Job and Volunteer Opportunities 2024

December


Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies

Submission Application: Monday, Dec 2, 2024
Start Date (estimated): July 1, 2025 or later
Salary: : A reasonable salary estimate for this position is $96,500 - $287,400
Institution: The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Location: California, Santa Barbara, USA
Apply link: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02879
E-mail Submission: amandalizarraga@umail.ucsb.edu

November

Regius Professorship of Hebrew

Submission Application: November 11, 2024
Start Date (estimated): October 2025
Location: University of Cambridge, UK
Further information is available at: http://www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/professorships or contact the Human Resources, University Offices, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TT.
E-mail Submission: professorships@admin.cam.ac.uk

The Board of Electors to the Regius Professorship of Hebrew invite applications from senior scholars with an established track record of research and leadership in Hebrew and Semitic Studies, to take up appointment in October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Candidates will have an outstanding research record of international stature in the study of Hebrew and Semitic Studies and the vision and experience to maintain the reputation of FAMES as an international centre of excellence in Hebrew and Semitic Studies. Current strengths involve research on endangered Semitic languages and the Semitic languages as a group, the integration of Hebrew research and teaching on Classical, Medieval and Modern Hebrew Studies in a Middle Eastern context, the fostering of complementary but distinctive approaches to the posts in the Faculty of Divinity and the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit.
Standard professorial duties include undertaking and publishing original research, grant capture, mentoring post-doctoral researchers, instructing undergraduate and postgraduate students in the department's team-taught teaching programme on the Middle East and North Africa. The Professor will play a leadership role in the Department's Hebrew and Semitic Studies team and will fill administrative duties and faculty roles in the Faculty and accept appointment to University Committees.
The Professor will be based in Cambridge. A competitive salary will be offered.
Applications, consisting of a letter of application, a statement of current and future research plans, a curriculum vitae and a publications list, along with details of three referees should be made online no later than 11 November 2024.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor Christine van Ruymbeke Convenor of Board of Electors, co-Chair of Faculty of Asian and middle Eastern Studies and Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies: cv223@cam.ac.uk.
Please quote reference GY43219 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

October

Biblical Hebrew & Aramaic Dialects (Un. of Michigan)

Submission Application: Review of applications will begin October 1, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.
Start Date (estimated): January 8th 2025
Institution: The Department of Middle East Studies and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Location: Michigan (USA)
How to Apply: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/249389/leo-lecturer-i-biblical-hebrew-and-aramaic-dialects-2024-2025


Job: Research Assistant (m/f/d) in the Department of Bible and Jewish Biblical Interpretation, Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies

Submission Application: August 15, 2024
Start Date (estimated):
Salary: Payment is according to salary group E 13 TV-L.
Institution: The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studie
Location:
Website: https://mjsnow.hypotheses.org/13900
For more information: Please click here
E-mail Submission: hanna.liss@hfjs.eu

The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies invites applications for the post of Research Assistant (m/f/d) in the Department of Bible and Jewish Biblical Interpretation (50% part-time position to start November 1,2024) to be filled on a temporary basis. The duration of the fixed-term contract depends on the qualification objective; an initial contract period should not be less than three years.


Curator, Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Deadline for Applications: June 24, 2024
Job number: JB-130
Institution: The Israel Museum
Location: Jerusalem
E-mail Submission: jobs@imj.org.il
For more details: Please click here for job description and how to apply (in Hebrew).
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