Applications are now open for the Parkes Institute 2024 to 2025 visiting fellowship. We welcome applications from scholars studying Jewish/non-Jewish relations from any disciplinary perspective in the humanities. Potential areas include, but are not limited to:
- anthropology
- gender studies
- history
- the arts (art, music, literature)
- archaeology
- religious studies
The area of chronological and geographical specialisation is open.
Special consideration will be given to applications that demonstrate engagement with the Parkes Library and Jewish archives.
Requirements
The fellowship is open to scholars at any stage of their career. Applicants must have completed their doctorate and be affiliated with a non-UK institution.
The fellowship is for a minimum of one month and a maximum of two months. You should undertake the fellowship between October 2024 and May 2025. Please state your availability in your application.
The successful applicant will need to confirm that they have taken out travel insurance (at their own cost). They must confirm their travel dates at least two months before arrival. They must apply for a visa (where required) in good time. To book travel funded by the scheme, you must use the University travel system.
The fellow is expected to live in Southampton. They will attend Parkes events and seminars and join the institute's intellectual life. The fellow must present a seminar paper and their work to students.
What we offer
For the 2024 to 2025 academic year, the total visiting fellowship travel and accommodation allowance will be:
- Europe: up to £2,000
- Israel: up to £2,200
- Global: up to £2,700
The fellow will be provided with University library privileges (including access to the Parkes Library and Special Collections) and an office, with a computer if required. The Parkes Institute can also offer support for visa applications where needed.
How to apply
To apply, please write to Dr Noëmie Duhaut, email N.F.Duhaut@soton.ac.uk.
Send your CV and a 700-word statement which outlines:
- your planned research project
- the proposed outcome for the fellowship
- a case as to why the Parkes Institute is an appropriate venue for your research
Applications must be received by June 30 2024. The successful applicant will be notified in the second half of July.
Past fellows
2023 to 2024
Dr Maria Cieśla, 'The influence of Jewish economic activity in creating Jewish-Christian spaces in the pre-modern Polish -Lithuania Commonwealth.'
2021 to 2022
Dr Isabelle Hesse, 'Jewish Speculative Fiction, Nationalism, and Nation-Building'.
Dr Arie Dubnov, 'Between Manchester and Jerusalem (and back?) Leon (H.Y.) Roth, Richard Koebner and the circulation of knowledge between Britain and Mandatory Palestine.'
2019 to 2020
Dr Susanne Korbel, 'Intimacy in a Splendid Metropolis: Versatile Encounters between Jews and non-Jews in Vienna around 1900.'
Dr Reuven Kiperwasser, 'A Jew and a Gentile in the mirror of a Rabbinic Conversion story: From Aquila the Proselyte to Abba Goolias.'
2017 to 2018
Dr Nir Cohen, 'The changes in Israeli state discourse and policy towards children of Israeli emigrants since the establishment of the state (1948)’
Dr Sebastian Musch, ‘A biographical exploration of Rabbi Hermann Helfgott-Zvi Asaria (1913–2002)’
2016 to 2017
Vladimir Levin, 'The Place and Function of the Synagogue in the East European Jewish Society from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries.'