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Summer Program in Germany

We are happy to announce that the application period for the Leo Baeck Summer University 2016 has begun. The early-admission application deadline is December 1, 2015. The final LBSU application deadline is March 1, 2016.

We’d greatly appreciate your sharing this information and the attached flyer with your students and placing it in any upcoming bulletins / journals.

LBSU Advanced Program in Jewish Studies, June 30 to August 12, 2016:

Leo Baeck Summer University is an annual, six-week summer program in Jewish studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, under the auspices of the Zentrum Jüdische Studien Berlin-Brandenburg (Center for Jewish Studies). Advanced undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students are encouraged to apply. Upon successful completion of the program students are granted 12 ECTS credits, transferable to home institutions.

LBSU examines Jewish life in Germany before, during and after the Holocaust, with a particular focus on the contemporary experience in relation to the broader and ever more diverse German society as well as to other Jewish communities in Israel, the United States and worldwide.

In 2016, the second module of LBSU has new focus: The South American Dream: European Jews in Latin America. This module sets out to integrate the study of Latin American Jewish life into the greater picture of modern Jewish history.

Students are enrolled in a daily, three-hour morning academic seminar and attend professionally led excursions and lectures in the afternoon, which complement the subjects presented in the academic segment. The academic seminar is divided into two modules of three weeks and two weeks, respectively. During the sixth week, students complete work on final projects, which are presented during the final days of the program.

Applications must be sent to info@lbsu.de and include (in PDF format):
1. a resume
2. a brief (500-word) personal statement elaborating on their interest in the program
3. a letter of recommendation (in PDF) sent directly by a professor / instructor to info@lbsu.de
4. for students who are not native speakers of English, a letter from a professor / instructor attesting to their advanced English language skills

5. for financial aid applicants: a letter from your academic institution affirming your ongoing need for assistance

The program fee of 2,000 euros covers tuition, student lodging, mass transit within the city of Berlin, group excursions in the Berlin metropolitan area, health insurance and introductory and farewell dinners. We encourage students to discuss tuition assistance / grant possibilities with their home institution. Thanks to grants by the DAAD and the Heinrich Boell Foundation, LBSU will be able to provide financial aid in cases of need.

Please see our website for further information.

Another MA Program: Jewish Studies at Indiana University

The M.A. in Jewish Studies provides students with the advanced interdisciplinary and language study necessary to prepare them for a doctoral program in a disciplinary department or for nonacademic careers in the professional world and nonprofit sector. Building on the unique strengths of the Borns Jewish Studies Program, the M.A. program in Jewish Studies allows students to take classes with IU's world-class faculty in a wide range

of areas within Jewish Studies, to work closely with a faculty mentor on an

independent master’s thesis project, and to pursue internship opportunities as part of the master’s degree program.  The program will normally take two years to complete, but can be completed in three semesters with summer study.

The M.A. in Jewish Studies can be combined with a certificate in nonprofit management from Indiana University’s School for Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA). Students with a particular interest in modern Jewish history can pursue a dual M.A. in Jewish Studies and History.

Most students receive fellowship funding of up to $20,000 plus health insurance and fee remission.

“As a small graduate program, the Borns JSP creates a community of future scholars, fostering an uncommon culture of partnership among M.A. students and Ph.D. minors while offering the interdisciplinary courses and sponsored events of a large university.  One example of this mutual support is the thriving JS Graduate Student Association, which provides monthly paper readings, an annual graduate student conference, and faculty-graduate workshops/lunches every other week.  The strength of this M.A. program lies in the tight-knit, supportive, and focused academic community nurtured by accessible professors and dedicated staff.”                          – Matthew Brittingham, M.A. student

 

For more information go to http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/graduates/MA.shtml

Borns Jewish Studies Program

Global & International Studies Building, 355 N. Jordan Avenue

(812) 855-0453 | Fax: 812-855-4314

www.indiana.edu/~jsp/index.shtml

iujsp@indiana.edu

Nationality Room Scholarships for Summer 2016

Yes, it is already time to think about next summer.  Click to enlarge the photo for all the Nationality Room Scholarships.

New MA program in Jewish Studies at Columbia

Read all about it:

http://www.iijs.columbia.edu/masters-program

Fall 2015 Jewish Studies Events: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Friday September 4, 2015, 9:00-10:30 am

Cathedral of Learning Commons Room

Jewish Studies Program Back to School Meet and Greet with Coffee and Donuts

for Faculty and Undergraduates

Tuesday September 30, 2015,  4:30 pm

at Carnegie-Mellon University

"The Invention of the German National Landscape by Jewish Filmmakers, 1918-1968"

Lecture by Ofer Ashkenazi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

For more information:  http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/modlang/

Thursday October 8, 2015,   8:00 pm         

at Pittsburgh Public Theater, Downtown                

PittArts & Hillel-JUC night at The Diary of Anne Frank       

with an introduction by Rachel Kranson (University of Pittsburgh)

For more information: http://www.pittarts.pitt.edu/index.php

Saturday October 10-Sunday October 11, 2015    

"Found in Translation:  A  Conference on the World History of Science, 1200-1600 CE"

This international conference addresses Islamic, Latin, Hebrew, African, Chinese, South Asian, Eurasian, and American scientific endeavors,  traditions, and interactions.

For more information:  worldhistoryofscience@pitt.edu

Monday, October 19, 2015, 4:30-6:30 pm

602 Cathedral of Learning

"From Jewish to Black: The Strange Career of the Word Ghetto"

Lecture by Daniel B. Schwartz (George Washington University)

Tuesday October 20, 2015, 12 noon-1:30 pm         

4217 Posvar Hall                 

"Europe's Jews: Past, Present, Future?"       

EUCE/ESC  "Conversations on Europe" Series Roundtable

Ron Linden (Political Science, University of Pittsburgh), Moderator and Guests

Monday October 26,  7:00-8:30 pm           

English Nationality Room, 144 CL                

"The America that Greeted the Diary of Anne Frank:  Postwar Jews and the Memory of the Holocaust"                 

Lecture by Hasia Diner (New York University)

Coffee with Professor Diner for interested graduate students, 3-4 pm, RSVP to Rachel Kranson (kranson@pitt.edu) if interested in attending.

Thursday October 29-Friday October 30, 2015         

“History and its Discontents: Commemoration in Italy and the Francophone World” 

Conference in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Department of French and Italian. http://frit50.pitt.edu/the-conference-real-and-virtual/

Thursday November 5, 2015, 7:00 PM      

Studio Theatre, Basement of Cathedral of Learning          

Performance and Lecture "The Mitzvah Project"with Roger Grunwald

Thursday December 3, 2015, 7:00-8:30 pm

Location TBA

“The Mystery of the Hebrew Detective”

Lecture by Dror Mishani, Israeli literary critic and best-selling mystery novelist.

Study Abroad in Latin America

Looking for a spring study abroad program?  Click on the picture for more info.