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How you can reach us
The Dubnow Institute is located at Goldschmidtstraße 28 in Leipzig. The best way to reach us is by public transport. From the main train station you can take four different tram lines to the centrally located Johannisplatz. Please notice, that the Dubnow Institute is only partly accessible. Due to regulations regarding the protection of architectural heritage, accessibility for wheelchair users cannot be offered. There are eight steps that need to be mounted before reaching the lecture hall in the ground floor and the elevators.
The Team at the Dubnow Institute
The institute’s work is divided into the programmatic areas »Research« and »Knowledge Transfer.« The area »Research« consists of three Research Units, namely »Politics,« »Law,« and »Knowledge,« as well as the cross-sectional »Forum.« The latter facilitates communication throughout the entire institute and includes the guest scholar program. »Knowledge Transfer« includes the fields of publications, events, teaching, and the library, and aims at the dissemination and discussion of the institute’s research activities in and with both the academic and general public.
Research Units
Die epochenübergreifende Forschungsarbeit ist in die drei Ressorts »Politik«, »Recht« und »Wissen« untergliedert, die je eigene inhaltliche Schwerpunkte, theoretische Ansätze und methodische Zugänge haben. Sie eint das Interesse an den Spannungsverhältnissen, die die europäisch-jüdische Geschichte seit dem Zeitalter der Emanzipation prägten: Individualität und Kollektivität, Partikularität und Universalität, Homogenität und Heterogenität, Teilhabe und Ausschluss, Tradition und Profanierung. Leitmotiv aller Forschungsressorts ist zudem die Frage nach Mobilität und Wandel, sowohl in Form von selbstbestimmter und selbstinitiierter Migration, als auch in Form von Flucht und Vertreibung, Bevölkerungstransfer, Grenzverschiebungen und Gewalterfahrungen.
Press Announcements, News, DI in the Media
Auf der Presseseite des Dubnow-Instituts finden Sie die Pressemitteilungen des Instituts der letzten Jahre sowie, unter »Neuigkeiten«, aktuelle Informationen zu unserer Arbeit. In der Rubrik »DI unterwegs« stellen wir einen Überblick über Vortragstermine der Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des Instituts zusammen; online verfügbare Presseberichte über das Dubnow-Institut finden Sie unter »DI in den Medien«. Darüber hinaus besteht die Möglichkeit, die Jahresberichte, die das Institut seit 2019 herausgibt, als PDF einzusehen und das Institutslogo in verschiedenen Varianten herunterzuladen.
Library: Opening Hours and Research
The special collection of the institute’s library is open to students and guests. The books may only be used in the library and are not loanable. The entire collection of the library can be viewed via the online catalogue. The library has nine working stations, including an accessible working station for guests with sight or mobility impairments, two research stations, one reading station with a microfilm scanner, and Wi-Fi.
Newsletter
Interested parties can register to receive our email newsletter. Following registration, you will receive occasional news regarding the institute’s publications, events, and research projects.
Current Opportunities
Vacancy
International Research Training Group: Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Europe and Beyond
The DFG-funded International Research Training Group (IRTG) “Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Europe and Beyond” brings together expertise in modern European and Jewish history, German and Slavic literary studies, philosophy, cultural studies, folklore and performance studies, and art history. Researchers of all nationalities are welcome to apply for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researcher positions in Leipzig and Jerusalem.
Application deadline: April 2, 2024
Vacancy
Doctoral Researcher (f/m/d) for the DFG IRTG 2899/1 »Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Europe and Beyond«
The DFG-funded International Research Training Group (IRTG) »Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Europe and Beyond,« a unique cooperation between Leipzig University (LU), the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI), and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), will commence its work in Leipzig from September 2024. The interdisciplinary program brings together expertise in modern European and Jewish history, German and Slavic literary studies, philosophy, cultural studies, folklore and performance studies, and art history. Researchers of all nationalities holding a Master’s degree (or equivalent with written thesis; in all cases submission of respective thesis no later than June 2024) in the aforementioned fields are welcome to apply for a Doctoral Researcher position
Application deadline: April 2, 2024
Call for Papers
Thinking Beyond the ‘Soviet Jewry’ Narrative. Localism, Diversity, and Subjective Experiences of Jews in the Soviet Republics under Late Socialism
International Conference, October 9-10, 2024, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe, Marburg, Germany
Application Deadline: April 15, 2024
Fellowship Program
Leibniz Fellowships »Value of the Past«
The Leibniz Research Alliance »Value of the Past« is pleased to invite applications for up to nine Leibniz Fellowships »Value of the Past«.
Application deadline: April 30, 2024
Webpage »Jewish Scholars at the Leipzig University. Participation, Disadvantage and Exclusion«
The webpage »Jewish Scholars at the Leipzig University. Participation, Disadvantage and Exclusion« of the Dubnow Institute and the Leipzig University Archive provides information on the life and work of Jewish academics at the Leipzig University.