Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg

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Sophienstraße 22, 22A, entrance front building (2010)

The Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg (ZJS) is a university center sponsored by several universities in Berlin-Mitte to promote young academics and research in all areas of Jewish studies .

Research and Teaching

The ZJS networks interdisciplinary subjects such as history, philosophy, Jewish studies , theology, literary and music studies, art and ancient history. It is dedicated to the study of Judaism from late antiquity to the present day as well as Jewish emancipation in the region. The focus is on the exchange between Judaism, Christianity and Islam , the cultures of remembrance of the Shoah , Sephardic perspectives, diaspora , migration and transnationality.

Associated with the ZJS are lecturers from the fields of Protestant theology , religious studies , gender studies or ancient history , such as Ulrike Auga , Ernst Baltrusch , Róza Berger-Fiedler , Hartmut Böhme , Gideon Botsch , Micha Brumlik , Claudia Bruns , Sieglind Ellger-Rüttgardt , Andreas Feldtkeller , Volker Gerhardt , Eveline Goodman-Thau , Stephan Grigat , Atina Grossmann , Johann Evangelist Hafner , Martin Heger , Tal Ilan , Wolfgang Kaschuba , Alexandra Klei , Christoph Kopke , Elke-Vera Kotowski , Thomas Macho , Christoph Markschies , Jascha Nemtsov , Gesine Palmer , Uwe Puschner , Stefan Rinke , Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe , Rolf Schieder , Frank Stern , Claudia Ulbrich , Irmela von der Lühe , Daniel Weidner , Michael Wildt , Rakefet Zalashik .

The ZJS supports the training of young academics in the doctorate and postdoc phase in the field of Jewish studies, Judeo-Christian or Islamic-Judeo-Christian exchange as well as museum and memorial work. It currently supports doctoral and postdoctoral students who are funded by the federal government. In addition, it offers topic-specific working groups, weekly colloquiums, conferences and workshops as well as regular advanced training courses and participation in one of the ZJS research groups. Visiting professorships and fellows strengthen the international exchange and cooperation with scientists, especially from the USA, Israel, Great Britain, France and the CIS countries.

The center promotes the academic training of rabbis and cantors . The rabbi training carried out jointly by the University of Potsdam and the Abraham Geiger College is supplemented by a professorship for Jewish Bible Exegesis and supported by a professorship for Jewish music with a focus on synagogue music and cantor training at the Liszt University of Music Weimar.

structure

The ZJS, founded in 2012, is a joint project of the Free University of Berlin , the Humboldt University of Berlin , the Technical University of Berlin , the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), the University of Potsdam , the Abraham Geiger Kolleg and the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish studies in cooperation with the Liszt School of Music Weimar .

The board of directors, which consists of one member from each of the participating universities as sponsors, decides on all matters relating to the center; the chairmanship changes annually. Once a year, the board of directors reports to the board of trustees. The board of directors consists (as of January 2019) of Anne-Margarete Brenker, Liliana Ruth Feierstein, Walter Homolka , Rainer Kampling , Sina Rauschenbach , Julius H. Schoeps , Kerstin Schoor, Stefanie Schüler-Springorum and Werner Treß.

ZJS building in Sophienstrasse 22

The Board of Trustees has an advisory role to the Board of Directors. It consists of one representative each, usually vice or president of the six sponsors, one representative from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and one representative each from the state governments of Berlin and Brandenburg . Its members (as of 2017) are: as chairman Robert Seckler (University of Potsdam), Angela Ittel (Technical University Berlin), Sabine Kunst (Humboldt University of Berlin), Klaus Mühlhahn (Free University of Berlin), Alexander Wöll (European University Viadrina ), Angelika Willms-Herget ( BMBF ), Martina Münch (Minister for Science, Research and Culture / State of Brandenburg), Steffen Krach (Senate of Berlin), Klaus Faber (Moses Mendelssohn Center), Reinhold Robbe (Abraham Geiger College). The Board of Trustees elects a scientific advisory board to support the content of its work, which (as of 2017) is composed of Dan Diner , Susannah Heschel , Michael A. Meyer , Vivian Liska , and Charlotte Fonrobert.

The ZJS has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research with 6.9 million euros for five years since 2012. In 2017, the funding was extended for another five years with 6.2 million euros.

It is located in a building on the Mitte campus of the Humboldt University of Berlin at Sophienstrasse 22a in the Spandauer Vorstadt district . The building in the second back courtyard was built between 1878 and 1899 as a rental and commercial building.

Publications

  • 1. Yearbook Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg: From the Jewish Enlightenment to the Science of Judaism to Jewish Studies. Edited by Christina von Braun, Hannah Lotte Lund, Monika Schärtl, Werner Treß. Hentrich & Hentrich Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-95565-062-9 .
  • 2. Yearbook Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg: Aspects of the Religious. Edited by Rainer Kampling, Alice Buschmeier, Sara Han, David Jünger. Hentrich & Hentrich Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-95565-101-5 .
  • 3rd Yearbook Center Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg: Shoah: Event and Memory. Edited by Alina Bothe, Monika Schärtl, Stefanie Schüler-Springorum. Hentrich & Hentrich Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95565-170-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Constanze Haase, Humboldt University of Berlin: Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg opened. Press release of May 30, 2012. In: hu-berlin.de, May 30, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ Amory Burchard: A Center for Jewish Emancipation. In: tagesspiegel.de. The daily mirror . June 1, 2012, accessed September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg: Associates. In: selma-stern-zentrum.de, accessed on January 31, 2019.
    Associated with the Selma Stern Center. (No longer available online.) In: zentrum-juedische-studien.de. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018 ; accessed on January 31, 2019 (reflects an older version).
  4. ↑ a b kle / sc (epd, kna, dpa): Center for Jewish Studies opened in Berlin. In: dw.com. Deutsche Welle , May 30, 2012, accessed September 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ Deutschlandfunk Kultur : Center for Jewish Studies: European University Viadrina is the new sponsor. In: deutschlandfunkkultur.de, May 8, 2014, accessed on September 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Jewish Studies. In: bmbf.de, accessed on September 27, 2017.
  7. ^ A b c Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg: Structure of the center. (No longer available online.) In: zentrum-juedische-studien.de. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018 ; accessed on January 31, 2019 (as of September 27, 2017).
  8. ^ Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg: Directory. In: selma-stern-zentrum.de, accessed on January 31, 2019.
  9. ^ Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg: Board of Trustees. (No longer available online.) In: zentrum-juedische-studien.de. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018 ; accessed on January 31, 2019 (as of September 27, 2017).
  10. ^ Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg: Scientific Advisory Board. (No longer available online.) In: zentrum-juedische-studien.de. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018 ; accessed on January 31, 2019 (as of September 27, 2017).
  11. ^ Jana Scholz: Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg will continue to receive funding. (PDF; 1.64 MB) Media information No. 45. (No longer available online.) In: zentrum-juedische-studien.de. April 17, 2017, archived from the original on September 28, 2017 ; accessed on January 31, 2019 .
  12. ↑ a b Humboldt University of Berlin: Sophienstraße 22. In: hu-berlin.de, accessed on September 27, 2017 (location description ).
  13. ↑ RBB Kulturradio : Federation promotes Jewish studies. In: kulturradio.de, April 13, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2017.
  14. ↑ Carina-Rebecca Pansch: Sophienstraße 22. In: UnAufgeierter - student newspaper of the Humboldt University. No. 236, July 2016, p. 17 (complete issue: PDF; 33.7 MB ).

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