Scholarships

Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme (2020/21) and Leo Baeck London Year Book Essay Prize in German-Jewish Studies (2021).

January 19, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

Final call: Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme 2020/21

The Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme is an international fellowship programme for doctoral candidates pursuing research into the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. Every year, the programme offers up to 12 junior researchers the opportunity to spend a year working on research at the location of their choice. During the course of the year’s programme the fellows get together for two seminars at which they discuss their work with eminent academics.

The programme is named after Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck (1873-1956), one of the most important personalities in German Jewry in the 20th century. The Studienstiftung runs the programme in cooperation with the Leo Baeck Institute London, financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). In the pilot phase from 2006-2009 the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”, the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim Foundation and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation made this programme possible.

The deadline for applications for the academic year 2020/2021 is the 1st of February 2020.

For further information and the application form please click on the link to our website:

https://www.leobaeck.co.uk/leo-baeck-fellowship-programme

2021 Leo Baeck Institute London Year Book Essay Prize in German-Jewish Studies

The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry is delighted to announce its 2021 Year Book Essay Prize. The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book is a fully refereed Oxford University Press journal and covers cultural, social, and economic history. A leading journal in the field, the Year Book has appeared annually since 1956.

The Essay Prize was established in 2011 to:

Stimulate new research on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry
Promote young researchers in the field

The essay can be on any topic on the history and culture of German-speaking Central European Jewry from early modern times through to the present.

The Prize

The winner will receive:

Publication of the winning essay in the 2021 volume of the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
A cash prize of £500
A free year’s print and online subscription to the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book

How to enter

Entries of 5-8,000 words should be submitted through our online submission system. Please refer to http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/lbaeck/for_authors for instructions on how to prepare and submit your manuscript. All entries will be peer reviewed anonymously. The winner will be selected from all entries recommended for publication by our peer reviewers.

The closing date is 31 March 2020.

Competition rules

The competition is open to recent PhDs and Postdocs who have received their PhD no more than 5 years ago. The entry must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

See http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/lbaeck/prize_submissions.html for the full competition rules.

Call for Applications. Grants from EU funded project “Research Infrastructure on Religious Studies” (ReIReS). Deadline: 16 February 2020.

January 14, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

The EU funded project “Research Infrastructure on Religious Studies” (ReIReS) offers scholars from any academic discipline the opportunity to spend typically two weeks in one of fourteen outstanding European research centres (libraries and archives) in Mainz, Hamburg, Leuven, Paris, Bologna, and Sofia to carry out their research project in Historical Religious Studies and use the relevant collections for the history of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Ancient and non-European Religions.

The call is open for Scholars, docs, postdocs, senior scholars, librarians and curators of special collections from Europe and from countries associated to Horizon2020.

ReIReS grants to users support for travel and accommodation. Grant holders spend usually two weeks at the provider institution with the constant tutorial of experts of the host provider who are specialists in the research field for which access has been requested, and who assist and guide the use and interpretation of the data.

Scholars throughout Europe are invited to apply for a transnational access scholarship to consult each of these special collections and libraries (excluding those belonging to the user country). Applications are welcome before February 16, 2020. For further information and the application form, see https://reires.eu/call-for-proposals-tasc-and-taad/

Call for Applications. Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation (2020). Deadline: 20 March 2020

January 13, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
SUMMER INSTITUTE ON THE HOLOCAUST AND JEWISH CIVILISATION

The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University, USA, and the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London, with the support of Pears Foundation, are pleased to invite applications for Fellowships to participate in the fifth European Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation.

The Institute will take place from Monday 29 June – Wednesday 8 July 2020 at the Royal Holloway campus, Egham, Surrey, in England.

This programme is an intensive 10-day residential course designed to broaden and deepen the background of postgraduates in Holocaust studies, early career academics and educators in relevant fields. It is open to full- or part-time PhD students (particularly those in their final year of study), full- or part-time academic staff, and educators at recognised institutions such as museums and archives.

Nineteen Fellows will be selected, each of whom will receive free room, board and tuition during the programme (Fellowships do not, however, cover travel expenses to and from the applicant’s home or institutional address to the UK and/or Egham). We seek Fellows from a wide variety of disciplines and all intellectual fields related to Holocaust Studies.

The Institute curriculum consists of courses, lectures and seminars taught by leading scholars on themes such as Holocaust history and historiography; the Holocaust in literature and film; and the Holocaust and modern thought. Faculty staff will include Professor Robert Eaglestone, Dr Becky Jinks, Professor Barry Langford, Dr Paris Papamichos Chronakis and Professor Dan Stone.

In addition, the Institute offers a rich programme of guest lectures on special topics and field trips to museums, archives, and cultural sites in London.

Applications should include a statement of 500 words, explaining the prospective Fellow’s interest and experience in Holocaust studies and intentions for teaching the Holocaust; a curriculum vitae (maximum five pages); plus, a letter of recommendation from a doctoral supervisor or line manager. Applications should be submitted, using email, by Friday 20 March 2020 to Imogen Dalziel, Programme Manager: imogen.dalziel.2013@live.rhul.ac.uk. Postal address if necessary: The Holocaust Research Institute, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK.

Fellowships will be awarded and all applicants notified by Friday 3 April 2020.

SEFER Center International Grant. Research on History and Culture of Russian Jewry in Different Historical Periods. Deadline: 31 March 2020.

January 1, 2020 by EAJS Administrator

‘SEFER’ CENTER INTERNATIONAL GRANT FOR THE RESEARCH ON HISTORY AND CULTURE OF RUSSIAN JEWRY IN DIFFERENT HISTORICAL PERIODS

SEFER Center awards grants to support research projects in multiple disciplines on Russian Jewry. The subject of the research may comprise different aspects of Jewish history and culture within the territory of former Russian Empire during various historical periods from the ancient times till post-soviet contemporary period. The grant covers the entire variety of humanitarian and social areas (history, literature, linguistics, art history, education, philosophy, religion studies, sociology, political science etc.), as well as interdisciplinary studies. The Center provides researchers, teachers and PhD students with financial support for implementation of academic researches, preparation of monographs, articles and dissertation theses. The grant program is intended for researches from Russia and abroad, including Europe, USA and Canada, Israel and Australia.This project has been made possible with the support of Genesis Philanthropy Group.

Selection Criteria

appropriateness of the project proposal to eligibility and requirements of the grant
originality and creativity of the research proposal
independent experts’ reviews about the scientific value of the submitted project

The SEFER Center research award recipients will be selected by a committee of independent experts specialising in the field of Russian and Eastern European Jews from Russia, Israel and the United States.

Eligibility and Requirements

Two types of research grants are open for applications:

а) Faculty Research Grants for the researchers with academic degree will not exceed 150,000 rubles (will be converted in US $) and will cover up to 50% of the total cost of the proposed research project.

b) Post-Graduate Students Research Grants for the PhD students and researchers without academic degree will not exceed 90,000 rubles (will be converted in US $) and may cover up to 100% of the total project cost.

The competition is open for researchers from Russia and abroad, including Europe, USA and Canada, Israel and Australia.

The grants cover following expenditure:

Work at Russian and foreign archives and libraries to collect materials needed for the study (compensation of consular fees, travel and accommodation expenses, photocopy, as well as payments to invited experts, which cannot exceed 25% of the grant).
Participation in international meetings and conferences on the chosen subject (compensation of travel and accommodation expenses and conference registration fees).
Other events or activities, connected with the study.

Deadline and Proposal Submission Guidelines

Proposals must be submitted by 31 Marсh 2020. Proposals submitted after the deadline will not be reviewed.

Decisions will be announced by 15 May 2020.

Each proposal must include the following:

Complete proposal form (download below)
Curriculum Vitae (up to 3 pages including main publications on the subject)
Short writing sample (full text of one of the latest publications on the subject-up to 20 pages). PhD students may provide an essay.
Two recommendation letters addressed directly to the Center (for PhD students and researchers without academic degree)

Details and application form are available on our website https://www.sefer.ru/eng/education/educational_programmes/eshnav/russian_jewry.php

Bursary for MA degree study in Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester, 2020-21

November 25, 2019 by EAJS Administrator

Bursary for MA degree study in Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester, 2020-21

This is a home/EU fees bursary for an MA student who chooses Jewish Studies topics as their main focus in the MA in Religions and Theology.

For more information on the MA in Religions and Theology: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/01297/ma-religions-and-theology/

One bursary will be awarded on a competitive basis. There are no eligibility criteria based on nationality, but please note that the bursary is restricted to the maximum cost of home/EU fees. The opportunity to apply is now open and will remain open until the award has been made. Interested parties are encouraged to submit the online application to the Religions and Theology MA programme and the MA Funding Application Form as soon as possible.

The final deadline is 5pm on 1 May 2020 unless the bursary has been awarded earlier.

For further information: www.manchesterjewishstudies.org/ma-funding-opportunities/