Agata Paluch

PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y...

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Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council:

www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?

They look so cool!

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Thrilled to be 'most read'! the whole volume is fantastic: 👇

i wonder! thank you for sharing!

The Polish Exile Hasidism, a vibrant Jewish mystical movement, emerged in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century. Among its branches, Chabad took root and flourished in tsarist Russia, radiating its distinct intelle...

The Polish Exile www.mqup.ca/Books/T/The-...

We are pleased to announce our Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop, which will take place from 22 June-3 July 2026!

Applications are due by noon (UK time) on February 20th.

For course and application details, see the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...

#oxford #Summer2026 #Manuscripts

Congrats!!!

New job:

Full Professorship in Modern History - History of Democracy and Dictatorship in the 20th Century (W3) (f/m/d)

University of Cologne

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69794

Reposting, now with link for registration www.pennpress.org/events/revit... and alt-text 😉

New paid doctoral position with the Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus project in Munich, for students researching Arabic or Latin texts related to Ptolemy's astronomical or astrological material; dissertation can be in English or German, apply by March 31st. ptolemaeus.badw.de/start #HistSTM #MedievalSky

The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Penis: Recipes and Kabbalistic Masculinity in the Early Modern Ashkenazi World | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Kabbalistic recipes to prevent unwanted seminal emissions emerged at the intersection of religious, social, ethical, bibliographical, and epistemic discourses in the early modern Ashkenazi world. This chapter focuses on recipes for the prevention of ...

A new issue of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 38 (liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...) has just been published, with many excellent contributions on "Gender and the Body in East European Jewish History"—and my humble article: doi.org/10.3828/poli... Many thanks to the editors!

As part of the upcoming celebrations to mark 40 years of publishing 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry', @livunipress.bsky.social publishes a selection of articles from the past decades - free to read for 12 months.

Have a look!

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814) | University of Bergen Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2026

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Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.

#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care? The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...

📆 Closing date: 2 January 2026

Apply via: professorships.uni-koeln.de

#skystorians: permanent position (professorship with tenure track to W3) in early modern global history has just been advertised at the University of Cologne, please share widely! berufungen.uni-koeln.de/tender/showP...

European Magic and its Traditions - Jewish Magic YouTube video by WarburgInstitute

Now also on youtube! 👇
youtu.be/fcOeEtpmXVw?...

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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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
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/17504

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...

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

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...

🗓️ From May 22, 2025 to May 24, 2025

#CfA | W2-Professur für das Fachgebiet Jüdischer Film und audiovisuelle Erinnerung an der Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...

Bewerbungsfrist: 25. Mai 2025

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 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND932/a...

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...

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

Deadline for proposals: June 15, 2025

RFK Jr. is wrong about autism His lies endanger neurodivergent people — 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."

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...

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...