Centre for German-Jewish Studies
Call for Application Max and Hilde Kochmann Summer School for PhD Students in European-Jewish History and Culture
The Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex in cooperation with the Center for Jewish Studies of the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism, Tel Aviv University and the Minerva Institute for German History, Tel Aviv University, invite PhD students to apply for the biennial Max and Hilde Kochmann Summer School for PhD students in European-Jewish History and Culture 2019.
The Summer School brings together young researchers who are currently working on topics in Jewish history and culture (e.g. on Jewish religion and inner life, literature, culture, ideological movements, inter-religious and inter-cultural relations and everyday life and antisemitism), giving them the opportunity to present and discuss their projects in an informal and friendly atmosphere with leading scholars in the field. In so doing we continue the series of Kochmann Summer Schools at Sussex creating an interdisciplinary network of younger scholars engaged in areas of European-Jewish studies, Thought and Culture from the early modern periods to the present day.
Candidates are invited to send, via email, a 500 word proposal outlining their PhD project, a short CV and one reference from their supervisor or relevant scholar in the field to:
David Jünger
Centre for German-Jewish Studies
E: d.juenger@sussex.ac.uk
The CGJS will pay the travel and accommodation expenses of accepted candidates. Candidates from Israel, the United States and other non-European countries will be considered, but may be asked to contribute towards their flight costs.
Centre for German-Jewish Studies
Since its establishment in 1994, the Centre has developed into a major institution for the study of the history, culture and thought of Jews in Central Europe and for the training of a new generation of teachers and researchers in this field.
Based within a dynamic modern university committed to interdisciplinary studies, the Centre contributes distinctively to historical, philosophical and literary scholarship and education. Financial support from a wide range of educational trusts, individual donors and a London-based Support Group greatly enhance its work. The primary aim of the Centre's teaching and research activities is the re-evaluation of how the history of Jews in German-speaking lands is studied. The Centre attracts international scholars who actively contribute to scholarship in German-Jewish studies through teaching and research, focusing on political, social, literary and intellectual German-Jewish history.
Given the location of the Centre, another key objective is to research the history of Jewish refugees and their families to the United Kingdom during and after the Second World War. The Centre also focuses on projects related to the history of anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and its effects on post-war history until today. The Centre's archival collection, located in the University of Sussex Library, is being developed in accordance with these main themes. There is a particular interest in materials documenting the histories of German-Jewish families since the Enlightenment, including diaries, letters, oral testimony, survival narratives and other biographical sources recording the history of refugees.
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