Leo Baeck Institute Year Book Essay Prize in German-Jewish Studies

Publish Date: Oct 13, 2015

Deadline: Jan 15, 2016

The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry is delighted to announce its 2017 Year Book Essay Prize. The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book is a fully refereed Oxford journal and covers cultural, social, and economic history. Appearing annually since 1956, it has become the field’s central and most comprehensive publication.

The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book Essay Prize was established to

• Stimulate new research on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry

• Promote young researchers in the field

The essay can be on any topic on the history and culture of German-speaking Central European Jewry from early modern times through to the post-war period and present.

The prize

The winner will receive:

• Publication of the winning essay in the 2017 volume of the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book

• A cash prize of £500

• A free year’s print and online subscription to the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book

How to enter
Entries of 5-7,000 words should be submitted through our online submission system. Please refer to http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/lbaeck/for_authors for instructions on how to prepare and submit your manuscript. All entries will be peer reviewed anonymously. The winner will be selected from all entries recommended for publication by our peer reviewers.

The closing date is 15 January 2016.

Competition rules

The competition is open to recent PhDs and Postdocs who have received their PhD no more than 5 years ago. The winner’s student status verification will be requested from their academic supervisor or head of the department. The entry must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:

http://www.leobaeck.co.uk/archives/4898

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