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• The Graham Foundation Announces the 2004 Carter Manny Award Competition - The Carter Manny Award, an annual fellowship offered by the Graham
  Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, supports research for academic dissertations by promising scholars whose doctoral projects focus on topics directly concerned with architecture, the built environment, and other arts that are immediately contributive to architecture. Scholars whose dissertations are directed toward architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, architectural technologies, architectural history and theory, urban design and planning, and, in some circumstances, the fine arts in relation to architectural topics are eligible to apply.

  The award is restricted to applicants who have completed their course work, who have advanced to candidacy, and whose dissertation proposals have been approved by their academic departments. Only students enrolled in schools in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to apply. The award will be acknowledged by financial support of up to $15,000. Academic departments may nominate one student for the award competition each year, and a student may not apply more than once for the award.

  The Graham Foundation's postmark deadline for nominated applications is 15 March 2004. For further instructions on how to apply for a Carter Manny Award, and a list of previous award recipients, consult the Graham Foundation's website at www.grahamfoundation.org.

• Post-Doctoral Appointment at Queens College
  The Center for Jewish Studies at Queens College, CUNY, invites applications for the Rose and Morris Danzig Post-Doctoral Appointment, established by Carole and Arthur Anderman. The appointment is for one year, beginning late August 2004 and continuing through June 2005. With the exception of Holocaust studies, areas of interest are open, but preference will be given those specializing in Jewish history and thought. Eligible candidates must have received their Ph.D. by May/June, 2004, and must have earned the doctorate not earlier than Spring 2002. Responsibilities include teaching one course each semester, working on a research project for publication, and participating actively in the intellectual and cultural life of the Center, particularly in its faculty and student programs.

  Interested candidates should submit the following:
  1.cover letter and cv
  2.list and sketch of preferred courses to teach
  3.description of the research project
  4.sample of writing (publication or dissertation chapter)
  5.3 letters of recommendation

  Stipend is $35,000 plus health benefits. Application deadline for all materials is February 4, 2004. Anticipated decision will be announced by the end of February. Please send all materials to:

  Post-Doctoral Appointment Committee
  Center for Jewish Studies
  Queens College
  65-30 Kissena Blvd.
  Flushing, NY 11367

• The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in Judaic Studies, with training in post-biblical Jewish textual traditions and the broad sweep of Jewish history and culture. Ph.D. or evidence of completion by Dec. 2004 required. Applications due December 5, 2003. Send a letter, vita, and writing sample, and have three reference letters sent to: Prof. Brian Britt,Chair, Judaic Studies Search, 207 Major Williams, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0135. EO/AA
  

• POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP The American Academy for Jewish Research invites applications for its annual post-doctoral fellowship. Graduate students in any field of Jewish Studies who will complete their dissertation by June 30, 2004 may apply, as may holders of the Ph.D. who were awarded the degree in the five preceding academic years and who do not hold an academic appointment. Fellowships are $30,000 per annum, with the possibility of a renewal for a second year, and support research and teaching at any major North American university or other academic institution with a Jewish Studies program under the supervision of a mentor within that institution. In evaluating applications for the Post-Doctoral Fellowship, consideration will be given to potential mutual benefit for both the fellow and the host institution. The host institution should be one at which the fellow will find resources that have not formerly been available to him, such as a mentor, other scholars, association with whom might potentially be fruitful for the fellow's academic development; archives or other research facilities. It should therefore not be the same institution from which the candidate received the Ph.D. The fellow will be responsible for teaching at least one course each semester. Proposals should include: 1. a curriculum vitae (in triplicate); 2. a dissertation abstract (in triplicate); 3. a research and teaching plan for the fellowship year, including the name of a senior scholar at the proposed host institution who would serve as sponsor (in triplicate); 4. three letters of recommendation, one of which should be from the proposed sponsor, stating in general terms the activities and responsibilities of the candidate, should the fellowship be awarded. Deadline for all materials, including recommendations: February 1, 2004. The successful candidate will be notified by April 1. All materials should be sent to: Prof. R.P. Scheindlin at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. Questions should be addressed to Professor R. Scheindlin at rascheindlin@jtsa.edu.
  
  
• Curator Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, through its three components: Spertus Museum, Spertus College and the Asher Library, invites people of all ages and backgrounds to explore the multi-faceted Jewish experience. As Spertus Institute builds a new building we are in the midst of redefining our mission, program structure and audience. This is an exciting time for a curator with enthusiasm and drive to help build, shape and expand our curatorial area. We seek a curator with sound museum skills, who easily demonstrates knowledge of object selection, evaluation, and exhibition techniques. In addition to this, we require a candidate with strong conceptual skills, and one who is willing to assume a visible and influential role in appropriate professional museum associations and who is keen to publish personal research. Position Responsibilities - Alongside the director, help plan the temporary exhibition schedule as well as research and develop these exhibitions. - Alongside the director, help prepare the budgets for temporary exhibitions. - Write didactic material for temporary exhibitions. - Serve on Collections Committee. - Co-ordinate traveling exhibitions. - Co-ordinate and edit and, in selected instances, contribute to catalogues for temporary exhibitions. - Alongside the director, help provide information that will assist the development office to write grants for temporary exhibitions. - Train docents for temporary exhibitions, and offer gallery talks as needed. The successful candidate must have the ability to interpret art and artifacts for a variety of audiences in written and oral form. The applicant must have excellent research, writing, editing, and speaking skills and should hold an M.A. We seek someone committed to the new Spertus vision, who can offer support to Institute staff, board members, and other patrons as we build our new home. A background in Jewish Studies will be helpful, but is not a necessary requirement for the position. This is a full-time position. Salary commensurate with experience. Full benefits package. Please send or fax cover letter and résumé to: Director, Spertus Museum, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, 618 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605. Fax: (312) 922-3934. No phone calls please.
  
  
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies 2004-2005 Fellowship Opportunities - Application Deadline: November 28, 2003 The Center awards fellowships to support research and writing about the Holocaust and genocide studies. Awards are granted on a competitive basis to Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoral researchers, senior scholars, and professionals holding degrees from and currently affiliated with accredited academic and research institutions worldwide. The Center welcomes approaches by scholars in history, political science, literature, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and other disciplines.

  Visiting Scholars spend anywhere from three consecutive months to an academic year in residence at the Museum. During this time, fellows have access to more than 20 million pages of Holocaust-related documentation from archives across Europe. The Center encourages research proposals that are based on the Museum's recent acquisitions from regional and state archives of the former Soviet Union, from Belgium, and France as well as records of Jewish provenance from the Ringelblum Archive, the World Jewish Congress and other international, state and local Jewish rescue and relief organizations. Scholars may also utilize the Museum's library; oral history collection; music, film, and photo archives; as well as the vast resources available at other repositories in the Washington, DC area.

  Decisions will be announced in April 2004. Fellowships may begin as early as June 2004 and must be completed by September 2005. All applications must be in English and consist of: 1) A completed application form; 2) A project proposal not to exceed five single-spaced pages (see application form for guidelines); 3) A curriculum vitae; and 4) Three letters of recommendation that speak to the applicant's ability to carry out the proposed project.

  For information on the Center, a partial description of the Museum's archival and other holdings, and to obtain a fellowship application online, please refer to the Museum's website.

  Please direct any inquiries to: Visiting Scholars Program, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126, Phone: (202) 314-0378, Fax: (202) 479-9726, Email: wlower@ushmm.org.

• The Jewish Heritage Grant Program is inviting applications for the 2003 round of funding. The application process is open to non-profit organizations, governmental and non-governmental agencies, and local communities in need of assistance for the funding of historically and artistically significant synagogues. Funding in the amount of $250,000 will be available annually for the years 2002-2004 to support synagogues outside of the United States with preference given to locations in Central and Eastern Europe. The 2003 JHGP application describes the areas of available funding and the application requirements. Paper applications are available upon request and you can also download the application here. Please be sure to follow any e-mailed submission with a hard copy.

  We hope that you will consider applying for support for an important and deserving project that conserves Jewish architectural heritage. The staff of the World Monuments Fund is prepared to provide assistance or answer questions concerning the preparation of your application.

• World Monuments Fund Watch List - the deadline for submission of nominations to the 2004 Watch List is December 1, 2002 (postmarked December 1, 2002). Applications forms are available on the WMF website at www.wmf.org. If more time is required, please forward the first page of the application by fax (646 424 9594) or e-mail (watch@wmf.org) and let Anne-Sophie Roure know when you will be able to send the complete application package.

• National Foundation for Jewish Culture
• American Council of Learned Societies
• Fulbright Scholar Awards sponsored by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars
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• German-Amercian Academic Council Foundation
 
• Grants for Venice Research through The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
 
• Awards and Fellowships in care of the American Jewish Historical Society.
 
• Positions in Jewish Studies in Europe through the European Association of Jewish Studies--currently, a three-year research studentship at the University of Manchester.