The Richard Witten Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University
Columbia University’s Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies is proud to announce a post-doctoral fellowship at the rank of Post-Doctoral Research Scholar in Jewish Studies for the 2025-2026 academic year. The salary for the fellowship will be $91,050.
This fellowship is open to scholars in all areas of Israel and Jewish Studies.
Requirements are a Ph.D. granted between January 1, 2021, and June 30, 2025, and an excellent command of Hebrew. Fellows will be expected to be in residence between September 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026, teach one undergraduate course per semester, and give one public lecture and a faculty seminar during their fellowship period.
Please send a letter of application stating how applicant would use the year to further their research (not to exceed 5 pages), curriculum vitae, a writing sample (not to exceed 20 pages), two syllabi for proposed courses, and two reference letters via email to iijs@columbia.edu by midnight on December 20, 2024.
If the Ph.D. has not yet been granted, please also include a letter from the academic sponsor attesting to the fact that it will be granted not later than June 30, 2025. Please do not send any references or any other written materials or attachments.
For more information, please email: iijs@columbia.edu.
Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are due by December 20, 2024.
This fellowship has been made possible by the Richard Witten Post-Doctoral Fellowship Fund at Columbia University.
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