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.

Publications

Studies of the Dubnow Institute

Volume 36
Erwartungen an Évian

Martin Jost

Göttingen 2024

toldot

Volume 16
Mission »Eynikayt«

Jakob Stürmann

Göttingen 2024

Topical Textbook

Sichtbarkeit jüdischen Lebens

Leipzig 2024

Mimeo

Plantation and Transplantation
Colonialism and Antisemitism in Cameroon

Ayode Habib Daniel Dossou Nonvide
14 March 2025

Mimeo

A New Direction
Martin Buber on Adult Education

Rakefet Cohen-Anzi
6 December 2024

Events

Further

The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland

Guided Tour

Next guided tour: Thursday, 24 April 2025, 3 p.m.
Dubnow Institute

Lecture

The Right to Forget – Why Did Kafka Ask to Be Forgotten

Lunchtalk with Dr. Noam Tirosh

Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 11.30 a.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig

Conference

Jewish-Muslim Studies: Approaches, Challenges, Perspectives

Internationale Conference

6 to 7 May 2025
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig

Colloquium

Film »Ich war neunzehn«

as part of the film series »Rückkehr«

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 6 p.m.
Passage Kinos, Leipzig

Colloquium

Film series »Rückkehr«

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 6 p.m.
Passage Kinos Leipzig