Last week, the 2025-26 Leo Baeck Fellows gathered at the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture, the Simon Dubnow Institute in Leipzig, for their summer workshop.
Over two days, ten doctoral researchers presented their work to each other and to senior…
Congratulations to Jordan Katz, from LBI’s 2016/17 fellowship cohort, on the publication of his monograph Delivering Knowledge, which appeared in April 2026 with Stanford University Press. The book is based on her doctoral research on Jewish midwives in Early Modern Europe.
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Two former Leo Baeck Institute London fellows, Stefanie Fischer (2009/10 cohort) and Kim Wünschmann (2007/8 cohort), have been awarded Silver in the International Creative Media Award (ICMA) in the category of Concept and Innovation for their recent publication Oberbrechen: A German…
Gilad Cohen: Zionism Beyond Empires: Reinterpreting pe-1948 ideas of “the Jewish state” in the light of the fin de siècle connected Jewish Polity
(Brandeis University, Modern Jewish History)
Annika Duin: Letters to the Past. Citizen Responses to Antisemitic Violence, 1945–1990…
Congratulations to Avinoam J. Stillman, from LBI’s 2023/4 fellowship cohort, on the publication of his article “An Inheritance of Dreams”. It appears in the latest volume of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry.
In the article, Stillman looks at how Early Modern Jewish…
The latest feature in the Leo Baeck Institute’s Meet the Fellows series introduces Alisha Meininghaus, whose PhD research on Jewish childbirth amulets from the 17th to the 19th century sheds light on a relatively unexplored field, connecting Jewish women’s history, material…
The latest feature in the Leo Baeck Institute’s Meet the Fellows series introduces Meyrav Levy, whose research examines mediaeval Jewish prayer books, known as mahzorim, and how they fostered multi-sensory, immersive, and emotional experiences for worshipers.
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Final call for applications: the Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme 2026/2027 (German academic year October 2026 – September 2027) invites PhD students working on German-Jewish history and culture to apply.
The programme is jointly organised by the Leo Baeck Institute…
The latest feature in the Leo Baeck Institute’s Meet the Fellows series introduces Annika Duin, whose research examines how West Germans responded to antisemitism after 1945. Drawing on letters written by non-Jewish citizens to Jewish individuals and communities, her work traces how…
The Leo Baeck Institute London, together with its partners, is pleased to announce the 2025-26 cohort of Leo Baeck Fellows, a new group of outstanding doctoral researchers working on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry, whose profiles and projects are showcased on the…
We are happy to advertise the international Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme 2026/2027 (German academic year October 2026-September 2027). We invite applications from PhD students who carry out research into the field of German-Jewish history and culture. The programme is…
Meet Leo Baeck Fellow Tamar Aizenberg, part of the 2024-25 cohort, whose research offers fresh perspectives on memory, family, and Holocaust history.
Can you briefly describe your doctoral research project for a non-specialist audience? What drew you to…
Next in LBI’s Meet the Fellows series, we are pleased to highlight Tekle Ekvtimishvili, whose research examines Networks of Protestant mission to the Jews in the 18th century and the roles of Jews and converts in these networks.
Could…
Next in LBI’s Meet the Fellows series, we introduce Melani Shahin, whose research uncovers the intellectual bridges connecting Jewish and Christian music scholars in nineteenth-century Germany.
Could you briefly describe your doctoral research…
Welcome to the Meet the Fellows series, where we introduce the researchers in our fellowship programme and hear about their projects, academic paths, and work during their time with us. Today, we speak with Anna Weber from the 2024-25 cohort about her compelling doctoral research, academic…
The Leo Baeck Institute London held a Fellowship Seminar at Birkbeck, University of London, on 1 and 2 July 2025. The event brought together doctoral fellows and scholars to discuss research in German-Jewish history and culture.
The seminar is part of the Leo…
The annual Leo Baeck Institute Fellowship Seminar brought together the 2024/25 cohort of Fellows to present and discuss their doctoral research in the field of German-Jewish history and culture. Hosted at Birkbeck, University of London, and co-organised with the Studienstiftung des deutschen…
For the academic year 2025/26, the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes is once again awarding up to ten doctoral scholarships to doctoral students working on a dissertation in the field of German-Jewish Studies. The Leo Baeck Programme is run in cooperation with the Leo Baeck…
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce the selection of its 2024 cohort of research fellows. The fellows will be involved in a series of workshops, conferences, and public talks throughout the year, aiming to deepen understanding and foster scholarly discourse on topics related to…
18th, 20th of November, 2nd, 9th December 2024
4.00-6.00pm Berlin Time
Participants:
Aebischer, Emilie: Writing History in the Face of Fanaticism: Ernst Cassirer and his Reception as a Historian (University…
