European Association of Israel Studies

13/09/2026

📢 Academic Position | Theatre Studies

The Department of Comparative Literature at Bar-Ilan University invites applications for a full-time, tenured position in Theatre Studies, within its Drama and Theatre track, beginning in October 2027.

The position is open rank, with preference for Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor, and is particularly aimed at scholars at the mid-career stage. A PhD is required, and the language of instruction is Hebrew.

📅 Application deadline: 1 November 2026, midnight
📩 Applications: [email protected]
For enquiries, contact Prof. Roy Horovitz, Head of the Drama and Theatre Studies track: [email protected]

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30/08/2026

📢 Call for Applications

The Sussex Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Sussex invites applications for the interdisciplinary conference The Unholy Trinity: Germany, Israel, Palestine – Memory, Politics, and Responsibility Across Entangled Histories.

📍 Brighton, UK
📅 14–16 December 2026
⏰ Application deadline: 15 October 2026

Early career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply.

20/06/2026

📣 We are happy to announce that the EAIS's Vice-Chair, Dr. Timea Crofony, is the winner of the Ben Halpern Award for the Best Dissertation in Israel Studies 2026, awarded by Association for Israel Studies. We are proud of you!👏

🌟 Her dissertation, The Intimate State of Israel: Politics of Desire and Secular Israeli Jews (Charles University, Prague), supervised by our Chair, Dr. Marcela Menachem Zoufala, is an ethnographic study of intimacy, desire, and secularity among secular Israeli Jews." It examines how “being secular” (hiloni) is lived, narrated, and embodied in everyday life, and how this self-understanding shapes intimate relationships, preferences, and personal decisions. By treating intimate relationships not merely as private matters but as sites where the state, social structures, political projects, and collective identities intersect, the dissertation offers a fresh and compelling lens for studying contemporary Israeli society. Dr. Crofony’s work expands the field of Israel Studies beyond its more familiar focus on institutions, parties, and visible political struggles, and shows how political meanings are also produced in intimate and everyday arenas. The dissertation is based on rich ethnographic material and combines a sensitive reading of lived experience with a broader analytical argument about secularity, belonging, and Jewish continuity in Israel.

Warm congratulations to all the winners in the other categories! 🎉 You can find the complete list here: https://aisisraelstudies.org/ais-2026-award-winners/

13/05/2026

Apply now through May 31st! Answer the Call for Proposals for the 2026-27 Institute for Advanced Israel Studies Fellowship. Learn more and apply at http://tinyurl.com/iaiscfp26-27

Apply now through May 31st! Answer the Call for Proposals for the 2026-27 Institute for Advanced Israel Studies Fellowship. Learn more and apply at http://tinyurl.com/iaiscfp26-27 Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute - מכון ון ליר בירושלים Association for Israel Studies European Association of Israel Studies Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)

22/03/2026

📖 EAIS Academic Award 2026 – Call for Submissions

We invite submissions for the EAIS Academic Award, recognizing outstanding scholarly monographs in English published in 2025 in the field of .

📅 Deadline: April 30, 2026

Further details and submission guidelines are available here: https://israelstudies.eu/eais-academic-award/

16/03/2026

Am Mittwoch, 18. März 2026, 19 Uhr setzt das Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum seine neue Veranstaltungsreihe zum Thema "Gesellschaft und Judentum heute" im eigenen Haus (Am Neuen Markt 8, 14467 Potsdam) fort. Gesprächspartner ist der in Berlin lebende Historiker, Kommunalpolitiker und Leiter des Osteuropa-Zentrums Berlin (OEZB e.V.), Dr. Dmitri Stratievski. Diskutiert wird u.a. über "Odessa, Potsdam, Berlin und den Kampf um die 'richtigen' Erinnerungen."

10/12/2025

We are happy to share Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Summer Programme for Professors. This unique retreat invites researchers from around the world to immerse themselves in a tranquil, intellectually enriching environment. https://www.bgu.ac.il/en/u/vps/international/dare/

30/10/2025

We're excited to share an upcoming event hosted by IASR that you won’t want to miss. The 9th Annual Conference of The Israeli Association for the Study of Religions will take place on May 7th, 2026 at Tel-Hai Academic College – University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee.

CFP - The 9th Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for the Study of Religions, 7.5.26

19/09/2025

📢We are thrilled to inform you that from September 14 to 16, the Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum hosted the 13th Annual Conference of the European Association of Israel Studies (EAIS). Scholars from across the globe gathered to reflect and exchange ideas under the theme “Navigating Dire Straits: Israeli Polity in Times of Crises.” Unsurprisingly, many panels and discussions centered on Israel’s current challenges: internal societal turmoil, coping with the aftermath of October 7, shifting Israel–Diaspora relations, future perspectives on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, evolving neighborly relations in the post-war context, and, last but not least, the new directions and challenges for Israel Studies in both research and teaching.

🙏We extend our heartfelt thanks to Miriam Rürup, Head of the MMZ, and Olaf Glöckner, who led the Conference Committee with great commitment. Our gratitude also goes to the Israel Institute in Washington for its ongoing support, and keynote speaker Isabell Schierenbeck, whose lecture set the tone for vibrant and thought-provoking debates. We are also grateful to the MMZ’s neighboring institutions: Einstein Forum, the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF), and Brandenburg Museum für Zukunft, Gegenwart und Geschichte. A word of appreciation also goes to the Jewish Community of Potsdam (Jüdische Gemeinde Stadt Potsdam e.V.), which welcomed us warmly. Many participants visited the new synagogue center in the heart of the city and engaged in conversation with the local communities.

📆 We would also like to announce that the 14th EAIS Annual Conference will take place in 2026 in Kaunas, Lithuania, and will be hosted by Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas / Vytautas Magnus University.

23/07/2025

📢The Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley invites applications for the Visiting Faculty and Scholars Program from a wide range of disciplines relating to .

📅The deadline to apply is September 30, 2025.

More information: https://helendillerinstitute.berkeley.edu/visiting-faculty/visiting-faculty-and-scholars-application