proposal.

There is no stipend attached to the Fellowships, but Fellows will be entitled to an accommodation allowance in Cambridge and one round-trip journey to Cambridge. They will also have access to the Woolf Institute and Cambridge University libraries.

The Fellowship is available for a postdoctoral scholar of any academic rank, a policymaker or analyst in a relevant area of work and will most likely be asked to participate in some of the Institute’s teaching or practice-based activities. Further information about the Institute can be found at: https://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk.

A letter of application, CV, the names of two referees who may be approached, a project proposal (1,500 words max.), and a sample of work should be sent to:

Electors of the Visiting Fellowship, Woolf Institute, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0BU, UK or emailed to Tina Steiner at bs411@cam.ac.uk.

Questions may be addressed informally to the Director of Research, Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner at emw36@cam.ac.uk.

Deadline for the submission of applications is 15 February 2019.

Research fellowship opportunities offered by the JDC Archives. Deadline for applications: 21 January 2019.

November 6, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

Research fellowship opportunities offered by the JDC Archives

The JDC Archives, which holds the institutional records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee since its founding in 1914, is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its 2019 fellowship program. In 2019, 6 fellowships will be awarded to senior scholars, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and independent researchers to conduct research in the JDC Archives, either in New York or in Jerusalem. Research topics in the fields of twentieth century Jewish history, modern history, social welfare, migration, and humanitarian assistance will be considered, as well as other areas of academic research covered in the JDC archival collections. For more information, and to apply, visit http://archives.jdc.org/about-us/fellowships-and-grants-general-information/. The fellowship awards are $2,000-$5,000.

The deadline to submit applications is 21 January 2019.

The JDC Archives’ online database with documents, photographs, and a names index is available at http://archives.jdc.org/search-the-archives/. Finding aids can be accessed at http://archives.jdc.org/explore-the-archives/finding-aids/

Researches are encouraged to apply for these fellowships and to explore the JDC Archives website for scholarly and teaching materials.

Three new doctoral positions. The Institute of Jewish Studies and the Institute of Historical Theology. The University of Bern. Deadline for applications: 31 January 2019.

November 5, 2018 by EAJS Administrator

Three new doctoral positions

The University of Bern

The Institute of Jewish Studies and the Institute of Historical Theology

The Institute of Jewish Studies and the Institute of Historical Theology at the University of Bern invite applications for three PhD positions (full-time and limited to four years):

(1): Jewish Studies or Classics

(2) and (3): Theology, Classics or History

The three positions are funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNF and are part of the larger “Sinergia” research project “Lege Josephum: Ways of Reading Josephus in the Latin Middle Ages”, co-directed with the Classics department.

Position 1, Jewish Studies or Classics:

The successful candidate will write a dissertation on the use of Latin sources in the 10th century historiographical work Yosippon. Candidates must hold an MA degree in Jewish Studies, Classics or an affiliated field and demonstrate thorough knowledge of both Latin and (biblical) Hebrew.

Positions 2 and 3, Theology, Classics, Medieval Latin or History:

The successful candidates will write a dissertation on the use and interpretation of Josephus in historiographical works by the Circle of St Victor: in Petrus Comestor’s Historia scholastica (Position 2) and in the crusader chronicles of the 12th century (Position 3). Candidates must hold an MA degree in Theology, Classics, or History and demonstrate thorough knowledge of Latin.

The annual salaries for each position range from CHF 47’040 to CHF 50’040. The appointment will begin on July 1, 2019, or shortly thereafter. Applications should be submitted in German or English and should contain a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, as well as a sample of academic writing (one pdf-file).

Applicants for position 1 are invited to send in their applications (and enquiries about the project) electronically to the following address: Prof. Dr. René Bloch, Institut für Judaistik, Länggassstrasse 51, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, rene.bloch@theol.unibe.ch.

Applicants for positions 2 and 3 are invited to send in their applications (and enquiries about the projects) electronically to the following address: Prof. Dr. Katharina Heyden, Institut für Historische Theologie, Länggassstrasse 51, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, katharina.heyden@theol.unibe.ch.

Applications for all three positions should be sent in no later than January 31, 2019.