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Ed. Viola Skiba, Christoph Cluse, Andreas Lehnertz Schnell & Steiner, 09/2026 1,000 years ago, a Jewish cultural sphere developed in Central Europe, which was later identified with the Hebrew word ‘Ashkenaz’. From the 10th century onwards, Jewish communities began to emerge in the Rhine region and along the Moselle. Un
The David Blumenthal Prize in Medieval Jewish Studies selection committee is soliciting book-length manuscripts in Jewish Studies that utilize historical, literary, and philological methods for the study of Jewish life in the Islamic world as well as medieval Jewish Studies generally. To be considered for the prize, su
Marc Herman will present “The Lives and Afterlives of Maimonides’s ‘Book of Commandments'” at the Jewish Studies Colloquium on Tuesday, October 13, at 12:45 pm. The event will be held in Lown 302 and live on Zoom. It is free and open to the public. The paper will be available on the Tauber website two weeks in advance.
According to the call, the remore course “explores a pivotal turning point in Iberian Jewish history, beginning with the violent attacks of 1391 that devastated Jewish communities and forced mass conversions to Christianity. These converts, known as Conversos or anusim—lived between identities, often maintaining Jewish
According to their call, “[t]he Department of History at The College of Idaho invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track appointment to the Berger-Neilsen Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies to begin in fall 2027. This position is the first endowed chair in Judaic Studies in the state of Idaho, and one of the few s
You can now read the new volume of Jewish History 40.1–2 (2026) with much medieval content.
Acording to their call, “[t]he Center for Jewish Studies in the School of Humanities and Arts at Rice University is seeking to hire the Kraft Family Professor of Jewish Studies, a full-time senior level scholar in modern Jewish Studies who will also serve as the next Center Director for a renewable term of 3–5 years. A
The Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2027. We seek a scholar to teach medieval Europe, excluding Spain, with additional expertise in premodern global interconnections, especially the contacts between cultures and soci
According to their call, “[t]he Archives of the Jewish People invites applications for a €3,500 research fellowship, including a two-week research residency at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem and access to one of the world’s leading collections of archival materials on Jewish history. The fellowship will pr
According to their call, “the annual conference of the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies (BIAJS 2027) seeks to showcase the pluralism and dynamism of Jewish Studies, exploring the subject’s diversities and encouraging intra-disciplinary collaboration, exchange, dissent, and cross-fertilisation of ideas a
According to their call, “The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is hiring a Publications Coordinator to serve primarily as the manager of the Jewish Quarterly Review, and also of the new Katz Center edited volume series: Conversations and Advances in Judaic Studies, both publishe
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