Center for Jewish StudiesThe Shatzmiller Graduate Fellows honor Emeritus Smart Professor Joseph Shatzmiller, who taught at Duke University from 1994 to 2010. Among his many publications, he is best known for Shylock Reconsidered: Jews, Moneylending, and Medieval Society and Jews, Medicine, and Medieval Society. Fellowships offer advanced graduate students the opportunity to engage with prominent national and international scholars in Jewish Studies visiting the seminar and to connect with the Jewish Studies faculty active in the seminar. Fellows receive a research stipend and a seminar session devoted to their work.
Call for Applications
Shatzmiller Fellowship in Jewish Studies
North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar
Due date: September 1, 2024
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar invites applications for graduate fellows interested in participating in the life of the seminar. Named after Joseph Shatzmiller, an eminent Duke University Jewish historian and a longtime member of the seminar, these fellowships offer an opportunity to learn more about a range of Jewish Studies topics, meet and engage with prominent Jewish Studies scholars from across the country and the world, and receive mentorship from NC Jewish Studies scholars. Fellows will receive a research stipend of $750 and an opportunity to present their work to an interdisciplinary audience at the National Humanities Center. Up to four fellowships will be offered.
The seminar meets about once a month during the academic year, on Sunday afternoons. Normally this happens at the National Humanities Center, between Durham and Raleigh, with guests who are physically present. Sessions are usually hybrid, with members unable to attend in-person joining on Zoom. (Shatzmiller Fellows are expected to attend in-person.) Papers are pre-circulated. Fellows will be encouraged to participate freely in intellectual exchange, both at the seminar and at dinners that take place afterwards.
Shatzmiller Fellows will be expected to attend the sessions regularly, and prepare a presentation of their work for the final session (in April 2025). Competition is open to graduate students (PhD or MA) at Duke University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, and Appalachian State University. Preference is usually given to more advanced students but graduation cannot be expected before May 2025.
Application requirements: CV, writing sample (10,000 words maximum), and 1-2 page statement of interest, specifically discussing your interest in intellectual history. Please email these materials (or any questions) to Serena Bazemore (serena.elliott@duke.edu) by September 1, 2024.
Conveners
Shai Ginsburg (Duke)
Malachi Hacohen (Duke)
Verena Kasper-Marienberg (NCSU)
Julie Mell (NCSU)
Ruth Von Bernuth (UNC- Chapel Hill)