Vacancy: Tenure-track position in the field of the Holocaust and its Aftermath with an additional field of specialization in 20th century Jewish world (Bar Ilan University)

Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Jewish Studies and the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry seek a tenure-track scholar whose teaching and research focus on the Holocaust and its aftermath, with an additional specialization in the 20th-century Jewish world.

About the role

The successful candidate will teach in Hebrew at both undergraduate and graduate levels, advise master’s and doctoral students, conduct original research, publish in peer-reviewed venues, present at conferences, and secure competitive research grants.

Responsibilities

• Teach required undergraduate courses and advanced electives in Holocaust studies and 20th-century Jewish history.
• Offer graduate seminars in the candidate’s specific field of expertise.
• Advise master’s and doctoral students on Holocaust-related topics and other aspects of 20th-century Jewish history.
• Conduct independent, original research and publish articles and books in reputable academic peer-reviewed platforms.
• Participate in local and international conferences.
• Compete for research grants.

Requirements

• Proven successful college or university teaching experience.
• Publications in the field in peer-reviewed journals and renowned academic publishers.
• Academic knowledge of European history (1870–1948).
• Experience in archival research.
• Fluency in Hebrew and scholarly working knowledge of at least one additional relevant European language (especially Yiddish); additional European languages are an advantage.
• For Israeli candidates: post-doctoral study and research outside of Israel. For candidates who completed their doctoral studies between 2019–2020 and could not travel abroad: post-doctoral study and research at an Israeli university where they did not complete their doctoral studies.

Application materials

• Cover letter (including names of three references).
• Curriculum Vitae.
• Doctoral diploma or certificate, plus confirmation of post-doctoral study if required.
• List of publications.
• Two representative publications.
• Brief summary of research plans for the next few years.
• Teaching evaluations from the previous three years (if available).
• Three letters of recommendation from senior scholars, sent directly by them to the commission.

All documents may be in English or Hebrew and must be combined into a single PDF file and emailed to jewishhistory.dept@biu.ac.il by December 27, 2020. Incomplete submissions will not be evaluated.

Start date: October 2021. Rank will be determined based on experience and publications.