Klaus Davidowicz

Klaus Samuel Davidowicz (born July 10, 1963 in Berlin ) is a German cultural scientist and professor of Jewish studies at the University of Vienna .

Life

Davidowicz studied Jewish Studies, Pedagogy and German Studies at the University for Jewish Studies and the University of Heidelberg from 1985 to 1991 . In 1991 he completed his master's degree with Maurice-Ruben Hayoun, Johann Maier (Jewish Studies) and Micha Brumlik (Education). In the same year he began his doctoral studies at the Vienna Jewish Studies, his doctorate in 1993, from 1994 to 1998 he was an assistant at the Institute for Jewish Studies. He completed his habilitation in 1998, was Associate Professor from 1998 to 2011 and has been Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Vienna since October 2011. His main research interests are Jewish philosophy and intellectual history of the modern age as well as Kabbalah and Jewish film.

Since 1988 he has also given individual lectures and lecture series in adult education centers, educational institutions etc. in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. He is one of the directors of the “Jewish Film Club Vienna” and was a technical advisor for the multi-part TV documentary Die Juden, Geschichte einer Volkes (ARD / Arte 2007) and for the ORF documentary Faszination Kabbala (2012).

Works (selection)

• Klaus Davidowicz: Gerschom Scholem and Martin Buber. The story of a misunderstanding . Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen 1995.
• Klaus Davidowicz: Jakob Frank, the messiah from the ghetto . Peter Lang, Frankfurt a. M .: 1998.
• Klaus Davidowicz: Kabbalah, secret traditions in Judaism . Austrian Jewish Museum, Eisenstadt 1999.
• Klaus Davidowicz: Between tradition and heresy, Jakob Frank's life and teachings . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2004.
• Klaus Davidowicz: From Myth to Film Epic, Paul Wegener's Golem Film . In: E. Lappin (Ed.): Jews and Film . Vienna 2004.
• Klaus Davidowicz: Overcoming the Abyss - Martin Buber's Search for God . In: Rudolf Langthaler and Wolfgang Treitler (eds.): The question of God in European philosophy and literature of the 20th century . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2007.
• Klaus Davidowicz: The Kabbalah, an introduction to the world of Jewish mysticism and magic . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2009.
• Klaus Davidowicz: Martin Buber and the Jewish Renaissance . In: Frank Stern and Barbara Eichinger (eds.): Vienna and the Jewish experience . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2009.
• Klaus Davidowicz: Jakob Frank and the "big brother" - Esau in the Frankist doctrines . In: Gerhard Langer (Ed.): Esau - Brother and Enemy . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009.
• Klaus Davidowicz: Frank Beyer's “Naked Among Wolves” and the portrayal of the Shoah in the German feature film of the early 1960s . In: Frank Stern and Barbara Eichinger (eds.): Film in Socialism, DEFA . Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2009.
• Klaus Davidowicz: Film as Midrash - The Golem, Dybbuks and Other Kabbalistic Elements in Popular Cinema, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016.

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Davidowicz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait at the University of Vienna