Graduate Student Seminar 2025
Hosted by New York University’s Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
May 18-20, 2025
Seminar to be held at New York University
Faculty
Lila Corwin Berman, Paul & Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History, New York University
Josef Stern, William H. Colvin Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus), University of Chicago
The AAJR is pleased to sponsor a residential seminar for doctoral students in all areas of Jewish studies. The seminar will be held from Sunday, May 18 to Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at New York University. The seminar aims to create a community in which graduate students can consider methods and trends in the field, discuss their research, and learn about the academic profession in general and Jewish studies in particular. To facilitate conversation and community, the group will discuss a few preassigned articles and take a field trip or two. The core of the seminar will be a research workshop, in which participants pre-circulate and present part of their dissertation (a section of a chapter, conference paper, prospectus, etc.) for feedback.
This seminar serves students who are studying in North America. Students from outside New York City will be provided on-campus housing and travel stipends. AAJR will cover meals for all participants.
Enrollment in the seminar is competitive and limited to those who have completed all program requirements up to and including preliminary exams, and who are either formulating their dissertation prospectus or writing the dissertation.
Applicants must submit, in one PDF with all materials combined:
- A three- to five-page description of their doctoral studies’ focus and dissertation topic
- Name and email of advisor
- An (official or unofficial) transcript or list of courses taken in graduate school
- A curriculum vitae (noting foreign language proficiency)
Deadline is January 30, 2025. Please email all materials to Lila Corwin Berman (lila.corwin.berman@nyu.edu) and Josef Stern (j-stern@uchicago.edu) with “AAJR Seminar” in the subject line. Applicants will be notified in early March.