Opportunities
On this page we collect current job offers, tenders and research grants that are sent to us by our network.
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International University Internship in Jerusalem
Hanns Seidel Foundation
100% position, 40 hours per week; Location: Jerusalem (with business trips); Duration: 2-3 months
Job description:
- Assist in the preparation of delegation and visit programs.
- Assistance in writing reports and applications for projects.
- Co-supervision of various communication channels.
- Assisting in the planning, organization, implementation and follow-up of project activities.
- Supporting the financial administration.
- Written translations German-English/Hebrew/Arabic.
- Other office communication and administrative tasks.
Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz - IEG Fellowships for Postdocs
(Application deadline: October 15, 2026)
Start: April 2027 or later
Duration: 6–12 months
Fellowship Amount: 2 ,100 euros plus family allowance, if applicable
Scope/Location: Full-time residence and presence in Mainz (special arrangements, subject to negotiation, are possible for fellows with children)
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) awards fellowships to postdocs conducting research in European history, the history of religion, and other historical disciplines (including the Digital Humanities).
The IEG funds research projects on European history from the early modern period to the present. We are particularly interested in projects
- that take a comparative or cross-border approach,
- on European history, including its relationship to the wider world,
- on topics in intellectual and religious history,
- that use digital tools and methods, or
- on environmental history.
Summer Institute for Israel Studies
(APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 15)
Through the Summer Institute, participants gain the knowledge and resources to design a course in Israel studies within their discipline to teach at their home institution, and join an ever-expanding network of peers that spans the globe.
The program begins with a 10-day residency at Brandeis. Participants learn from distinguished scholars of Israel studies in seminars covering a wide range of disciplines. Fellows then embark on a 10-day study tour of Israel, meeting with Jewish and Arab intellectuals, politicians, and community leaders. The fellowship includes a stipend, travel, accommodations, and most meals. Learn more below.
Call for Papers 2027, Forum on Jewish History
“Loss—Coping—New Beginnings in Jewish History from the 15th to the 17th Centuries”
(Deadline: October 19, 2026)
The Forum’s 27th conference is dedicated to “Loss – Coping – New Beginnings in Jewish History from the 15th to the 17th Century.” It will take place from Friday, February 12, through Sunday, February 14, 2027, at the Academy in Stuttgart-Hohenheim and will examine the living conditions of Jewish communities and individuals, which were shaped by upheavals. The focus will be on the strategies for coping with these challenges and the scholarly discourses surrounding them.
2027 Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar - Jewish Perspectives in Real Time During the Holocaust
Call for Applications
(Deadline: October 20, 2026)
The 2027 Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar will introduce participants to the diverse writings that Jewish victims produced in real time as the catastrophic events of the Holocaust were still unfolding. Such materials—including diaries, letters, and literary texts—offer unique insights into the lived experiences and specific epistemological and ethical perspectives of Holocaust victims. More information here
The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
Call for Applications
2027–2028 Fellowship Program
Between Mind and World in Premodern Jewish Life
Deadline: October 27, 2026
The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for its 2027–28 international fellowship program, a year dedicated to exploring the connection between mind and world in premodern Jewish life.
Humanistic inquiry has long been driven by a desire to situate texts and ideas within the social, political, and material contexts in which they developed. The study of premodern Jews has likewise been driven by this desire—always seeking new ways to navigate the space between the conceptual and the concrete—to better understand texts and ideas as both responses to and shaping forces within a world of social interaction and conflict, materiality and spatiality, and the contingencies of lived experience.
The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies seeks to use its 2027–28 fellowship year to support this aspiration to connect premodern Jewish thought and expression to the extra-textual realms of the material and the social, and is inviting relevant applications from scholars working in any field of premodern Jewish history and culture as these developed throughout the world between the Hellenistic period and the end of the European Middle Ages in the sixteenth century.
Penn Graduate Conference on Jewish Studies, February 28–March 1, 2027: Jewish Life between Locality and Mobility
(Deadline: October 30, 2026)
The Jewish Studies Graduate Conference at the University of Pennsylvania seeks to explore the relationship between locality and mobility in Jewish life across historical periods and geographical spaces. This interdisciplinary conference will serve as a forum for graduate students to share their research, receive feedback from Penn faculty and fellow graduate students, and learn about ongoing work in the field from peers around the world. We aim to foster a community of emerging scholars who will help shape the global future of Jewish Studies.
Counting Families, Controlling Lives: Jewish Demography, Family, and State Policy in Central Europe
CEU, Budapest Campus, May 4–6, 2027
CALL FOR PAPERS
(Deadline: November 15)
The Association for Central European Jewish History and Genealogy (CEJHG), in cooperation with the Center for Jewish Studies at Central European University (CEU) and the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, is organizing an international conference: “Counting Families, Controlling Lives: Jewish Demography, Family, and State Policy in Central Europe.”
This year’s conference will explore the rich and complex history of Jewish communities in the lands of the former Habsburg Empire and its successor states by combining traditional historical research with genealogical methodologies and digital tools. This interdisciplinary approach enables scholars to reconstruct family networks, community structures, migration patterns, cross-border relations, social mobility, citizenship and restored citizenship, and Holocaust studies, offering new insights into Jewish life in Central Europe.
Call for Applications | Dr. Hermann David and Dalia Karplus Research Fellowship — A research grant and archival residency dedicated to preserving the historical heritage of Viennese and Habsburg Jewry
(Deadline: November 16, 2026)
Eligibility & Ideal Candidates:
Non-Israeli residents who fall into one of the following categories:
- Master’s degree students conducting research.
- Ph.D. candidates.
- Early-career postdoctoral researchers.
- Independent scholars and non-tenured faculty.
Leo Baeck Institute - David Baumgardt Memorial Fellowship Application
(Deadline: November 16, 2026)
The LBI awards one fellowship per year to scholars affiliated with an accredited institution of higher education. The fellowship provides financial assistance to scholars whose research projects are related to the writings of Professor David Baumgardt or his scholarly interests, including ethics, the study of Judaism, and the modern intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry.
Rutgers Rabbinics Conference, Spring 2027
Call for Papers, Deadline: December 1, 2026
Date: April 4, 2027 – April 5, 2027
Location: New Jersey, United States
Subject Fields: Ancient History, Jewish History/Studies, Religious Studies, and Theology
Lessons & Legacies Europe: Decentering Holocaust Studies
Call for Applications
(Submission Deadline: December 14, 2026)
The third Lessons and Legacies Europe Conference will be held in Bucharest, Romania. Sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University, the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, the German Federal Agency for Civic Education, the “Elie Wiesel” National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania, and the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania), the conference aims to bring together scholars working across different regions, languages, disciplines, discourses, and methodologies to foster intellectual exchange.
Edith Saurer Fund
Research Grants 2027
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2026
The Edith Saurer Fund awards research grants to outstanding domestic and international scholars who have earned a Ph.D. and who, from a historical perspective, focus specifically on issues of social inequality as they relate to gender, class, and culture. Preference will be given to projects that examine Europe from the early modern period through the 20th century and employ comparative and transnational approaches.
Wilhelm Liebknecht Prize of the University City of Giessen
(Application deadline: December 31, 2026)
In memory of Wilhelm Liebknecht, the Giessen-born member of the Reichstag and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the University City of Giessen awards the “Wilhelm Liebknecht Prize.” The prize is awarded for outstanding publications in history and the social sciences that address the social foundations for building and safeguarding democratic communities.
Research Program of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities (Academies Program) for 2029
(Deadline: January 31, 2027)
The Academies Program is the joint research program of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities. It supports long-term basic research in the ice sciences and in the historical social sciences, including law, economics, and the social sciences. Research questions and materials at the intersection of these fields and the natural sciences may also be addressed within the framework of the Academies Program. The central task of the Academies Program is to document, preserve, and study cultural traditions of outstanding scientific and societal relevance.