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Agata Paluch

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Professor of Jewish Studies in the Premodern Era, University of Cologne | early modern Central-Eastern Europe - Jewish history & book cultures - kabbalah & Jewish knowledge | neurodivergent | views my own

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A PhD position (65%) in Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne - details πŸ‘‡
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

#jewishstudies

12.06.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
European Magic and its Traditions - Jewish Magic
YouTube video by WarburgInstitute European Magic and its Traditions - Jewish Magic

Now also on youtube! πŸ‘‡
youtu.be/fcOeEtpmXVw?...

12.06.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A PhD position (65%) in Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne - details πŸ‘‡
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

#jewishstudies

12.06.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scholarship program of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: annual theme 2026 "Small Forms" | H-Net The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is home to exceptional historical special collections of manuscripts, printed works, maps, musical materials, and other collection objects, both in terms of scope and qu...

Fellowship Announcement: Scholarship program of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: 2026 Annual Theme: Small Forms – Between Materiality, Mediality and Genre #MaterialCulture
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29.05.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies Hamburg University searches a candidate for a Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies. Deadline: 19 June 2025. OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as foll...

Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies at Hamburg University. Deadline: 19 June 2025.
#jewishstudies
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25.05.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rethinking Chabad Historiography: A Review Essay on Eli Rubin's Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity | In geveb While not the first, Rubin’s book is among the very few that aim to address the history of the Chabad movement as a whole, placing its major figures in dialogue

Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2025), receives a generous and critical review from my friend and colleague @wtworek.bsky.social
ingeveb.org/articles/rev...

23.05.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
33/2025 W2-Professur fΓΌr Religionswissenschaft mit einem Schwerpunkt auf transnationale Verflechtungen mit Career-Track zu W3 (w/m/d)

An exciting (and permanent) opportunity for specialists in (modern) Jewish Studies to work with a great team in Erfurt: www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...

21.05.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Register for a CSMC workshop

#HybridEvent | Workshop at the CSMC Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture on Spatio-temporal Profiles of Multigraphic Written Artefacts | www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/register/wor...

πŸ—“οΈ From May 22, 2025 to May 24, 2025

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#CfA | W2-Professur fΓΌr das Fachgebiet JΓΌdischer Film und audiovisuelle Erinnerung an der FilmuniversitΓ€t Babelsberg Konrad Wolf | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...

Bewerbungsfrist: 25. Mai 2025

06.05.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Assistant Professor in Islamic Art (ca. 1500-ca. 1700) of the Safavid and/or Mughal Empires at University of Cambridge Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Islamic Art (ca. 1500-ca. 1700) of the Safavid and/or Mughal Empires at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply...

Assistant Professor in Islamic Art (ca. 1500-ca. 1700) of the Safavid and/or Mughal Empires- University of Cambridge - Department of History of Art #skystorians πŸ—ƒοΈwww.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND932/a...

21.05.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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European Magic and its Traditions - Islamic Magic

Tomorrow (May 20), a conversation on Islamic magic traditions in European intellectual history, with Charles Burnett (Warburg), Matthew Melvin-Koushki (U. South Carolina), and Michael Noble (Exeter) warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/europ...

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#CfP: IV International Conference on Jews in Galicia. Histories, Topographies, and Texts in KrakΓ³w on October 20-21, 2025 | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/en/news/iv-i...

Deadline for proposals: June 15, 2025

29.04.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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RFK Jr. is wrong about autism His lies endanger neurodivergent people β€” and everyone else.

"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."

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Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World (non-speakers) University of Manchester 9th-10th June 2025.

Registration for our 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' conference 9th-10th June, John Rylands Institute, Manchester is now open. Registration is free! Tickets and more info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bodies-and...

15.04.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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European Magic and its Traditions - Jewish Magic - RESCHEDULED

Tomorrow (April 9), a conversation on Jewish magic in European intellectual history, with Moshe Idel (Jerusalem) and Saverio Campanini (Bologna): warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/jewis...

08.04.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Study

3 scholarships for the MA Jewish Studies at UCL, each worth Β£ 4,000:

- Hyman Hurwitz Scholarship in Jewish Languages
- Ada Rapoport-Albert Scholarship in Jewish Religious Life
- The Hebrew and Jewish Studies Scholarship in Jewish History and Politics

www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...

06.03.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Decent people thank Ukraine.

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Have you seen this book? Since we as trainees get the chance to visit many libraries, and spend a lot of time in them day-to-day, I thought I would introduce to you a different kind of library today: The Library of Lost Bo…

🚨 Help us locate 'lost' Jewish books! 🚨

The Leo Baeck Institute’s Library of Lost Books is calling on citizen scientists to report sightings of books looted by the Nazis. Read about the initiative & how you can help here: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtraine...

#LibraryOfLostBooks #CitizenScience

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CfA: Lecturer in Hebrew at the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne

Deadline for application: March 3, 2025

Details: www.jewishstudies.de/en/news/cfa-...

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We are now accepting #applications for our #Hebrew #ManuscriptStudies: #Codicology, #Palaeography, #ArtHistory #workshop (23 Jun-4 Jul)! Deadline to apply 21 Feb, 12 noon UK time: www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app... @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social

27.01.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk bei AfD-Wahlkampfauftakt in Halle (Saale) zugeschaltet Β»Seid stolz, Deutsche zu seinΒ«: Von einer Videoleinwand sprach der TechmilliardΓ€r Elon Musk zu AfD-AnhΓ€ngern. Der Trump-Berater verbreitete seine Erkenntnisse ΓΌber die Β»deutsche KulturΒ«, in der Messeh...

Musk joins German far right's opening rally remotely, instructs Germans to stop feeling guilty and reminds them how impressed Caesar had been with German tribes' ability to fight.

Could not make this up.

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Closing date now extended until 02 February 2025

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Call for Applications: Oxford Center for Hebrew & Jewish Studies Fellowship program. The deadline for applications is February 14. - Jewish Heritage Europe The Oxford Center for Hebrew & Jewish Studies has issued a call for applications for its Fellowship program. The deadline for applications is February 14. Two of the fellowships would be open to resea...

Call for Applications: Oxford Center for Hebrew & Jewish Studies Fellowship program. The deadline for applications is February 14. jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2025/01/09/c...

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Call for Papers: Tracing Jewish Histories - The Long Lives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture. Submission deadline Feb. 27, 2025 - Jewish Heritage Europe We are pleased to share this CfP for the symposium: Tracing Jewish Histories: The Long Lives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture, Β  May 19-20, 2025, The Courtauld Institute of Ar...

Call for Papers: Tracing Jewish Histories – The Long Lives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture. Submission deadline Feb. 27, 2025 @courtauld.bsky.social

jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2024/12/03/c...

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Disability History Month: Accessibility and Archives: β€œFor disability, see infirmities” β€” Archives & Records Association In this guest blog Professor Lucy Delap reflects on the challenges even experienced users of archives faced when searching for disability and Deaf histories.  Currently completing a book project ...

'For disabilities, see infirmities'. My new blog post just published on finding disabled lives in indexes, archives and libraries.
#dishist #disability
www.archives.org.uk/diversity-al...

30.11.2024 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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The SSHM Lecture 2024 Why Astrological Medicine Doesn't Work: Reflections on How to Write the Histories of Science and Medicine.

Attention ECR #histmed #histsci. Tune in on 2 Dec for my talkβ€”'Why Astrological Medicine Doesn't Work: Reflections on How to Write the Histories of Science and Medicine'β€”to promote @sshmedicine.bsky.social Roy Porter Student Essay Prize sshm.org/portfolio/pr...

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sshm-l...

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2025-2026 Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica application process now open The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies invites applications for the 2025-2026 Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica The Starr fellowships for 2025-26 will be available to scholars working on top...

Harvard’s Starr fellowship theme next year = Kabbalah! cjs.fas.harvard.edu/2024/11/13/2...

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Visiting Fellowships at the Bodleian Libraries

There's still time to apply for a Bodleian Library Fellowship. This year for the first time one of them is in Polish Studies!

www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

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Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade | Museum Plantin-Moretus The Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade Conference 2025 is organised by the Museum Plantin-Moretus, KU Leuven, Utrecht University, and Northumbria University as part of the FWO rese...

Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade:

Conference is in November 2025

CfP open until March 2025

museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/wome...

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European Magic and its Traditions - Classical and Christian Magic

Part one of "European Magic and its Traditions" at the Warburg Institute (online) coming soon! Registration is still open - join us for a conversation with Prof Anthony Grafton on his recent book, "Magus", this coming Tuesday: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/europ...

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