Call for Applications: Fellowships at the IGdJ in Hamburg 2025חו
University of Hamburg, the Institute for the History of the German Jews (IGdJ)
Jewish life between the early modern period and the present time is researched in all its diversity at the Institute for the History of the German Jews in Hamburg (IGdJ). Ever since its foundation in 1966, not only has the field of Jewish Studies developed, but also become differentiated in terms of methodology and disciplinarity. While the historical focus on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry remains, questions about Jewish life in the present, remembrance and commemoration as well as modern media and digital technologies open up new research perspectives and areas for discussion.
Therefore, the IGdJ has been awarding annual research grants since 2022, which are intended to promote innovative academic projects in the field of Jewish studies and deepen national and international exchange at the IGdJ. The research fellowship programme was initiated thanks to the generous donation by the physician Dr Gabriele Meyer (1938–2018), who was born and grew up in Tel Aviv and subsequently worked in Malmö, Munich and Hamburg. The programme is aimed at academics who wish to conduct research along the lines of the Institute’s research profile and use the extensive library or the holdings in the various archives in the region for their studies.
Thanks to new collaborations, three fellowships can be advertised for 2025, thus expanding the IGdJ research funding programms: