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.
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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.
[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.
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)
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.
Summer Institute for Israel Studies
Three-week fellowship preparing faculty in any discipline to teach about Israel.
The 2015 program opens with an intensive seminar at Brandeis from Monday, June 15 – Monday, June 29, followed by a study tour of Israel from Tuesday, June 30 – Thursday, July 9, 2015. Stipend of up to $2500, travel, accommodations and meals are included.
Doctoral Fellowships in Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Supporting doctoral students whose research focuses on Israel. Candidates must be accepted in Brandeis University graduate school programs of Near Eastern & Judaic Studies, History, Politics, Literature, Sociology or Middle East Studies. Full and partial fellowships of up to $24,000 are renewable, after review, for up to five years.
Post-doctoral Fellowship in Israel Studies
Supporting post-doctoral research in Israel Studies. Fellows teach one course per semester, give one or more public lectures and actively participate in the intellectual life of the Schusterman Center. Stipend of $52,500 plus research fund.
The Taub Center for Israel Studies at New York University seeks to appoint two Postdoctoral Fellows in Israel Studies for a one-year term beginning in September, 2014. Candidates may work on any aspect of Israel Studies, including topics related to history, politics, sociology and culture of Israel. Fellows are expected to teach one undergraduate course during their time at NYU. PhD must be in hand by September 1, 2014 with no exceptions, and may not have been received before September 2010. A Fellowship of $42,000 will be awarded to the successful candidate, with additional research funds allocated at the discretion of the Taub Center. Fellows hold appointments in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and work closely with colleagues in their disciplinary specialization if appropriate.
Fluency in both Hebrew and English is required.
Application Requirements Include:
1. CV
2. Research Project Proposal
3. Three Letters of Recommendation
4. Two Course Proposals / Descriptions
5. Abstract of Dissertation in English
6. Copy of Dissertation in Hebrew or English – electronic file preferred
Please email materials to fas.taubcenter@nyu.edu. Printed materials may also be sent to:
Postdoctoral Fellow Search Committee
Taub Center for Israel Studies
New York University
14A Washington Mews, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
The deadline for Applications is January 15, 2014.
You can see the H-net ad at: http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=48162
Teach one course per semester in Israel Studies, related to programs in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Israeli arts and culture, politics, sociology, economics, or other relevant disciplines. Participate actively in the intellectual life of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, present at least one public lecture. Annual stipend of $52,500 plus a $3,000 research & travel fund. Benefits-eligible. Applications due January 15, 2014.
Learn more at http://www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/support/postdoctoral.html
For further info, call 781-736-2154 or email aselve@brandeis.edu.
The Department of History at Williams College seeks to appoint a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the history of the Middle East, beginning in the fall of 2013. Period and specialization are open, but scholars trained in the premodern Middle East and the Ottoman Empire are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will teach one course per semester and be expected to offer survey courses on the Middle East as well as specialized courses based on their interests. Ph.D. in hand or expected by September 2013; new Ph.D.s are especially encouraged to apply.
The Fellow will be included in the activities of the History Department as a regular junior faculty member. They will work closely with a faculty mentor; participate in Williams’ Project for Effective Teaching; and receive feedback on pedagogical skills and teaching effectiveness through our standard evaluation procedures.
The fellowship includes a salary of $42,500 plus benefits and funds to support research and travel. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States, or expect to pursue a teaching career in the United States. The position is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Please send a letter of application, c.v., summary of current research, short description of suggested courses, and three letters of reference by April 12, 2013, to Professor Eiko Maruko Siniawer, Chair, Department of History, Williams College, 85 Mission Park Drive, Williamstown, MA 01267. All offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background check. Further information is available here: http://dean-faculty.williams.edu/prospective-faculty/background-check-policy/.
Williams College is a coeducational liberal arts institution located in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts that has built its reputation on outstanding teaching and scholarship and on the academic excellence of its approximately 2,000 students. Beyond meeting fully its legal obligations for non-discrimination, Williams College is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community where members from all backgrounds can live, learn, and thrive.
After 9/11, numerous colleges and universities added terrorism and homeland security courses to their curricula. Many professors and graduate students who taught these courses complained of having insufficient access to the top practitioners or the latest research in the field. In response, FDD created the Academic Fellowship program for university professors entitled “Defending Democracy, Defeating Terrorism.”
The program features an intensive, 10-day course on terrorism and the threat it poses to democratic societies. Using Israel as a case study, professors are given access to top researchers and officials who provide cutting-edge information about the terrorist threats to democracies worldwide. The goal of the program is to offer information to teaching professionals about the latest trends in terrorists’ ideologies, motives, and operations, and how democracies can fight them.
The course of study occurs both in the classroom at Tel Aviv University and in the field with lectures by academics, diplomats, military and intelligence officials, and politicians from Israel, Jordan, India and the United States. It also features visits to military bases, border zones and other security installations to learn the practical side of deterring terrorist attacks.
This year’s program runs June 15 – 26, 2013 (travel inclusive). All expenses are paid by FDD.
Deadline for applications is April 5, 2013.
Eligible professors must:
Accepted professors must be willing to:
Interested individuals may send inquiries to dana@defenddemocracy.org.
– See more at: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/project/campus-programs/#sthash.vhaY7mPS.dpuf
Summer Institute for Israel Studies 2013 – Now Accepting Applications for its Tenth Year June 17 – July 11, 2013, at Brandeis University and in Israel
A program of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, the Summer Institute assists faculty in colleges and universities in the design of new courses in Israel Studies, or the enhancement of existing ones. Over 180 faculty members from 160 universities around the world have participated in SIIS since its inception in 2004. Faculty from the social sciences and humanities are invited to apply. This is the 10th anniversary of the Summer Institute for Israel Studies (SIIS). *Applications due January 21, 2013. *
Fellowships include:
· Seminars taught by world-class faculty from Israel and the United
States
· Stipend of up to $2,500 for full course; $1,500 for Brandeis
seminar only
· Travel, meals, and accommodations at Brandeis and in Israel
· Access to vast Israel Studies online resource center and Brandeis
University’s online library resources
· Annual workshops and year-round webinars
· Membership in an ever-growing international community of Israel
scholars with opportunities for networking and professional collaboration
*Learn more and apply online*:
www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/SIIS/index.html
Questions? Contact Keren Goodblatt at kereng1@brandeis.edu
2013 – Now Accepting Applications for its Tenth Year June 17 – July 11, 2013, at Brandeis University and in Israel
A program of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, the Summer Institute assists faculty in colleges and universities in the design of new courses in Israel Studies, or the enhancement of existing ones. Over 180 faculty members from 160 universities around the world have participated in SIIS since its inception in 2004. Faculty from the social sciences and humanities are invited to apply. This is the 10th anniversary of the Summer Institute for Israel Studies (SIIS). *Applications due January 21, 2013. *
Fellowships include:
· Seminars taught by world-class faculty from Israel and the United
States
· Stipend of up to $2,500 for full course; $1,500 for Brandeis
seminar only
· Travel, meals, and accommodations at Brandeis and in Israel
· Access to vast Israel Studies online resource center and Brandeis
University’s online library resources
· Annual workshops and year-round webinars
· Membership in an ever-growing international community of Israel
scholars with opportunities for networking and professional collaboration
*Learn more and apply online*:
www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/SIIS/index.html
Questions? Contact Keren Goodblatt [email in link]
The nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) is now accepting applications from Israeli faculty interested in being considered as Visiting Israel Professors in the United States for the 2013-14 academic year. Positions are for the full academic year. A limited number of shorter-term positions may be available depending on funding.
The aim of the program is to present American students with a broad understanding of Israel’s history, society, politics, culture and relations with its neighbors and the broader international community. Applicants should hold a Ph.D., have a distinguished publishing record and be prepared to spend a full academic year in residence at the U.S. institution. AICE Visiting Israel Professors should also be fluent in English and engaging teachers as they will be expected to teach four courses, at least two on topics relating to modern Israel.
The definition of Israel studies varies among the campuses and positions, but should be considered flexible. The greatest demand is usually in the fields of history and political science; however, scholars in other fields of social science, humanities (literature, film, art, dance, music, etc.), as well as law and education will also be considered
Visitors will be asked to participate in an orientation conference, usually held during the summer in Israel. They should also be prepared to spend time and work with students and faculty outside of their classes and to engage in public education about Israel through the media and by speaking on campus and in the community.
Since the program began in 2006, AICE has brought more than 100 visiting scholars to more than 50 campuses across the country. AICE is currently supporting scholars at 22 universities including Berkeley, the U.S. Naval Academy, Tulane, George Washington and Virginia. Some of these institutions may receive grants for 2013-14, but other universities will be added to this list.
AICE recommends scholars to the universities, but the institutions ultimately make hiring decisions and negotiate directly with the scholar terms of employment. AICE does not pay any funds directly to scholars, with the exception of reimbursing expenses associated with participation in the AICE orientation meeting.
AICE will not fund a professor for more than three years. The purpose of the program is to facilitate an exchange of knowledge, to build international cooperation and to promote the field of Israel studies. To ensure that the exchange objectives of the program are respected, and the impact on the brain drain from Israel is minimized, professors are expected to return to Israel upon completion of their visit.
Interviews will be conducted in Israel in October 2012.
Thanks to the generous support of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, AICE will select at least 20 major American universities to receive grants to appoint Schusterman Visiting Israel Professors. We anticipate funding from other foundations to support several additional visiting professors. Each university will receive $60,000 toward the salary, benefits and travel expenses of the Visiting Israel Professor. Universities will be required to contribute a minimum of $15,000.
To be considered as an AICE Visiting Professor, please send a CV and cover letter that includes courses you would like to teach and a sample syllabus (that may be published on our web site).
The Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, invites applications for the 2012-13 academic year. Appointments will be one or two semester positions. Full health benefits are included.
Eligibility
Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. by August, 2012. We are less interested in the Israel-Palestinian conflict and more in other aspects of Israel Studies.
Responsibilities
Fellows will be expected to be at College Parl full-time, teach two courses each semester, and participate in the Institute’s activities. Some teaching may be at the post-graduate level.
Applications
Applicants should submit a detailed letter of interest, C.V. (including publications – with links if possible – and teaching experience), the names and emails of 3 references, and at least 3 descriptions (2-3 sentences each) of courses they would be qualified to teach. A sample syllabus is welcome but not required.
Applications are due by February 15, 2012. All materials should be emailed to Jennifer Kilberg at jkilberg@umd.edu. For more information about Israel Studies at UMD visit www.israelstudies.umd.edu.
Northwestern University/TAU Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fellowship Program Guidelines 2012-2014
A. General
B. Duration
C. Academic Areas
The field of Israel Studies includes, but is not limited, to the following areas:
D. Eligibility and Requirements
E. Responsibilities
1. Teaching one course per academic quarter (No teaching is required during the first quarter in residence).
2. Pursuit of independent scholarship (Fellows are free to follow their own research interests).
3. Presentation of research paper in departmental colloquia.
4. Participation in Israel-related academic activities at Northwestern and the Chicago area.
F. Submission of Application
Please send a letter of application and attach the following documents (in English):
G. Timetable
Applications should be received by Feb. 1, 2012.
Mail to:
The Moshe Dayan Center
The Northwestern University/Tel Aviv University
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program,
Gilman Building,
Tel Aviv University,
Ramat Aviv,
Tel Aviv, 69978
Further contact information:
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The Open University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships commencing in October 2011 for the period of one year, under the supervision of senior faculty researchers. The fellowships can be extended if they are financed by the doctoral advisors. Each fellowship is for 70,200 NIS a year, including National Insurance and travel. New students who will have a PhD by October 2011 or who can show proof of submission of their doctoral thesis by then and those who are no more than 5 years since receiving their PhD are eligible to apply. Application is by e-mail to academicsec@openu.ac.il and the deadline is April 30, 2011. Please see the attached file for more details. The application form is also attached. Best wishes for success, Batsheva |
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