Research
Publication research in libraries and Open Access servers
Library Catalogue of the Dubnow Institute
The library collections can be researched through the K10 Union Catalogue of the German universities and institutes for higher education as well as the Leibniz Institutes, the Helmholtz Centers, the Max Planck Institutes, and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
Lerxe
The regional Leipzig catalogue Lerxe connects the metadata of the libraries in Leipzig and allows them to be researched under one common web interface.
Judaica Portal
The Judaica Portal allows for targeted searches in the specialist libraries and Judaica collections of the partner institutions, in the article index RAMBI (the Index of Articles on Jewish Studies) of the Israeli National Library, and in the Digital Judaica Collection of the University Library Frankfurt am Main.
Special Information Service (SIS) Jewish Studies
The Special Information Service (SIS) Jewish Studies offers researchers access to discipline-specific documents and information from all fields of Jewish studies and Israel studies. This offer includes both freely accessible and licensed resources.
Digital Judaica Collection (Frankfurt University Library)
The Frankfurt University Library contains the largest Judaica and Hebraica collection in Germany, one of the most significant collections of its kind in the world. This valuable historical collection is for the most part digitized and freely accessible online.
Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
The EZB is a directory of electronic specialist journals from over 600 scholarly libraries. All the journals of a given field can be found via the search box, either by subject list or individual titles. More than half of these titles are freely accessible.
LeibnizOpen
LeibnizOpen offers central access to openly available digital publications authored by Leibniz Association researchers. The platform records Open Access publications authored by researchers at all Leibniz institutions and makes the associated full texts directly available. It thus reflects the entire range of topics and types of publications that are generated through research and teaching within the Leibniz Association.
Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)
The full-text server SSOAR, which is maintained at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, collects and archives literature of relevance to the social sciences and makes it available in open access on the Internet in accordance with the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.
Webpages and digitised sources
The Pinkasim Collection: The International Repository of Communal Ledgers
Pinkasim – the minute books of Jewish communities – widespread in Ashkenazic Europe and northern Italy – are a central historical source for Jewish history and culture in Early Modern Period. Previously contained spread across archives and collections in Israel, Europe and the United States, the communal Pinkassim were made accessible on the webpage »The Pinkasim Collection: The International Repository of Communal Ledgers«.
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. Based on their biographies, it sheds light on the ambivalent process of emancipation and modernisation in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Series »Archive of Jewish History and Culture«
The »Archive« series of the Academy Project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« collects and edits material on topics, occasions or events of specific interest. The editions are published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Göttingen/Bristol Con.); they are also available online/open access. The Academy Project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« is a Research Project of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
Series »Library of Jewish History and Culture«
The »Library« series of the Academy Project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« primarily presents personal contributions, including unpublished or rare writings, papers and letters. The editions are published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Göttingen/Bristol Con.); they are also available online/open access. The Academy Project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« is a Research Project of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
Newsletter
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Current Opportunities
Call for Proposal
WRITE EAST – Scholarship Programme of the Leibniz Research Network »Central and Eastern Europe« for Media Professionals
As a fellow of the Leibniz Research Network Central and Eastern Europe, media professionals who work or plan to work on Central and Eastern Europe will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the research and the region for one week and thereby develop a personal network with established and emerging scholars with proven expertise on Central and Eastern Europe. During the scholarship, fellows will work on a research project of their choice related to Central and Eastern Europe at one or more of the research network’s institutes. They will be fully involved in the institutes’ day-to-day activities. The research network will also facilitate contacts with other researchers within the network, enable fellows to participate in internal and external events at the participating institutes, and guarantee free use of all available research resources.
Application deadline: 28 February 2025
Call for Papers
Not the End, Not the Beginning. Reconstructing Jewish Life in Poland and Central Europe after the Second World War
15–17 June 2025, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland
The conference will focus on the phenomenon of revived Jewish life in Poland, comparing similar and different developments in other countries of the region during 1945–1955.
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
Vacancy
International Research Training Group (IRTG), Leipzig University: 6 doctoral researchers (f/m/d/x)
At Leipzig University and Dubnow Institute in the International Research Training Group (IRTG) »Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Europe and Beyond«, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), 6 PhD postions are available. 5 PhD students will be employed through Leipzig University, one additional doctoral researcher through the Dubnow Institute.
The deadline for submission of all application materials is 14 March 2025.
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.