The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI) is dedicated to interdisciplinary research across multiple eras of Jewish life worlds in Central and Eastern Europe, from the Middle Ages through to the present. This research adopts a pan-European perspective and includes areas of Jewish emigration, especially Israel as well as North and Latin America.

Through events, university courses, and a broad range of publications, the research findings are presented both to a specialist audience and the interested public. This includes the internationally renowned bilingual »Jahrbuch des Dubnow-Instituts/Dubnow Institute Yearbook«; the essay series »toldot« and »hefez«, and the magazine »Jewish History & Culture«. On the blog »Mimeo,« scholars offer an overview of their current research projects. The special collection of the institute library is also open to students and guests.

Events

Further

The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland

Guided Tour

Next guided tour: Friday, 27 September 2024, 4 p.m.
Dubnow Institute

Conference

The Knowledge of the Witness, the Engagement of the Historian and the Writing of History. The Holocaust historian and documentarist Joseph Wulf (1912–1974)

An international conference on the occasion of the 50th commemoration of his death

8 to 10 October 2024
House of the Wannsee Conference Memorial and Educational Site

Conference

Thinking Beyond the »Soviet Jewry« Narrative

Localism, Diversity, and Subjective Experiences of Jews in the Soviet Republics under Late Socialism

9 to 10. October 2024
Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association, Marburg

Book Presentation

Der Almanach zum 7. Oktober – Versuch einer Einordnung

Book presentation by Prof. Gisela Dachs and Prof. Gideon Reuveni

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 7 p.m.
Ariowitsch-Haus, Leipzig

Colloquium

Antisemitism among the Educated

Lecture series in the winter semester 2024/2025

Thursdays, 5.15 to 6.15 p.m., first lecture: 17 October 2024
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig/SAW Leipzig

Colloquium

Zuversicht und Enttäuschung

Moritz Lazarus‘ Antwort auf den akademischen Antisemitismus im späten 19. Jahrhundert

with Mathias Berek

Thursday, 17 October 2024, 5.15 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig