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Call for Applications: Fulbright Israel Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for U.S. Citizens in All Disciplines Academic Years 2024/25
Fellowships are open to researchers in all academic disciplines and supportresearch programs in Israel for up to 20 months (two academic years). Apply by September 15, 2023…
Call for Applications: The 2024–25 Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship
The fellowship provides significant funding, academic programming, and support to 24 international postdoctoral researchers, enabling them to carry out research in exact sciences, life sciences, humanities, and social sciences at eligible Israeli academic institutions. The online application system is set to open on September 1, 2023….
Farewell to our 2022-2023 Starr Fellows
With the 2022-2023 academic year drawing to an end on May 31, we would like to wish lots of success and good luck to our 2022-2023 Starr Fellows. We celebrated their work over the past year at the Starr Symposium: “The Art of Jewish Studies” , and at our End of Year Reception. On May 3…
Announcing our 2023-2024 Starr, Stroock, and Silver Fellows
Please join us in welcoming our 2023-2024 Fellows. The Starr and Stroock Fellows are recent Ph.D. recipients working on topics in Jewish Migration in the 16th -21st centuries. The Faculty co-hosts for this cohort are: Stroock Fellows: Starr Fellows: Silver Fellow:…
Modern Hebrew Students Treated to a Master Class with Renowned Israeli Musician Yoni Rechter
On April 28, at the close of the 2022-2023 academic year, our new Modern Hebrew instructor Ran Bechor invited Yoni Rechter to a master class with all modern hebrew students. Thank you, Ran, for making this event possible! I recently had the pleasure of participating in one of the most amazing events in my time…
CJS announces recipients of 2023 Harry and Cecile Starr Prizes in Jewish Studies
The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Harry and Cecile Starr Prizes in Jewish Studies. Starr Prizes are awarded in each of the following categories: the best doctoral dissertation in Jewish and Hebrew Studies and the best dissertation in the field of Jewish and Hebrew…
CJS announces recipients of 2023 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies
The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies. The Weinstein Prize, which is given to the Harvard University student(s) who submits the best undergraduate essay in Jewish studies, was established by Lewis H. Weinstein ’27, LL.B. 1930….
UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies: Fifth Annual Undergraduate Scholars Conference in Israel Studies | online, June 22, 2023
The UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies will host its fifth annual Undergraduate Scholars Conference in Israel Studies online on June 22, 2023. This virtual conference is open to undergraduate students (bachelor’s degree programs) from any campus in the United States and abroad, who may be interested in presenting their work on any topic related to modern Israel…
Annual Doft Lecture: An Evening with Tony Kushner | Media Coverage and Recording Available
The CJS is happy to present a recording of our Annual Doft Lecture, “An Evening with Tony Kushner.” Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter, playwrite and activist Tony Kushner joined fellow Pulitzer Prize honoree Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, Department of English, Harvard University, for a memorable conversation.The event took place at the Sanders Theatre…