Frankel Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 2025-26 Jews and Media
Frankel Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 2025-26 Jews and Media
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Jews and Media
In todays mediasaturated world understanding the impact of media on Jewish life and culture is more important than ever before. In recent years scholars of Jewish Studies have broadened their scope beyond traditional textual analysis to encompass the study of various media from the historical artifacts of manuscripts and scrolls to books newspapers magazines recordingsfilm television and digital technologies. This fellowship year at the Frankel Institute forAdvanced Judaic Studies will explore the intersection of Jewish Studies and Media Studies andthe relationships between Jews Jewishness Judaism and media.
We seek to understand the roles Jews have played in the production distribution andconsumption of media throughout history and to study the representation of Jews in variousmedia both old and new. By including a broad range of media we aim to examine the dynamicrelationship between Jews and media; the role of media in Jewish/nonJewish relations as wellas in shaping concepts of Jewishness globally. We invite projects that explore the subjectthrough a variety of perspectives: the evolving boundaries of religious traditions ideas ofbelonging migration nationalism capitalism race gender and the transformations of Israeland the diaspora.
The Jews and Media fellowship year will explore these questions:
What can Jewish Studies learn from Media Studies and vice versa
How have different media shaped the Jewish public sphere and fostered connections or
divisions among Jews and nonJews as well as among Jews of diverse backgrounds
How have Jews adapted certain media and how have these media contributed to the
construction of Jewishness Likewise how have Jews been represented in different media and
how have these representations influenced public perceptions
What is the role of the media in discussions of the real or perceived influential position of Jews
in media production
We invite scholars experts and practitioners from an array of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to join us in this multidisciplinary exploration. We encourage applicants toconsider questions of diversity inclusion and the voices that are amplified or marginalized indifferent media contexts.
Fellowship applications are accepted from both tenured and untenured faculty as well as from recent Ph.D.s without a tenuretrack position and professors emeriti. Where appropriate applications are accepted from independent artists documentary filmmakers and writers. For these nonacademic applicants a B.A. degree is required and a graduate degree is encouraged.
We encourage all applicants to apply for a full academic year September April. We also offer a limited number of singleterm fellowships under special circumstances (please explain). Fall term runs SeptemberDecember and Winter Term runs JanuaryApril. Fellows can serve no more than two terms within a period of four years.
The Frankel Institute is structured as a fullyear residential fellowship; however alternative arrangements may be available. If you are unable to reside in Ann Arbor and would like to request alternative arrangements please explain.
Employment Type
Full Time
