University of Cambridge
German Politics and the ‘Jewish Question’, 1914-1919
The First World War confronted German politicians with a range of unprecedented, vital questions in the spheres of domestic as well as foreign policy. As the fortunes of war shifted, so…
University of Chicago
Sacramental Existence: Embodiment in Martin Buber’s Philosophical and Hasidic Writings
I am a PhD candidate in History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School, working primarily with Paul Mendes-Flohr and…
Central European University
The Migration of the Numerus Clausus Exiles. Hungarian Jewish Students in Interwar Europe
Agnes’s dissertation (expected defense: 2019), “The Migration of the Numerus Clausus Exiles. Hungarian Jewish Students in Interwar Europe”,…
University of Munich
Zuhause zwischen Isar und Jordan. Leben und Werk Schalom Ben-Chorins
Das Dissertationsvorhaben widmet sich dem Leben und Werk des in München geborenen Religionsphilosophen und Literaten Schalom Ben-Chorin. Hierbei werden seine…
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jews, ‘Gypsies’ and the Volk: Wandering Minorities in the Folk-Narratives and German Mythology of Brothers Grimm and Ludwig Bechstein
This dissertation examines how images of Jews and Roma (referred to in the historical sources as…
Tel Aviv University
“It is time to act for the Lord”: Crisis Discourse and Theological Turns in Moses ben Maimon and Hermann Cohen
Omer Michaelis is a Senior Research Fellow of the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute; and a Senior Lecturer at…
Columbia University
Jewish Midwives, Medicine, and the Boundaries of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, 1650-1800
Employed as midwives, wise women, or healers, female medical practitioners of various faiths disseminated medical knowledge and supplied…
Columbia University
Jews on Trial: Postwar Retribution Against Jews in Germany and Europe
Lotte Houwink ten Cate is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at Columbia University. She focuses on intellectual and legal history, western Europe, and the…
Freie Universität Berlin
A Forgotten Visionary: Zionist Ideas for the Future – Between Germany, Palestine, and the USA
In her dissertation, published in the Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts, Lisa Sophie Gebhard examines…
Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Between Universal and National ‘Social Therapy’: Professional Interventions by Jewish Social Workers in Mandatory Palestine
This PhD dissertation uncovers a hidden chapter in the pre-state era, viewing the birth of Israeli social…