HEF Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization: Call for Applicants

From: Jaskot, Paul <[email protected]>

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The Eighteenth Annual Summer Institute
on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

The Holocaust Educational Foundation and Northwestern University are
pleased to invite applications for Fellowships to participate in the
eighteenth annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization
from June 23-July 3, 2013, in Evanston, Illinois.  This renowned program is
an intensive two-week course of study designed to broaden and deepen the
background of current and prospective Holocaust educators.  It is open to
faculty at the college or university level and to graduate students who are
pursuing a Ph.D.  Approximately 25 Fellows are selected annually, each of
whom receives free room, board, and tuition during the program.
 (Fellowships do not cover, however, travel expenses to and from Evanston,
as well as the cost of assigned books.) We seek fellows from a wide variety
of disciplines, and encourage the participation of all intellectual areas
related to Holocaust Studies.

The Institute curriculum consists of lectures, and seminars taught by
leading scholars on the following themes: the religious practice and
history of the European Jews, problems in Holocaust historical
interpretation, the Holocaust in literature, film and art, the Holocaust
and modern thought, the Holocaust and the social sciences, and the pedagogy
of the Holocaust.  In addition, the Institute offers a program of
occasional guest lectures on other themes as well as cultural and
recreational outings and events in Chicago.

Applications, consisting of a letter explaining the prospective Fellow's
interest and experience in Holocaust Studies, intentions for teaching the
Holocaust, a curriculum vitae, and, in the case of graduate students, a
letter of recommendation from the principal dissertation advisor, should be
submitted by March 1, 2013, to: Prof. Paul Jaskot, Summer Institute
Director, Department of the History of Art & Architecture, DePaul
University, 2315 N. Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 (preferably by email at:
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). (For our records, please
also send a copy of the application to the Holocaust Education Foundation,
c/o Zev Weiss at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ). Fellowships will be
awarded and all applicants notified by March 30, 2013.


Paul B. Jaskot
Professor of Art History
Director, HEF Summer Institute
Dept. of the History of Art & Architecture
DePaul University
2315 N. Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
http://las.depaul.edu/haa/