Job and Volunteer Opportunities 2025

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Jewish Studies (Harvard): Tenured Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Submission Application: September 1, 2025
Start Date (estimated): July 1, 2027
Institution: Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations - Harvard University
Website: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14958
E-mail Submission: jharris@g.harvard.edu

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks to appoint a tenured professor in Jewish Studies, with a specialization in Jewish history, religion, and culture in antiquity and/or late antiquity. The successful candidate must have demonstrated expertise in Rabbinic and other Jewish literatures of the ancient world; facility with the relevant languages; deep knowledge of the surrounding civilization(s) in which Jews were embedded, i.e., some combination of Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern or Western Christian, and/or Zoroastrian; command of relevant disciplines in the Humanities including historical method. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2027. The professor will teach and advise at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Call for Applications for a Senior Academic Position in the School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology, Tel Aviv University

Submission Application: please send all application materials by September 1, 2025
Start Date (estimated): tenure-track position beginning March or October 2026.
Institution: Tel Aviv University
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E-mail Submission: Prof. Yoram Cohen, Head, School of Jewish Studies and Archeology ycohen1@tauex.tau.ac.il

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