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Fixed-term for 2 years SOAS, University of London is the world’s leading institution for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, offering programmes in arts, humanities, languages, law and social sciences. Inaugurated in June 1916, SOAS has had an international reach since the arrival of its first students in February 1917 and is celebrating its Centenary in 2016. We are looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in Israeli Studies to conduct outstanding research in Israeli Studies and contribute to the advancement of Israeli Studies at SOAS and beyond. You will be expected to conduct excellent research relating to Israeli society, culture or history and publish at least two outstanding outputs as an outcome of the research. You will contribute to the research culture of the Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Near and Middle East at SOAS and help organise and run the Centre’s events, workshops and other activities. You will be required to a good understanding of one or more of the key research areas in Israeli Studies pertaining to history, society or culture. Your ability to carry out high quality, publishable research together with your knowledge of the scholarship and of key debates in Israeli Studies, will enable you to successful in this role. You will also have excellent proficiency in Hebrew, and ideally also knowledge of Arabic. The ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with students, staff, academic colleagues together with excellent time management and interpersonal skills, are also required for this post. This post will commence on 1 September 2016 and is a fixed term appointment for 2 years. Completed applications must be received by 23:59 on the closing date to be considered. Interviews will provisionally be held in the week commencing: 20 June 2016 If you have any questions or require any assistance with regard to the application process, please contact hr-recruitment@soas.ac.uk . Equality Challenge Unit, Gender Equality Charter Mark: Bronze award holder. Addressing gender inequalities and imbalance in the arts, humanities and social sciences. SOAS values diversity and aims to be an equal opportunities employer. |
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The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia invites applications for a postdoctoral or more senior researcher related to the theme of Religion and Violence in the Middle East. Applicants can be from the disciplines of history, law, politics, literature, as well as Islamic studies. The appointment will be for the year, September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2017, with the possibility of renewal, subject to satisfactory performance and continued funding. Assuming approval by the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Dean of the Faculty, the researcher will be expected to teach a one-semester undergraduate course, which may be open to graduate students. Candidates must hold the Ph.D. degree and are expected to pursue independent research at Princeton and to participate in Institute-related activities on campus. Travel assistance of up to $1000 for round-trip, economy-class airfare will be available to the appointee and her or his immediate family. The salary, to be approved by the Department and the Dean of the Faculty, will be based on the successful candidate’s qualifications. This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.Interested applicants must apply online at https://jobs.princeton.edu and submit a current curriculum vitae, a research statement (maximum length 2 pages), a cover letter, and contact information for three references. The deadline for application is March 31, 2016, 11:59 p.m. EST.
Essential Qualifications: Candidates must hold the Ph.D. degree and are expected to pursue independent research at Princeton and to participate in Institute-related activities on campus.
Click here to apply.
Call for Applications
How has Israel shaped the culture, religious expression, political and organizational life, and self-understanding of American Jews between 1948 and the present? This subject will be explored at a two-day seminar sponsored by The Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation, August 2-3, 2016 in White Plains, New York. Facilitated by senior academic faculty and leading opinion-makers, the seminar invites applicants from a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds in the humanities and social sciences. All transportation and lodging expenses will be provided by the Foundation. Seminar presenters will receive a $2,500 stipend for their participation.
Advanced graduate students, early career academics, and thought leaders are invited to submit an application by March 18, 2016, with notification of acceptance to the seminar by April 15, 2016. Applicants should submit a two- page resume that includes personal contact information, education, degrees earned, publications, and names with contact information of two persons who can directly reflect on the candidate’s past performance and future promise. Each applicant must submit an 800 word essay explaining how their scholarly or professional interests intersect with the seminar’s theme. Applications should be sent electronically to Ms. Stacey Popovsky, Executive Director, Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation at spopovsky@leffellfoundation.org. You may also contact Ms. Popovsky with questions at (646) 532-2445. Candidates accepted for participation in the seminar will be asked to write an original 12-15 page paper on a topic related to the seminar’s theme due no later than June 10, 2016. Seminar presenters will be eligible to apply for subsequent research support to expand the scope of their seminar presentations for possible publication.
Lisa and Michael Leffell
Ken Stein, Emory University, Consultant to the Foundation
Jack Wertheimer, Jewish Theological Seminary, Consultant to the Foundation
The Helen Gartner Hammer Scholars-in-Residence Program provides scholars, artists, writers and communal professionals the opportunity to be in residence at the HBI at Brandeis University while working on significant projects in the field of Jewish women’s and gender studies. Residences range from one month to a full academic semester.
Program structure
The accepted program recipient(s) will receive a monthly stipend to support her/his research. In addition, recipients will receive (shared) office space at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and access to all available Brandeis University resources.
Participants (may) have the opportunity to present their research to the Brandeis community, depending on the length of residency. SIRs may also contribute to the HBI’s Donna Sudarsky Memorial Working Paper Series, or write for the HBI blog Fresh Ideas from HBI.
Participants are invited to take part in all HBI activities, but they are not required to do so.
Eligibility Requirements
There are no eligibility requirements. Applications (in English) from outside the United States are welcome. Open to applicants regardless of gender or religion.
Application Requirements
Please submit each of the following items through the online application.
Submitting Proposals & Deadline
In addition to completing the online form, applicants should send hard copies of all attachments to:
Debby Olins
Program Manager
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
MS 079
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Application Deadline: Arrival at HBI offices by 5:00 p.m., Thursday, January 28, 2016
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Summer Faculty Fellowship |
| Get the foundation you need to teach about modern Israel: Apply to the Summer Institute for Israel Studies |
June 14-26 at Brandeis University; June 27-July 6 in Israel
| The Summer Institute for Israel Studies is a competitive fellowship program open to faculty in all disciplines. Stipend of up to $2,500. Travel, accommodations and most meals provided. |
 “The Summer Institute gave me the courage and confidence to teach my first course in Modern Israeli History.” “The Summer Institute provided me with a chance to take a rigorous scholarly approach to the study of Israel, to inquire and critique and discuss important issues with a community of international scholars.” |
This residency provides artists the opportunity to be in residence at Brandeis University while working on a significant artistic project in the field of Jewish gender studies, and to produce an exhibit for the Kniznick Gallery at the Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) at Brandeis University. The residency will begin March 1, 2016 and be 4 – 6 weeks in length. The exhibit will coincide with or immediately follow the residency and be on view until mid-June 2016. Preference will be given to applicants who create a site-specific exhibit.
Program structure
The artist in residence will receive a stipend up to $3000 ($750 weekly), to support her/his/their work. In addition, the artist will have her/his/their own studio space at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and access to available Brandeis University resources. The artist is responsible for travel, housing, food and materials. A materials subsidy of $250 will be provided. The artist is required to be available to discus the artwork in progress with resident scholars and staff of the HBI, as well as the public, The artist will also assist in the development of any accompanying materials, and lead a public lecture / gallery talk and a hands-on, interactive workshop.
Exhibit Criteria
We look for exhibitions that:
• Are visually and artistically impressive and original
• Are related to fresh ways of thinking about Jews and gender
• Are international in nature
• Ask important questions and provoke dialogue
• Are related to research being produced and promoted by the HBI
• Provide a context for education
• Are appropriate in scale for the Kniznick Gallery space
• Include new work produced during the residency, or prior work presented in a fresh way, informed by the residency
Eligibility Requirements
There are no eligibility requirements. Applications (in English) from outside the United States are welcome.
Spring 2015: Milcah Bassel
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute presents Artist-in-Residence Milcah Bassel. Working on site at the Kniznick Gallery, Bassel will focus on large-scale drawings based on 5 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Multiplying and playing with the space between these letters will provide the basis for a multidisciplinary installation that explores space both as movement and time through an altered language.
Spring 2014: Jeanne Williamson
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute presents Artist-in-Residence Jeanne Williamson. Working on site at the Kniznick Gallery, Williamson will create a series of Jewish wedding canopies, or chuppot to be displayed on campus and in the gallery during the exhibition. Using simple printmaking techniques, Williamson brings pattern and color to the traditional chuppah.
Spring 2013: Yishay Garbasz
The HBI is thrilled to announce the selection of Berlin-based Israeli artist Yishay Garbasz as the fifth annual Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Artist-in-Residence. Her month-long residency at the Women’s Studies Research Center will culminate in a multimedia exhibition of photographs, video and text celebrating Jewish women who identify as transgender. Through interviews and portraits, Garbasz will give voice to a segment of the Jewish population that has been little discussed until recently, showing her subjects with their loved ones and families, at their jobs, or in their homes. The artist says, “By showing that these individuals are part of relationships that are familiar to us, it is the first step toward [creating] a larger, more diverse Jewish community.”
2012: Sarah Zell Young
Occupy Sanhedrin
Sarah Zell Young’s exhibition for the WSRC/HBI, Occupy Sanhedrin, examined roles — both religious and secular — for Jewish women from the Second Temple to the present and explored how bodies can become hazarded in the pursuit of justice. In addition to photographs, the exhibition featured a large, site-specific installation—an interactive and participatory rendition of a Sanhedrin (rabbinic supreme court). By granting access to an historical space of justice — making it physical — Young invited viewers to engage with traditional ideas and received wisdom of judicatory in a new way and to achieve personal agency over their own relationship to history. Sarah Young received her BFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and is studying toward her MFA in combined media from Hunter College, N.Y.
2011: Jess Riva Cooper
Golum and Dybbuk
Jessica Riva Cooper’s original, site-specific drawing and ceramics installation reinterpreted the folkloric stories of the Golem, a creature created to do a person’s bidding without question, and the Dybbuk, a mischievous spirit, through a feminist lens.
2010: Andi Arnovitz
Tear/Repair (kriah/ichooi)
Acclaimed Israeli artist Andi Arnovitz created an exhibition of her recent work titled “Tear/Repair (kriah/ichooi).” As the second annual Hadassah-Brandeis Institute artist-in-residence, Arnovitz created sketches for a new body of work – a series of paper coats for Jewish women who have impacted history and changed the world. These coats are an extension of Arnovitz’s “Garments of Faith” series, which were also on view. Each of these garments, fabricated from torn or intact papers, scrolls and book pages, represented injustices for Jewish women. The works addressed challenges throughout history – from halachic and spiritual issues, to those of co-existence and, above all, issues related to gender.
2008: Lynne Avadenka
A Thousand and One Inventions
Words and images meld, the conceptual becomes tangible, and history met modernity in Lynne Avadenka’s site-specific installation. In spring 2008 at the Kniznick Gallery, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute hosted its first artist-in-residence in an exhibition celebrating eloquence, bravery and wit. Avadenka’s “A Thousand and One Inventions” boldly transformed the gallery’s unique architecture into a work of art. Painting, drawing and assemblage created an environment that opens up and reveals layers visually, as a book does conceptually. Unprecedented in the artist’s oeuvre in scope and scale, “A Thousand and One Inventions” expanded on the themes in Avadenka’s limited edition artist’s book, “By A Thread.” Created in 2004 with a grant from the HBI, the book imagines a conversation between Queen Esther, the heroine of Purim, and Scheherazade, the teller of a thousand and one tales. Both women spoke up when they could have remained silent and saved many lives through their fortitude.
The HBI (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute) is pleased to announce the seventh annual competition to translate a book on a topic that deals in a significant way with Jews and gender. Applications will be accepted from both authors and/or translators. Preference will be given to proposals for books already under contract (or agreement) for publishing in the translated language. The amount of money that will be awarded is contingent on the particular translation needs of the book. The award goes exclusively towards the translation costs.
Deadline: Monday, November 16, 2015
Decisions will be announced by April 4, 2016.
Rachel Levmore
Spare Your Eyes Tears: Prenuptial Agreements for the Prevention of Get-Refusal, © Jerusalem 2009.
Naomi Seidman
A Revolution in the Name of Tradition: Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Schools, London, 2016. (Award given for appendix: translation of Sarah Schenirer’s Gezamelte Shriften, 1933/34.)
Assaf Shapira
The Representation of Women in Israeli Politics: A Comparative Perspective, Hebrew
Margalit Shilo
Zionist Women’s Struggle for Suffrage in Mandatory Palestine 1917-1926, Hebrew
Pauline Wengeroff, translated by Shulamit Magnus
Memoiren einer Grossmutter: Bilder aus der Kulturgeschichte der Juden Russlands im 19. Jahrhundert. Band II., Hebrew
Inbar Raveh, translated by Kaeren Fish
Feminist Readings of Rabbinical Literature, Hebrew
Anat Hacohen, translated by Ora Cummings
Hebrew Women Join (the) Forces, Hebrew
Nelly Las, translated by Ruth Morris
Voix juives dans le feminisme, French
Chochana Boukhobza, translated by Nina Lichtenstein
Pour l’amour du père, French
Various authors, translated by Judy Batalion
Freuen in di Ghettos, Yiddish and German
Reina Rutlinger-Reiner, translated by Jeff Green
The Audacity of Holiness, Hebrew
Shulamit Gilboa, translated by Chaya Galai
Four Men and One Woman, Hebrew
Esther Carmel Hakim, translated by Fern Sechback
Shalhevet Yerukah, Hebrew
Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Closes: Dec 7, 2015 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
(GMT-5 hours)
The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, invites applications for a visiting scholar during the 2016-17 academic year. Candidates may apply for a one-semester fellowship, either Spring or Fall term, or for a full academic year. The field of expertise within Jewish Studies is open. The deadline for applications and letters of reference is December 7, 2015.
The visiting scholar will receive a stipend of $30,000 per semester, an office at the Bildner Center on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus, as well as access to the University’s library system. The scholar may be asked to teach a course in Jewish Studies, depending on the needs of the Department of Jewish Studies. In addition, the scholar will be asked to participate in the Bildner Center’s educational programs, which may include giving a public lecture or a faculty seminar, conducting informal meetings with students, or a teachers’ workshop.
A Ph.D. is required at the time of application; academic rank and field of expertise within Jewish Studies are open.
Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a research statement, and short descriptions of public lectures and courses that the candidate can offer. Candidates should request two letters of reference to be addressed to Professor Yael Zerubavel, Director of Bildner Center. All materials must be received by December 7, 2015. Inquiries may be sent via email to csjl@rci.rutgers.edu.
Apply online through Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/32872
The Association for Israel Studies and the Israel Institute are awarding two Achievement Awards: Lifetime Achievement (Humanities) and Young Scholar (Social Science).
Please consider qualified candidates for these awards. Self-nominations are not allowed.
Sincerely,
The AIS
Each year, the Association for Israel Studies and the Israel Institute sponsor an academic prize to honor a lifetime of exceptional scholarship and academic achievement in the field of Israel Studies. The AIS-Israel Institute Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a senior scholar whose lasting and path-breaking contributions have significantly shaped the field. This year, the award will be given in the field of Humanities.
The $5000 prize will be awarded in person at the AIS annual conference at Yad Ben Zvi and Begin Center (June 20-22, 2016). A committee of prominent Israel Studies scholars will evaluate the nomination materials and determine the award winner.
Nomination letters that address the scholar’s outstanding contribution to Israel Studies in Humanities are due by February 15, 2016. Self-nominations are not allowed. The committee reserves the right to consider additional candidates.
All nominations should be sent to prizes@aisisraelstudies.org
Past Recipients of the Award
2015: Itzhak Galnoor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
2014: Professor Yosef Gorny (Tel Aviv University)
2013: Professor Myron Aronoff, Rutgers (The State University of New Jersey)
Each year, the Association for Israel Studies and the Israel Institute sponsor an academic prize to honor a promising emerging scholar in the field of Israel Studies. The AIS-Israel Institute Young Scholar Award recognizes an exceptional scholar under the age of 45 who has made significant contributions to the field of Israel Studies, and whose record of publications and scholarship has demonstrated the potential to shape the field in the future. This year, the award will be given in the field of Social Science.
The $5000 prize will be awarded in person at the AIS annual conference at Yad Ben Zvi and Begin Center (June 20-22, 2016). A committee of prominent Israel Studies scholars will evaluate the nomination materials and determine the award winner.
Nomination letters that address the scholar’s outstanding contribution to Israel Studies in Social Science are due by February 15, 2016. Self-nominations are not allowed. The committee reserves the right to consider additional candidates.
All nominations should be sent to prizes@aisisraelstudies.org
Past Recipients of the Award:
2015: Mohammed Wattad (Zefat Academic College)
2014: Omri Herzog (Sapir Academic College)
2013: Gur Alroey (University of Haifa)
Sternthal Books is proud to announce the nomination of Noa Ben Shalom’s ‘Hush: Israel Palestine 2000-2014’ for the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation’s First PhotoBook Prize
All shortlisted titles will be featured in the forthcoming issue of the PhotoBook Review and exhibited at Paris Photo, November 12-15, 2015. Additional exhibitions of the shortlist will appear in New York at Aperture Gallery in December, and in Tokyo at IMA Concept Store (exact dates to be confirmed) and at other venues thereafter. The shortlist jurors included Yannick Bouillis (Offprint Projects); Julien Frydman (LUMA Foundation); Lesley A. Martin (Aperture Foundation); Mutuko Ota (IMA magazine); and Christoph Weisner (Paris Photo). The final selection will be chosen by a jury in Paris, consisting of Frish Brandt (Fraenkel Gallery); Christophe Boutin (onestar press); Clement Chéroux (Centre Pompidou); Donatien Grau (author and editor); and Lorenzo Paini (EneaRighi Collection, Bologna). The final round of judging will take place during Paris Photo and the winners of each category will be announced at the fair on November 13, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.
Hush tells the story of a society living through a recurring loop of violent outbursts, in which, time and again, life is shattered into pieces and reconstructed. Through personal correspondence and Photographs spanning over a decade, Noa Ben-Shalom turns her camera away from the more obvious scenes of direct violence in order to focus on the subtle ways this conflict has permeated all aspects of life in Israel.
Click here for a video of the photographs in the book.
[from: http://www.ushmm.org/research/competitive-academic-programs/fellowship-competition]
Annual Fellowship Competition — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Accepting applications for the 2016–2017 fellowship competition: September 1, 2015–November 30, 2015.
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies awards fellowships on a competitive basis to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust. We welcome proposals from scholars in all academic disciplines, including but not limited to history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy, religion, sociology, anthropology, comparative genocide studies, and law.
The Mandel Center awards fellowships-in-residence to candidates working on their dissertations (ABD), postdoctoral researchers, and senior scholars. Awards are granted on a competitive basis. Because a principal focus of the program is to ensure the development of a new generation of Holocaust scholars, we especially encourage scholars early in their careers to apply. Applicants must be affiliated with an academic and/or research institution when applying for a fellowship. We will also consider immediate post-docs and faculty between appointments. Proposals from applicants conducting research outside the discipline of history or on Mandel Center strategic priorities are especially encouraged, including literature and the Holocaust; projects utilizing the ITS collection; Jewish and especially Sephardic experiences of persecution; the Holocaust as it occurred in the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust as it occurred in North Africa.
The specific fellowship and the length of the award are at the Mandel Center’s discretion. Individual awards generally range up to eight consecutive months of residency; a minimum of three consecutive months is required. No exceptions are allowed. Fellowships of five months or longer have proven most effective.
Stipends range up to $3,500 per month for the purpose of defraying local housing and other miscellaneous living expenses and are subject to US tax law. Residents of the Washington, DC, metropolitan area receive a reduced stipend of $1,750 per month. Awards include a stipend to offset the cost of direct travel to and from Washington, DC. Residents of the Washington, DC, metropolitan area do not receive a travel stipend. The funds provided through this award may be subject to US federal and/or state tax. Please be advised the Mandel Center cannot provide individual tax advice.
The Mandel Center is able to provide visa assistance to fellows and their dependents, if necessary. Fellows are responsible for securing their own housing accommodations and health insurance. We do not provide support allowances for accompanying family members.
Fellowship winners will have access to a work space, computer, telephone, facsimile machine, and photocopier. We encourage cost-sharing by home institutions or other relevant organizations to extend the residency of the applicant at the Mandel Center or to make possible additional research at other institutions in the Unites States and abroad.
Fellowships may start as early as August 1, 2016 and must be completed no later than December 31, 2017.
All applications must be submitted in English via an online application process. All applications must consist of the following:
Successful project proposals should highlight the resources available at the Museum that scholars will need to access in order to support their research. An addendum listing these resources may be attached in addition to the five-page project proposal. Important resources may also be referenced in the body of the project proposal. To search the Museum’s holdings, visit http://collections.ushmm.org/search/.
Decisions will be announced in late April 2016.
Please direct inquiries to:
Jo-Ellyn Decker, Program Manager
Visiting Scholar Programs
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
Tel: 202.314.7829
Fax: 202.479.9726
vscholars@ushmm.org
The specific fellowship and length of award are at the Mandel Center’s discretion.
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies 2016-2017 fellowships are made possible by generous donors:
This list may not include all potential named fellowships and is subject to modification.
Applicants to the Mandel Center’s annual fellowship competition may also be interested in the Conference on Material Claims Against Germany’s Saul Kagan Fellowships. Kagan Fellows present their work to Mandel Center staff and fellows at the Museum on a biennial basis.
Please note these are separate fellowship programs. You may not hold a Mandel Center fellowship concurrently with other funded fellowships.
Learn more about the Claims Conference’s fellowship program.
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/judaic/institute/applications
Fellowship applications are accepted from both tenured and untenured faculty as well as from recent Ph.D.’s without a tenure-track position and professors emeriti. Where appropriate, applications are accepted from independent artists, documentary film-makers, and writers.
Depending on rank, experience, and length of stay at the Institute, Fellows receive compensation ranging between $45–66,000. The Frankel Institute is also able to reimburse up to $1,000 ($1,500 for those coming from abroad) for business-like expenses that are incurred in association with your initial trip to Ann Arbor and eventual departure. These expenses do not include any type of moving expenses, such as the costs associated with shipping personal items or employing a moving vendor, and they do not cover travel expenses for family or significant others. Additionally, University of Michigan health benefits are available for fellows who carry a 50% or greater appointment for four consecutive months.
Applications are impartially reviewed by the Institute’s Steering Committee and at least two external evaluators drawn from the Institute’s Academic Advisory Board.
The 2016–17 Frankel Institute Theme is Israeli Histories, Societies and Cultures: Comparative Approaches
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The Following must be emailed to the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at judaicstudies@umich.edu by Friday, October 9, 2015:
For University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, & the Arts Faculty Eligibility
All LSA faculty eligible to apply must be tenure–track, full–time faculty members engaged in major scholarly and/or creative projects in the humanities and/or interpretive sciences. They must have completed four consecutive terms of full–time teaching since their last leave of any kind. As this is a scholarly activity leave, terms on this award do not count toward sabbatical. Further, LSA faculty may apply to only one of the following in a given year: (1) Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, (2) Institute for the Humanities, or (3) Michigan Humanities awards.
University of Michigan Emeritus faculty members are not eligible for the fellowship.
* Note: Past Frankel Institute Fellows, not from the University of Michigan, must have a 4 year break before they are eligible to apply.
TEL AVIV NONSTOP CITY
Scholarships for Research
The Tel Aviv Global & Tourism Administration is offering scholarships to support research students (Masters and Doctoral) who bring forward innovative research on the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and, in particular, on Tel Aviv’s stance as a Global City.
Following two successful rounds of scholarships in 2013-4 three Scholarships are offered in partnership with:
• The Foundation for Support and Development of the Construction Field in Israel
• Eldar Group
• The Canada-Israel Group
The Tel Aviv Global Scholarships Award: 7,500 NIS each (approximately €1,700 each)
Click here to download a PDF file of the brochure.
The Concordia University Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies is glad to announce that several fellowships and awards are available for the year 2015-2016. Please kindly note that the submission deadline is April 30, 2015.
In addition, we are are pleased to announce that the Institute is offering financial support in the form of grants and scholarships in the following categories this year: graduate and post-doctoral fellowships as well as visiting researchers opportunities. Deadline for these is May 5th.
Click here for further information on graduate fellowships and awards (deadline: April 30, 2015).
Click here for the graduate fellowship brochure (deadline: May 5, 2015)
Click here for various funding opportunities, including graduate fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships and visiting scholars (deadline: May 5, 2015)
Call for Applications
2015 Leffell Seminar on The Impact of Israel on American Jewry
How has Israel shaped the culture, religious expression, political and organizational life, and self-understanding of American Jews between 1948 and the present? This subject will be explored at a two-day seminar sponsored by The Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation from May 4-6, 2015 and to be held in Westchester, New York. Facilitated by senior academic faculty and leading opinion-makers, the seminar invites applicants from a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds in the humanities and social sciences. All transportation and lodging expenses will be provided by the Foundation.
Advanced graduate students, early career academics, and thought leaders are invited to submit an application by February 23, 2015, with notification of acceptance to the seminar by March 1, 2015. Applicants should submit a two page resume that includes personal contact information, education, degrees earned, publications, and names with contact information of two persons who can directly reflect on the candidate’s past performance and future promise. Each applicant must submit an 800 word essay explaining how their scholarly or professional interests intersect with the seminar’s theme. Applications should be sent electronically to Ms. Stacey Popovsky, Executive Director, Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation at spopovsky@leffellfoundation.org. You may also contact Ms. Popovsky with questions at (646) 532-2445. Candidates accepted for participation in the seminar will be asked to write an original 12-15 page pager on a topic related to the seminar’s theme due no later than midnight April 15, 2015. Seminar presenters will be eligible to apply for subsequent research support to expand the scope of their seminar presentations for possible publication.
Lisa and Michael Leffell
Ken Stein, Emory University, Consultant to the Foundation
Jack Wertheimer, Jewish Theological Seminary, Consultant to the Foundation
Click here for PDF file of the Call for Applications.
Dates: August 2-13 or 16-27, 2015
Location: Jerusalem
Instructors: Ran Baratz, Ruth Wisse, Meir Soloveichik, Asael Abelman, Michael Doran, Vance Serchuk, and Samuel Gregg
The Tikvah Fund is offering three different two-week seminars for Israeli advanced BA and MA students.
The seminar on Zionism will take place from August 2 until August 13. Asael Abelman will lead it, alongside Ran Baratz, Ruth Wisse, and Meir Soloveichik. Throughout, we will examine Zionist thought and history, especially as it relates to Judaism. Is Zionism the fulfillment of or an alternative to traditional Jewish life?
The seminar on Economics and Freedom will take place from August 16 until August 27. Ran Baratz and Samuel Gregg will discuss modern liberal economic principles as shaped by major thinkers like Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek, the world economy and the Israeli economy, and the reforms that would benefit Israel.
The seminar on War and Strategy will also take place from August 16 until August 27 and it will be led by Michael Doran and Vance Serchuk. The first week will be devoted to the causes of war and peace, and some of the strategies that states have pursued to contend with the former and promote the latter. The second week will interpret American policy in the Middle East.
Applications are open until April 14, 2015.
The Program in Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate for the 2015-2016 academic year. Proposed research projects should have the potential to make a significant contribution to the field of Israeli Culture. Recipients must be in residence full-time at the Universitys Urbana campus for the duration of the service period (August 2015-May 2016) and may not hold other fellowships or awards during the service period. Associates will teach one course each semester. Please include information about teaching experience and list 2-3 courses focusing on Israeli culture you would be interested in teaching. You may include syllabi with your application.Responsibilities include a public lecture and participation in the faculty workshop as part of the Israel Studies Project at the university. Initial interviews may be conducted at the American Comparative Literature Association annual conference in Seattle, March 26-29, only for those attending. The majority of interviews will be conducted via Skype.
Stipend and Benefits
Nine-month salary of $42,000 paid over a 12-month period, including health, dental and life insurance benefits, as well as participation in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). Eligibility for the listed benefits is contingent on your citizenship or work authorization. For full details on eligibility requirements, please reference http://www.ahr.illinois.edu/employees/current/other.html#Benefits.
Minimum Qualifications
PhD (degree conferral obtained between 8/16/12 – 3/1/15). The primary focus of the successful candidates research must be Israeli Culture, Hebrew Literature, Israeli Cinema, Israeli Art or other relevant field. Expected to teach courses in Hebrew literature and Israeli Culture.
To Apply
To apply for the postdoctoral position, we will need the following:
Please send all documents to jewishculture@illinois.edu.
To be considered, applications must be submitted by March 1, 2015.
Additional materials may be requested at a later date.
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