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

Events

Colloquium

Lecture postponed: Gelehrter Antisemitismus

Spannung und Kontroverse im Zeitalter der Emanzipation

with Shulamit Volkov

The lecture planned for 12.12.2024 is postponed
and will be held in spring 2025.

Further

The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland

Guided Tour

Next guided tour: Thursday, 19 December 2024, 11 a.m.
Dubnow Institute

Colloquium

Antisemitism among the Educated

Lecture series in the winter semester 2024/2025

Thursdays, 5.15 to 6.15 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig/SAW Leipzig/Stream

Colloquium

Die Ursprünge der modernen Judenfeindschaft im Kontext der deutschen Nationalbewegung 1813 bis 1819

with Werner Treß

Thursday, 16 January 2025, 5.15 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig/Stream

Colloquium

Max Weinreich reconsidered

Hitlers Professoren – vor und nach 1945

with Horst Junginger

Thursday, 23 January 2025, 5.15 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig/Stream

Colloquium

Eduard Goldstücker und der akademische Antisemitismus im Osten Europas in den späten 1960er Jahren

with Alexander Friedman

Thursday, 6 February 2025, 5.15 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig/Stream