HARRY STARR FELLOWSHIP IN JUDAICA ___________________________________________________________________
The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies invites applications each academic year for the Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica. Applicants may come from any discipline in the humanities or social sciences associated with studies in Judaica; junior faculty are especially encouraged to apply. PhDs are required.
The Harry Starr Fellowships were established by a bequest from the estate of Harry Starr, A.B. 1921, LL.B. 1924, who had a broad vision of academic Jewish studies and of their place in university programs in the humanities and the social sciences.
The Starr Fellowship covers travel expenses and a stipend for a group of scholars from around the world to gather at Harvard to engage in full-time research in a designated subject area in Judaica. By drawing together scholars from a variety of universities and a variety of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences, the Starr Fellows not only share their research with each other, but also with members of the Harvard community.
Residence in the Boston area and participation in the Center community are required during the fellowship appointment. All Starr Fellows must be in residence during the spring semester; full-year fellowships are also available. Fellows are expected to devote full-time study to their projects without undertaking any other major activities and will be asked to present their work-in-progress in a seminar during the spring semester.
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The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University invites applications for the 2012-2013 Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica on the theme:
“Music in Jewish Life”
Applications are welcome from candidates across the disciplines treating topics related to Jewish music and its place in Jewish experience. Projects may span historical and/or contemporary subjects and may draw on a range of archival and/or ethnographic sources. The terms of the Starr endowment specify that projects must be of an academic and scholarly nature, whatever their topic or disciplinary orientation.
Ph.D. degree required
Starr Fellows will receive a stipend of $40,000 for the spring semester
or $50,000 for the full academic year.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED
Please check back in the fall of 2012 for the following year's Starr Topic.
