a. BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Folker Siegert (ed.), Kirche und Synagoge. Ein lutherisches Votum(Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012)

This is an attempt of determining the Church's relation to Judaism on a Lutheran theological basis. In order to understand each other there is no need to belong to the same Covenant; rather, a peaceful parallelism between the Sinai Covenant and the New Covenant is being explored. »Being siblings« (Geschwisterlichkeit) includes what Jonathan Sacks called the »dignity of difference«. In relation to reformed churches and their claim to be Israel, this book advocates an ecumenical tolerance of »reconciled diversity«

b. BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Doron Rabinovici, Eichmann's Jews: The Jewish Administration of Holocaust Vienna, 1938-1945 (Polity Press, 2011)

The question of Jewish collaboration with the Nazi regime is one of the most difficult and sensitive issues surrounding the Holocaust. How could people be forced to cooperate in their own destruction?

This book is a major new study of the role of the Jews, and more specifically the "Judenrat" or Jewish Council, in Holocaust Vienna. By studying the situation in Vienna, it is possible to gain a unique insight into the way that the Nazi regime incorporated the Jewish community into its machinery of destruction.

c. BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Joseph R. Hacker and Adam Shear (editors), The Hebrew Book in Early Modern Italy (University of Pennsylvania Press)

This book represents a step toward a fuller understanding of Jewish book history. Individual essays focus on a range of issues related to the production and dissemination of Hebrew books as well as their audiences. Topics include the activities of scribes and printers, the creation of new types of literature and the transformation of canonical works in the era of print, the external and internal censorship of Hebrew books, and the reading interests of Jews. An introduction summarizes the state of scholarship in the field and offers an overview of the transition from manuscript to print in this period.

d. Book Announcement: A. Marchadour and D. Neuhaus, The Land, the Bible, and History (Fordham University Press, May 2010)

This unique book offers a Catholic view in the ongoing debate about the Holy Land among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The authors clearly analyze the Promised Land—as concept, history, and contested terrain, exploring early and medieval attitudes, especially with regard to the Holy Places and the Jewish people. Moving carefully to the present day, they focus on anti-Semitism, the tragedy of the Shoah, Western colonialism in the Middle East, the creation of the State of Israel, and the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem as they examine Catholic reactions to the tumultuous events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

1. Rothschild Foundation Europe: Academic Jewish Studies Grant Programme

Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe
Academic Jewish Studies Grant Programme


The Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe Academic Jewish Studies Grant Programme is now open and applications for the 2012-2013 academic year can be accessed via the Foundation's website, http://www.rothschildfoundation.eu. The closing date for all applications is Monday, 6 February 2012.

In order to support and promote the social scientific study of contemporary European Jewry, the Foundation has introduced a new grant category. For further details, please see Teaching Posts in the Study of Contemporary Jewish Life here: www.rothschildfoundation.eu/grants/academic-jewish-studies/teaching-posts-in-the-study-of-contemporary-european-jewish-life

A number of new initiatives within the Archives and Libraries programme will also be offered by the Foundation during this grant round.
The new Yerusha programme that will provide grants for Jewish Archival Survey Projects in Europe.
Application forms for this category, as well as further information can be found here: http://www.rothschildfoundation.eu/grants/academic-jewish-studies/yerusha-grants-for-jewish-archival-survey-projects-in-europe.

The provision of these grants is just the first step towards what will grow to be an international network of archival surveys, gaining greater visibility and interconnectivity for Jewish documentary heritage in Europe. Academic institutions may apply to the Yerusha programme, and applications from other suitably qualified organisations will also be welcomed. If you know of any archives that may be interested in becoming part of the initial Yerusha survey, please point them towards http://www.rothschildfoundation.eu/euroarchives.

The Foundation will again offer a Doctoral Fellowship in Archival Studies, which supports doctoral research on the palaeography, codicology, diplomatic and description of Jewish archives and manuscripts. Further details on this Fellowship can be found here http://www.rothschildfoundation.eu/grants/academic-jewish-studies/doctoral-fellowships-in-archival-research.

Finally, the Foundation will be offering travel bursaries for study visits between archivists within our Professional Development Scheme; for more information, please see http://www.rothschildfoundation.eu/pdea.
As with the Academic Jewish Studies Grant Programme, applications to these Archives and Libraries Grants will be due by 6 February, 2012.


Please note: All applications and supporting documents must be submitted through our website. Do not send them via email, post or fax. It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that their referees submit their reference forms on time. The closing date for submitting references is Thursday 16 February 2012.

2. Funding for Doctoral Research in Jewish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester

Funding for Doctoral Research
Jewish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Manchester


The University of Manchester is offering a range of awards to which candidates working on topics in Jewish Studies are eligible to apply. The main award, which comprises a fee-bursary and a maintenance grant, is the University-funded President's Doctoral Scholar Awards.

These awards are open to all new PhD students (home, EU or overseas) and all disciplines. The Centre for Jewish Studies is encouraging applications to the Department of Middle Eastern Studies in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (LLC) or to the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures (AHC), in regard to this funding scheme from candidates working on Jewish Studies topics, including post-biblical and classical rabbinic literature, medieval Jewish-Muslim Relations, modern Jewish-Christian Relations, modern Jewish philosophy, Holocaust Studies, Israel Studies and the history and culture of modern Middle Eastern Jewry. The award covers tuition fees (home/EU or international, as appropriate) and the equivalent of the research council stipend (£13,590 in 2011-12). The following application deadlines should be observed in relation to this award:

An application for a place on a doctoral programme should be submitted to the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures or to the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures by Wednesday 15 February 2012 at the latest; a completed funding application form should be submitted by Friday 1 March 2012 at the latest.


For guidelines about how to apply to the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, please visit
http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/.

For the departments or subject areas included in this school, please see
http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/.

For guidelines about how to apply to the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, please visit
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduatestudy/funding/fundingfordoctoralstudents/.

For the departments or subject areas included in this school, please see
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduatestudy/researchbysubject/.


For informal inquiries about the academic side of the application process, please contact Professor Alex Samely (LLC) at Alex.Samely@manchester.ac.uk or Professor Daniel Langton (AHC) at Daniel.Langton@manchester.ac.uk.

For questions about the administrative side of the application process, please contact Ms Rachel Corbishley (LLC) at Rachel.Corbishley@manchester.ac.uk or Mrs Joanne Marsh (AHC) at Joanne.Marsh@manchester.ac.uk.

3. One Year Fellowships in Jewish Studies 2012-2013


The Paideia One Year Jewish Studies Program offers a unique international Jewish studies experience during eight months in Stockholm, Sweden with the possibility of completing a Master in Jewish Civilizations at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien in Heidelberg, Germany.

Features
• Academic studies of Jewish text and culture in English
• World-renowned faculty from Israeli and European universities
• Interactive text studies using the Hevruta method of studying in pairs
• Applied project work
• Networking in an open, international and pluralistic European environment
• Hebrew Ulpan 6 hours per week
• Optional second year of studies at the HfJS in Heidelberg
• Follow-up programs and conferences

Scholarships
Fellows receive scholarships including student tuition, student accommodation and a monthly stipend towards living costs.

Deadlines
Early Application: Deadline January 15 (decision by March 1)
Application I: Deadline March 1 (decision by April 15)
Application II: Deadline April 15 (decision by June 1)
The earlier one applies, the better chances are to get a scholarship.


Candidates should have the following qualities:
• Commitment to the renewal of European Jewish culture
• Intellectual curiosity and documented academic experience
• Interpersonal and leadership skills
Prior study experience in Jewish texts or Hebrew is not required More information here http://eurojewishstudies.org/redirect.php?url=http://www.paideia-eu.org

4. Tel Aviv University
Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations

Research Fellowship for Scholars in the History and Culture of Polish Jews
2012-2013


Tel Aviv University's Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations is pleased to announce one research fellowship (15,000 NIS) for a scholar permanently based at a university or similar institution of higher education in Poland who is working on various aspects of the history and culture of Polish Jews.

This award will enable a scholar from Poland to spend one semester (three months) as a visiting researcher at Tel Aviv University. Fellows will be affiliated with the University's Institute for the Study of Polish Jewry and will enjoy full access to University libraries and archives as well as other academic services.

Fellows are expected to be in residence during any period they should choose between October 2012 and September 2013.

Please note that plane tickets and accommodations are the responsibility of the fellows.

Applications should be sent to the Institute by email (polin@post.tau.ac.il) and include the following materials:

1. An updated CV (including a list of publications)
2. A brief research proposal
3. A letter of recommendation from the department or program chair

Deadline for submission: March 1, 2012

Applicants will be informed of the Institute's decision by April 30, 2012

For further information please contact Mr. Dror Segev: polin@post.tau.ac.il

5. Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology
Tel Aviv University


Announcement of two Post-Doc Positions 2012-13
Two Post-Doc Positions at the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, in fields of Archaeology, Ancient Israel Studies, and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures

The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, will appoint two post-doctoral scholars for 2012-2013 in the fields of Archaeology, Ancient Israel Studies, or Ancient Near Eastern Cultures.
The highly competitive fellowships are offered to researchers across many disciplines, and will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence.

Applicants should have received their Ph.D. in a relevant field within the last five years from an institution other than Tel Aviv University. While appropriate training in archaeology, biblical studies, ancient Near Eastern cultures and/or biblical history is required, the nature of an applicant's specific research interests and areas of expertise is open.

Successful candidates are expected to make substantive contributions to the ongoing development of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology by organizing a colloquium on a subject to be decided at the beginning of the academic year that will stimulate an intellectual environment in which research and new interdisciplinary connections are pursued and developed.

In addition to engaging in their own research, the successful candidates will be expected to teach one four-hour graduate level seminar during one of the two semesters (interdisciplinary offerings are desirable).


The fellowship period will begin October 1, 2012, and is for a period of one year. The appointment carries an NIS 80,000 (= approximately $21,000) stipend for each candidate.
Applicants are requested to submit a cover letter, a CV, a detailed statement of current research interests (up to 2000 words), and two letters of reference (to be submitted directly by the recommenders). In addition, post-doctoral fellows must state if they are applying for other sources of funding for the fellowship period.

The scientific committee includes Prof. Oded Lipschits, Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Oren Tal.
Application materials should be sent to: Professor Oded Lipschits (lipschit@post.tau.ac.il). Subject heading should read: Post-Doctoral Application.
Last date for acceptance of material: April 1, 2012.
Results will be published on April 15, 2012. http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/Two%20Post-docs%20at%20the%20institute-edited.pdf.

6. Within the ERC Advanced Grant 2011 "FOUNDMED. Foundations in medieval societies. Cross-cultural comparisons" there are three open positions for postdoctoral research fellows to be filled at the Department of History of Humboldt-University of Berlin (grade 13 of German state employee salary scheme - TV-L HU 13), external research funding, fixed-term positions for five years:


reference number DR/007/12
Job description: research services within the framework of the ERC Advanced Grant 2011 "FOUNDMED. Foundations in medieval societies. Cross-cultural comparisons" for the field of Jewish Studies/Medieval Jewish History; collaboration in an intercultural comparative study of foundations in the premodern era; tasks to upgrade one's academic qualifications

Requirements: (preferably above-average) graduate and doctoral degree in the field of Jewish Studies/Medieval Jewish History; willingness to work in Berlin; good command of Hebrew and English, at least passive command of German; willingness to collaborate with scholars from four other academic disciplines in preparing an "Encyclopedia of Premodern Foundations" based on intercultural comparative research; knowledge of the history of foundations is an advantage but not a requirement

Please send your application within six weeks giving the reference number of the position you wish to apply for. Address it to Prof. Dr. Michael Borgolte at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät I, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, GERMANY.

In order to ensure equal opportunities, applications by qualified women are especially welcome. Applicants with handicaps but equal skills and qualifications will be given priority. Persons with migration background are encouraged to apply. We ask you to send photocopies only since we will not return your applications.

Homepage http://www.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/site/lang__de/3498/Default.aspx

7. Graduate Research Fellowship, The Center for Jewish History (CJH)


Graduate Research Fellowship

The Center for Jewish History (CJH) offers fellowships to PhD candidates supporting original research using the collections at the Center. Preference is given to those candidates who draw on the library and archival resources of more than one partner. Full fellowships carry a stipend of up to $15,000 for a period of one academic year. It is expected that applicants will have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation. It is required that each fellow conduct research for the duration of the award at a minimum of 2 days/week in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room using the archival and library resources. The fellow must also participate in a Center for Jewish History Seminar and deliver a minimum of one lecture based on research at the Center and the collections used.

The application deadline for the 2012-2013 academic year is February 1, 2012.


The Center for Jewish History, composed of its five partners (American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research), offers fellowships that are intended for Ph.D. candidates. The awards support original research at the Center for Jewish History in the field of Jewish Studies. Preference will be given to those candidates who draw on the library and archival resources of more than one partner. Fellows will have access to all collections housed at the Center for Jewish History.
Full fellowships carry a stipend of up to $15,000 for a period of one academic year. It is expected that applicants will have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation (a.b.d.).
It is required that each fellow chosen for the award:

1. Conduct research for the duration of the award at a minimum of 2 days/week in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room using the archival and library resources. Please note that the Center reserves the right to withhold stipends from fellows who do not fulfill the attendance commitment.

2. The fellow must attend all Center fellow seminars and deliver a minimum of one lecture based on research at the Center and the collections used.

3. Submit a report upon completion of the Fellowship describing her/his experience as a Center Fellow Eligibility

1. Open to qualified doctoral candidates in accredited institutions

2. For non-USA citizens, it is the responsibility of the applicant to have the appropriate visa for acceptance of the stipend (award) and for the required duration of the award. The Center for Jewish History is not a visa-granting institution.
For further information, application guidelines, and requirements please consult the fellowship website: http://www.cjh.org/p/36 or email fellowships@cjh.org

8. The Myer and Rosaline Feinstein Center for American Jewish History announces its annual Kevy Kaiserman summer fellowship to support research in the American Jewish experience. The grant of $3,000 is available to graduate students and recently graduated Ph.D. students.

There is no requirement that applicants use Temple archives for this fellowship. Fellows may be asked to participate in Feinstein Center workshops or public lectures for the 2012-2013 year.

A complete application must include:
• Cover letter
• Proposal with title (no more than 5 pages)
• Letter of recommendation on letterhead (can be scanned into a PDF)
• CV

Materials are due by March 23, 2012. We prefer that all application materials be emailed to feinsteincenter@temple.edu. You may also mail the materials to: Dr. Lila Corwin Berman, Director, Feinstein Center of American Jewish History Temple University, # 916 Gladfelter Hall (025-24), 1115 West Berks Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6089. Announcement of awards will be made in May.

9. Important update - Fellowship deadline extended

DEADLINE EXTENDED
Still accepting applications for the 2012 Summer Institute for Israel Studies Fellowship.
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY.

Program takes place June 12 - 25, 2012 at Brandeis University and June
27 - July 5, 2012 in Israel.


Design a course on Israel this summer at Brandeis. The Summer Institute for Israel Studies assists faculty in designing new courses in Israel Studies, or incorporating a segment on Israel into existing courses. Candidates from the social sciences and humanities are invited to apply.

Fellowships include:
- Stipend of up to $2500 for full course; $1500 for Brandeis seminar only
- Travel, meals, and accommodations at Brandeis and in Israel
- Seminars taught by world-class faculty from Israel and the United States
- Access to vast Israel Studies online resource center and Brandeis University's online library resources

Apply online, and access full details at http://www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/SIIS

Contact: Keren Goodblatt at 781-736-7310, or kereng1@brandeis.edu.

10. Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University – MA in Jewish Studies and Summer School in Rabbinic Literature

Two $ 5000 scholarships available for the international MA in Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University


The Department of Hebrew Culture Studies of Tel Aviv University is pleased to announce the opening of the application for the 2012-2013 MA program in Jewish Studies and the establishment of a new intensive 6-week Summer School in Rabbinic Literature, both of these programs tailored for English speaking students.

• The one year MA program offers a series of comprehensive encounters with the classical texts of Jewish cultures covering a wide range of periods, methodologies, and scholarly interests, while maintaining the highest standards of academic excellence.
• The summer school aims to enhance textual, linguistic and philological skills for advanced students of Jewish and Religious studies interested in acquiring reading skills in Talmud and Midrash. Both of the programs will expose the students to relevant historical sites, current scholarship, and leading Israeli experts in the field, as a well as meeting with international students.

The international MA in Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University (in English) invites applicants for two merit based scholarships of US $5,000 each to qualified international students for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Candidates must complete the program application by March 15th.

For more details about our programs, and to apply for scholarships, please visit our website humanities.tau.ac.il/jewish_studies/ or feel free to contact Emilie Levy, the program coordinator with any questions at majes@post.tau.ac.il.

The international MA in Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University (in English) invites applicants for two merit based scholarships of US $5,000 each to qualified international students for the 2012-2013 academic year.

11. 15th Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany, 3-5 September 2012


The Fifteenth Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany will be held 3-5 September 2012 at the Heinrich Heine University in Duesseldorf. This annual symposium is organized by the Yiddish programs at the universities of Trier and Duesseldorf and is intended to offer students and scholars the possibility to present their research, exchange ideas and put forward questions for discussion.

You are invited to submit abstracts for 20 min. papers until April 1, 2012. Presentations can be held in Yiddish or German.

As usual, all fields of research within Yiddish Studies will be considered. Interdisciplinary papers with a connection to Yiddish Studies are welcome.

The symposium is open to all those interested in Yiddish Studies. The conference fee of 12 Euro is due on the first day of attendance. We do ask participants to register as soon as possible at the address below.


Regularly updated information can be found under:
http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/jiddisch/
We are also happy to answer questions by mail, fax or e-mail.

Simon Neuberg (University of Trier) and Marion Aptroot (University of Duesseldorf)

Correspondence address:
Abteilung fuer Jiddische Kultur, Sprache und Literatur
Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf
Universitaetsstr.1
40225 Duesseldorf
Germany
Fax: +49-211-81-12027
e-mail: jiddisch@phil.hhu.de

12. Call for papers
European Association of Biblical Studies

Graduate Symposium 2012
Hamburg, Germany. 30th March – 1st April, 2012

Deadline for abstracts 15th February 2012


The European Association of Biblical Studies is happy to announce the 4th graduate symposium, which will take place in Hamburg from 30th March – 1st April, 2012. The event will bring together PhD candidates and post doctoral researchers from a variety of subfields relating to biblical studies. As always, senior scholars will attend the event. In 2012, EABS president Jorunn Økland (University of Oslo) and Dr Diana Edelman (University of Sheffield) are going to attend. There will be a joint session with graduate students from the University of Alberta, organised with Professor Ehud Ben Zvi.

The format of the event is a small, residential gathering, which will allow for extended discussion, networking, and in-depth feedback. Graduates are invited to present a paper, run a workshop session, lead a round-table discussion or use any other format they see fit to present their topic. Due to the scale of the event space is limited.

Candidates should submit their abstracts of no more than 300 words to f.uhlenbruch@derby.ac.uk no later than February 15th, 2012. Please mention the preferred format in the abstract (i.e. paper, workshop, pre-circulated paper, discussion etc.) and whether you are going to need a 30 minute or a 45 minute time slot.

For further information visit http://www.eabs.net/szone.aspx or the EABS Graduate Student Network page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/128211731797/.

13. Dimensionen der Displaced Persons-Forschung II

Marcus Velke (B.A., Universität Bonn); in Kooperation mit Prof. Dr. Dittmar Dahlmann/Universität Bonn (Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft, Abtl. für Osteuropäische Geschichte); und Iris Helbing (M.A., Europa-Universität Viadrina, Lehrstuhl für Geschichte und Kultur Mittelosteuropas/Prof. Dr. Werner Benecke, Frankfurt/Oder)
15.11.2012-17.11.2012, Bonn
Deadline: 15.03.2012


Im November 2011 fanden sich vor allem Nachwuchs-, aber auch bereits "etablierte" Wissenschaftler(innen) im polnischen Slubice zum Workshop "Dimensionen der Displaced Persons-Forschung" zusammen, organisiert von Iris Helbing (Europa-Universität Viadrina) und Jan-Hinnerk Antons (Universität Hamburg). Schwerpunkt dieser Tagung war die Vorstellung und Diskussion bewährter und neuer Zugänge zur DP-Forschung in Deutschland sowie deren Anschlussmöglichkeit an andere etablierte Forschungsfelder wie beispielsweise die globale Migrations-, die deutsche Nachkriegsgeschichte oder auch die transnationale Untersuchung von Diaspora-Gemeinschaften sowie die Historiographie des Kalten Krieges.

Während der hier anzuzeigenden Nachfolgeveranstaltung (15. - 17.11.2012) sollen nun nicht nur die bekannten Aspekte und Ansätze weiterverfolgt, sondern zusätzlich auch weitere neue Dimensionen der DP-Forschung entdeckt und entwickelt werden. So wurden in der Vergangenheit Untersuchungen zu einzelnen Aspekten des Lagerlebens jüdischer DPs mit den Schwerpunkten Kultur und Identitätsbildung vorgelegt (beispielsweise Lewinsky, Tamar: Displaced Poets. Jüdische Schriftsteller im Nachkriegsdeutschland, Göttingen 2008; Rolinek, Susanne: Jüdische Lebenswelten 1945-1955. Flüchtlinge in der amerikanischen Zone Österreichs, Innsbruck 2007; Tobias, Jim: Sie sind Bürger Israels. Ausbildung und Rekrutierung von jüdischen Soldaten in Deutschland 1945-1948, Nürnberg 2007 u. a.). Die Vorstellung mikrokosmischer/mikrohistorischer Untersuchungen zu anderen Aspekten des Lagerlebens oder zur Situation nichtjüdischer DPs wäre vor diesem Hintergrund wünschenswert.

Das Schicksal der Betroffenen ließe sich auch mit den Fragestellungen der Geschlechterforschung untersuchen (siehe Atina Grossmann: Jews, Germans and Allies. Close Encounters in Occupied Europe, Princeton 2009). Ein anderer denkbarer Ansatz wäre die Frage nach Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschieden in der Aufnahme und Versorgung von deutschen Heimatvertriebenen und DPs - wie unterschieden sich die jeweilige Aufnahme- und Lagersituation? Mit welchen Stereotypen und Vorurteilen begegnete die deutsche Gesellschaft den beiden Migrantengruppen? Zu fragen wäre auch, inwieweit Erkenntnisse der Soziologie, der Medizin, der Psychologie nutzbar sind für die Erforschung des Gesamtthemas. Sowohl der Gesundheitszustand der DPs und deren medizinische Versorgung während und nach der Zeit ihres Lebens in den Lagern sowie daraus resultierende psychische Folgen und der Umgang mit psychisch kranken Betroffenen bedürfen noch einer genaueren Erforschung.

Die einschlägige Fachliteratur zur DP-Forschung endet zumeist in den 1950er Jahren mit dem auch heute noch gültigen "Gesetz über die Rechtsstellung heimatloser Ausländer", durch das den noch in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland verbliebenen DPs eine weitgehende Gleichstellung mit der deutschen Bevölkerung gewährt wurde. Doch ist die Geschichte der "Heimatlosen Ausländer", wie die DPs im offiziellen Sprachgebrauch jetzt hießen, damit zu Ende? Ist die Integration der Displaced Persons in die deutsche Gesellschaft tatsächlich erfolgreich verlaufen, wie 1992 konstatiert wurde (vgl. Dietz-Görrig, Gabriele: Displaced Persons. Ihre Integration in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Berlin 1992)? Welche Spuren lassen sich bis heute in der Topographie der Orte verfolgen, in denen es Lager für DPs gegeben hat oder in denen in den 1950er Jahren Siedlungen für die "Übriggebliebenen" und "Heimatlosen Ausländer" gebaut wurden? Gibt es unter den Angehörigen der ehemaligen DPs bzw. deren Nachfahren eine Art Erinnerungskultur?

Zu reflektieren wäre nicht zuletzt auch die Frage, ob und wie sich die Displaced Persons-Forschung verändern wird, wenn die letzten noch lebenden Zeitzeugen gestorben sein werden.

In Kooperation mit dem Lehrstuhl für Osteuropäische Geschichte der Universität Bonn (Prof. Dr. Dittmar Dahlmann) soll nun in 2012 all den aufgeworfenen Fragen nachgegangen und der in Slubice begonnene Austausch fortgesetzt und intensiviert werden. Ein vorrangiges Ziel hierbei ist es auch, das Forschungsfeld von der Peripherie ins Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit (nicht nur) der Geschichtswissenschaft zu rücken.

Vor dem Hintergrund der angerissenen möglichen Fragestellungen sind daher nicht nur Themenvorschläge aus der Geschichtswissenschaft willkommen, sondern auch aus anderen Disziplinen, in denen sich (Nachwuchs)Wissenschaftler(innen) mit dem Schicksal von Displaced Persons beschäftigen.

Wir bitten bis zum 15.3.2012 um die Zusendung von Themenvorschlägen von bis zu 300 Wörtern inklusive kurzer biographischer Angaben an displacedpersons@gmx.de. Vorbehaltlich der Bewilligung von Fördermitteln werden die Übernahme von Fahrt-, Unterkunfts- und Verpflegungskosten der Referent(innen) sowie eine Publikation der Tagungsbeiträge angestrebt.
Die Zahl der Teilnehmer(innen) ist begrenzt.

14. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Institute of Asian and African Studies
The Nehemia Levtzion Center for Islamic Studies and Freie Universität Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World announce


The Genizah:
An unexploited source for the intellectual history of the medieval world of Islam The purpose of this School is to introduce students of Islamic Studies to the immense riches of the Genizah, to demonstrate its relevance and potential through a number of case studies and to enable them to work with the Genizah materials on their own. Special emphasis will be laid on technical and methodological issues related to the material.

Conveners:
Prof. Sabine Schmidtke (FU) and Prof. Reuven Amitai (HU)

Coordinator: Jan Thiele <

The School is aimed at graduate (MA and PhD) students in Islamic Studies and adjacent fields. The School will be conducted in English; reading knowledge of Arabic is required (knowledge of Hebrew is preferred, but not necessary). Students coming from outside Berlin will receive full room and board. Attendance throughout the week of the Summer School is mandatory.
The School will be considered equivalent to 2 academic credits (approval pending). For further information and application please contact Jan Thiele e-mail: jan.thiele@arcor.de

Application ends 31 May 2012

15. A quarter century of Jewish Studies at its best:

The Twenty-Fifth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium

³Who Is A Jew?: Reflections on History, Religion, and Culture²
Call for Papers: October 28-29, 2012


The Creighton University Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Harris Center for Judaic Studies announce the Twenty-Fifth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium, to take place in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday, October 28, and Monday, October 29, 2012. The theme of this year¹s Symposium is ³Who Is A Jew?²

The Program Committee seeks proposals in a variety of fields and from many approaches, genres, and media. We also hope to cover time periods from the biblical era to the modern world and to incorporate the experiences of different cultures and societies. Whenever possible, we encourage presentations that incorporate visual/audio components.

Support for presenters¹ transportation and accommodation will be provided. Those selected to participate will be expected to make original oral presentations of their material at the Symposium in a manner suited to an audience composed of the general public, undergraduate students, and other scholars.

Presenters must also be prepared to submit a version of their presentation written in a scholarly format; selected papers will be published in an edited, thematic volume as part of the Studies in Jewish Civilization Series published by Purdue University Press.

Proposals should contain a 200-word abstract and a complete CV; please submit them by April 15 to Leonard Greenspoon, Klutznick Chair, at ljgrn@creighton.edu . For further information, see the Klutznick Chair website at http://www.creighton.edu/ccas/klutznick/

16. Call for Papers: Jewish Cyberculture, for volume of the Jewish Cultural Studies Series

Fifth volume in book series on Jewish Cultural Studies, edited by Andrea Lieber, Sophia Ava Asbell Chair in Judaic Studies, Dickinson College, USA, (lieber@dickinson.edu) and Simon J. Bronner, Distinguished University Professor of American Studies and Folklore, The Pennsylvania State University, USA (sbronner@psu.edu)

Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Oxford (UK) and Portland, Oregon (USA)
Format and Guidelines: 7,000-9,000 word essays in English, prepared electronically in Word, following Oxford Guide to Style (in-text citation with reference list at the end) Deadline for submissions: August 1, 2012


The Jewish Cultural Studies series, published by Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, invites original papers for a volume on Jewish Cyberculture. Topics of interest for the fifth volume in the series include effects of social media on Jewish identity, perceived conflicts and integration of the Internet with religious values, adaptation of technology such as cell phones and webcams for religious purposes, marketing and consumption of Jewish books and products in cyberspace, rise of virtual Judaism and Jewishness, changes to oral and social genres such as humor and ritual in digital cultural contexts, effects of the Internet on Jewish/non-Jewish relations, and the use of technology to challenge or redefine traditional structures of authority in the Jewish community.

The purpose of the series is to present thematic volumes interpreting Jewish cultures ethnographically and historically around the globe, and exploring the idea of Jewish culture as it has been constructed, symbolized, produced, communicated, and consumed in diverse contexts. Themes of volumes are interdisciplinary, drawing particularly on research in anthropology, sociology, folkloristics, communications, and history.

For inquiries and proposals, contact Simon J. Bronner at sbronner@psu.edu.
For more information on the Jewish Cultural Studies series, see http://littman.co.uk/jcs.

17. International Conference / Convegno internazionale

Judaica Europeana and the Jewish cultural heritage in Europe
Judaica Europeana e il patrimonio culturale ebraico in Europa

National Library in Rome
Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Roma
27 February 2012
27 febbraio, 2012


The international Conference of Judaica Europeana is one of the main events organized during the three years of the project. Its main objective is to present the results of the initiative: to provide Europeana, the portal of the European digital cultural heritage, more than 3 million records and make available for the first time in digital format to the general public the valuable collections of many Jewish archives, libraries and museums. The program also includes three artistic interludes on many cultural aspects of Judaism. The event is aimed at an audience of experts on digitization of cultural heritage, to scholars of Jewish culture and to a wider audience of people interested in the topics covered.

La conferenza internazionale di Judaica Europeana è uno degli eventi principali organizzati nel corso dei tre anni di attività del progetto. Il suo obiettivo principale è presentare i risultati dell'iniziativa: fornire a Europeana, il portale del patrimonio culturale digitale europeo, oltre 3 milioni di dati e rendere per la prima volta disponibili in formato digitale al grande pubblico le preziose collezioni ebraiche di molti archivi, biblioteche e musei europei. Il programma prevede inoltre tre intermezzi artistici su altrettanti aspetti culturali dell'ebraismo. L'evento è rivolto a un pubblico di esperti della digitalizzazione del patrimonio culturale, agli studiosi dell'ebraismo e a un pubblico più vasto di persone interessate ai temi trattati.


Free entrance with registration / Ingresso libero (registrazione obbligatorio)
Simultaneous translation / Traduzione simultanea

Details of the programme and registration are online here: http://ww.judaica-europeana.eu

18. The Naomi Prawer Kadar International

YIDDISH SUMMER PROGRAM
AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY


The summer program will take place on the Tel Aviv University campus from June 25 to July 19, 2012. The program offers intensive Yiddish instruction at five levels. Language instruction will be supplemented by an afternoon program of lectures, conversation workshops, tours, and by evening cultural and social events. As students of TAU International, the Tel Aviv University School for Overseas Students, whose credentials are recognized by universities world-wide, participants will receive 80 hours of language and literature instruction (four credits) with highly qualified and experienced teachers in small classes. A Lecture Series in English on "Landmarks of Yiddish Literature" can be audited or taken for one additional credit (requiring written work). A rich afternoon academic and cultural program will also be offered.

Scholarships are available for full time students.

The costs of the program are:
• $ 1450 tuition
• $ 60 registration fee
• $ 600 for housing (double occupancy).

Academic Program Directors:
Prof. Hana Wirth-Nesher, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Avraham Novershtern, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Beit Shalom Aleichem

Online Registration: http://www.international.tau.ac.il
Closing date for applications: 15th April 2012

For additional information, please contact:
The Naomi Prawer Kadar International Yiddish Summer Program
Tel: +972-3-6407805
Fax: +972-3-6407732
naomiyiddish@post.tau.ac.il

http://www.naomiyiddish.tau.ac.il

19. Steiner Summer Program in Yiddish Language and Culture, June-July 2012

at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts
June 10–July 27, 2012


The Steiner Summer Program offers college students a tuition-free, seven-week immersion in Yiddish language and culture.

The goal of the program is to provide a new generation with Yiddish language literacy; substantive knowledge of the history, literature, and culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond; and practical models for preservation, research, translation, and artistic expression. Six undergraduate college credits will be available through the University of Massachusetts. Limited housing subsidies are available, based on need. No prior knowledge of Yiddish language is required. http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/steiner-summer-program

APPLY BY February 1, 2012
Please note: All students who are enrolled in a degree-granting program as of January 1, 2012 are eligible to apply.

20.Paganism and Christianity in Late Antiquity" at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary

Course Dates: July 9-20, 2012
Location: Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary,
Detailed course description: http://summer.ceu.hu/polemos-2012


CEU's summer school invites applications from doctoral students, postdocs, junior faculty and researchers from all over the world.

The course aims at exploring the nature and various ways of confrontation between and within Early and Rabbinic Judaism, the Early Church, and Pagan religions and schools of thought. The sessions discuss how these movements coped with conflicts within and without; what their strategies were in confronting and accommodating foreign ideas, competing religions, worldly powers or internal subversion; and what role these external and internal confrontations played in shaping them.

Course faculty include Daniel Boyarin, Shaye J. D. Cohen, John M. Dillon, Mark Edwards and Guy G. Stroumsa.

The application deadline is February 15, 2012.

Financial aid is available.

More detailed information available at http://www.summer.ceu.hu/polemos-2012.


Kornelia Vargha
CEU Summer University
Program Officer
Budapest, 1051
Nador u. 9.
Hungary
Tel.: (36-1) 328-3699
Fx.: (36-1) 327-3124
email: varghak@ceu.hu

21. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Dimanche, 25 mars,
Mémorial de la Shoah, 17 rue Geoffroy-l'Asnier, Paris 75004
et
Lundi et mardi, 26 et 27 mars,

INALCO, auditorium, 65 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris 75013


Aharon Appelfeld
Cinquante ans d'écriture

Aharon Appelfeld aura quatre-vingt ans en 2012. Né en Bucovine en 1932, il a subi la Shoah durant son enfance et est devenu aujourd'hui l'un des écrivains israéliens les plus célèbres. Son premier recueil de nouvelles voit le jour en 1962. Son dernier roman est paru en 2011. Son écriture qui touche l'au-delà, immortalise l'histoire juive contemporaine dans un style unique en son genre.


Aharon Appelfeld will be eighty years old in 2012. The Jewish boy, born in Bucovina in 1932, has endured the horrors of the Holocaust and has become one of the most famous Israeli authors. His first book was published in 1962 and his last novel – in 2011. With its metaphysical touch, his work immortalizes the contemporary Jewish history in a very particular style.

22. Centre for Jewish Studies

University of Manchester
RESEARCH SEMINAR PROGRAMME 2011-12

SEMESTER TWO

16:00 Thu 9 Feb: Sacha Stern (UCL)
"From Qumran to Nicaea: sectarianism and heresy"

16:00 Thu 1 Mar: Karen Adler (University of Nottingham)
"Post-war French film and the question of a Jewish homeland"

16:00 Thu 8 Mar: Piotr Piluk (Journalist)
"Jewish Life in Poland in the communist period and after 1989 from the perspective of a monthly magazine 'Slowo Zydowskie / Dos Yiddishe Vort'"

16:00 Thu 15 Mar: Hadrien Laroche (French Embassy in Ireland)
"When everything is still possible and there is no further reason to hope: the last Genet, Israel, Jews, anti-Semitism and the Dawn of time (1968-1986)"

16:00 Thu 3 May: Miri Rubin (Queen Mary, University of London)
"William of Norwich, according to a twelfth-Century manuscript"

All CJS seminars will take place in SG1 (South Ground lecture theatre 1) in the Samuel Alexander Building. (Building 67 on the Campus Map).

We would also like to draw your attention to a masterclass which may be of interest:
17:30 Wed 8 Feb: Arye Edrei (Tel Aviv University)
"Why No Mishnah in Rome? Problems of the Sources and of Methodology"
Venue: Samuel Alexander Building, S2.9 (South wing, second floor)

23.*Jewish-non-Jewish relations: Between exclusion and embrace – An online teaching resource: http://www.jnjr.div.ed.ac.uk.*

Announcement of new teaching website and call for additional contributions


The complex relationship between Jews and non-Jews lies at the heart of teaching Jewish Studies at university level. A new online teaching resource provides access to a broad range of primary sources and high-quality commentaries by experts in the field, addressing the perceived lack of an easily accessible body of sources, which specifically deal with relations between Jews and non-Jews from a historical and contemporary perspective.

The website offers a range of commented primary sources from all periods of history, offering original and stimulating discussions of a broad range of topics and issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. Accessibility is a major concern of the project: as an online-based project, it can be freely accessed by anybody with an internet connection. All entries were written in jargon-free language. The main target group for the website are students and academics in higher education. Each peer-reviewed entry provides the historical and social context and background of a chosen primary source, includes the source in its original language and, where necessary, a translation into English, followed by a discussion of the source and a number of relevant questions that can be used as a starting point for discussion in the classroom.

In the now completed pilot stage of the project, we have mainly secured contributions from colleagues at other British universities. We are now commissioning additional contributions from all periods of history and geographical areas and invite scholars working on Jewish-Christian or Jewish-Muslim relations to suggest further contributions from their specific field of expertise.

Please contact us at jnjr@ed.ac.uk for suggestions and comments and for authors' guidelines if you wish to contribute to the site.

Project coordinators:
Dr Maria Diemling (Canterbury Christ Church University)
Dr Hannah Holtschneider (University of Edinburgh)

Contact:
jnjr@ed.ac.uk

URL:
http://www.jnjr.div.ed.ac.uk.

24.Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives on Ancient Israel
Faculty of Theology, University of Zurich


March to May 2012
The Faculty of Theology of the University of Zurich will host the following lectures:


Fr, 2.3.2012, 18:15-20:00
Prof. Dr. Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv University)
The History and Archaeology of Exilic and Post-Exilic Judah: A New Understanding

Mo, 12.3.2012, 18:15-20:00
Prof. Dr. William M. Schniedewind (University of California, Los Angeles)
Nascent Scripturalization in the Neo-Assyrian Period

Mi, 18.4.2012, 14.00-15.30
Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Jan Assmann (Konstanz / Heidelberg)
Recht und Schrift in der altorientalischen Welt

Fr, 4.5.2012, 16:00-18:00
Ido Koch / Omer Sergey (Tel Aviv University)
The Rise of Judah in the 9th century BCE from Archaeological, Historical and Biblical Perspectives

All lectures take place at Kirchgasse 9, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland.

25. Interdisziplinäres Forum "Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur in der Frühen Neuzeit"

13. Arbeitstagung, 10. – 12. Februar 2012,
Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
in Stuttgart-Hohenheim


Jüdische Populärkultur in der Frühen Neuzeit

Programm

Freitag, 10. Februar 2012
18.30 Uhr Abendessen und Begrüßung in der Akademie,
anschließend Vorstellungsrunde und offener Abend


Samstag, 11. Februar 2012

9.00 – 12.30 Uhr Barbara Staudinger: Was gesammelt wird – zur Konstruktion einer " Populärkultur" durch die Jüdische Volkskunde. Einführung

HOCHKULTUR UND POPULÄRKULTUR
Moderation: Barbara Staudinger

Rebekka Voß, Hebräisch "Zehn Stämme" vs. jiddisch "Rote Juden". Ausdruck divergenter Konzepte in Hoch- und Populärkultur?

Rotraud Ries, Volks- oder Elitenkultur? Torawimpel vom 17. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert

Evi Michels, Ist jiddisches Theater zwischen 1555 und 1876 grundsätzlich Volkstheater?


12.30 Uhr Mittagessen


14.30 – 18.30 Uhr RELIGION UND PERFORMANZ
Moderation: Rebekka Voß

Martha Keil, Hakhschara we-Hag'ala – koscher und tauglich für Pessach. Die Sakralisierung von Alltagsgegenständen in rabbinischen Quellen des spätmittelalterlichen Aschkenas

Daniel Stein Kokin, Der Sambatjon-Fluss. Transformationen eines Mythos in der frühen Neuzeit


ALLTAGSKULTUR
Moderation: Rotraud Ries

Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig, A Study in Two and Three Dimensions. Illuminated Manuscripts as Historical Sources

Noa Sophie Kohler, Religion als Freizeitaktivität. Zum Alltag der Juden im deutschen Raum in der frühen Neuzeit


18.30 Uhr Abendessen und anschließend offener Abend


Sonntag, 12. Februar 2012

9.30 – 11.00 Uhr NARRATIVE
Moderation: Martha Keil

Astrid Lembke, Eine Leiche im Keller. Das Narrativ der Dämonenhochzeit im Sefer Qav ha-Yaschar

Joseph Bamberger, Narrative, Folklore und Geschichte. Jüdische und christliche Legenden im historischen Kontext

11.30 – 12.30 Uhr Schlussdiskussion und weitere Planung, Moderation: Rotraud Ries


12.30 Uhr Mittagessen und Ende der Arbeitstagung

Konzeption und Programmplanung:
Barbara Staudinger (Institut für jüdische Geschichte Österreichs, St. Pölten)
Rebekka Voß (Seminar für Judaistik, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a.M.)

Organisatorische Leitung:
Rotraud Ries (Johanna-Stahl-Zentrum für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur in Unterfranken, Würzburg)

26. The Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense
"Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Scriptures"
President: Eibert Tigchelaar
July 26 – 28, 2012


The Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense is an annual international conference on Biblical Studies jointly organised by the theological faculties of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Université Catholique de Louvain. The meetings take place in the Faculty of Theology at the K.U.Leuven and are alternately dedicated to a topic in Old and in New Testament Studies.

The Colloquium offers a forum and meeting place for research and scholarly discussion in the field of Biblical Studies. As a rule the annual conference focuses on a biblical book or a collection of writings, but it also addresses thematic subjects.

Programme design
• 10 main papers by invited speakers; languages: French, German or English
• 4 seminars conducted by invited speakers; languages: Dutch, French, German and English
• about 20 short papers, selected from proposals by participants

Topic and programme of the 2012 conference:
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Scriptures

It is possible to register
1. online: Online Registration
2. by e-mail (to Prof. Dr. Reimund Bieringer) and
3. by using the paper registration form in the printed invitation

History
• History and survey of previous meetings
For more information, contact Prof. Dr. Reimund Bieringer and see: http://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/centres/centr_collbibl/http://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/centres/centr_collbibl/