Schismatics, Heretics, and Religious Crisis: Frankism and the Turbulent 18th Century in East Central European Jewry
Summer Program in Jewish Studies
2-12 August 2020, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
About the Program
The Kurt and Ursula Schubert Center for Jewish Studies (CJS), Faculty of Arts of the Palacký University Olomouc, in association with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, invites applications for a ten-day Summer School program in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The summer program, supported by the European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS), is intended primarily for graduate and undergraduate students of Jewish Studies and related study programs. It will offer an
intensive course on 18th–century Jewish and comparative religious history, in particular about Sabbatean heterodoxies (for 6 ECTS credits). e program will be taught by internationally renowned scholars and it includes on-site learning as well as academic field trips to historical Jewish sites in Moravia. See the detailed program below.
The summer school program:
• consists of instruction sessions in the morning and early afternoon, and cultural and social events in the afternoon and evening
• includes 35 instruction units (1 instruction unit = 45 minutes) + reading assignments= 6 ECTS credits Europe
• instruction includes: lectures, seminars, practical teaching during the field trips
• cultural program includes: guided tours in Olomouc and vicinity, excursions and trips to Jewish historical sites in the Czech Republic, cultural events in Olomouc and neighborhood
• organizers are ready to help interested participants with their research in libraries and archives and with making contact with experts at Palacký University Olomouc, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, or other institutions.
Language of Instruction: English
Other conditions
Participants will be asked to submit an essay on their experience upon conclusion of the program; this essay will be published online subsequently.
How to apply
Applicants should send a short statement of interest (up to 500 words) including why they would like to take part in this program and a onepage CV to the Kurt and Ursula Schubert Center for Jewish Studies, at ivana.cahova@upol.cz by Sunday April 12, 2020. The committee at the Kurt and Ursula Schubert Center for Jewish Studies will select the successful applicants.
Successful applicants will be informed by email by Sunday April 26, 2020.
Queries should be addressed to:
ivana.cahova@upol.cz
MORE INFO: CfA summer school Olomouc 2020