Scholar-in-Residence
The HBI Scholar-in-Residence Program provides scholars, artists, writers and communal professionals the opportunity to be in residence at Brandeis University while working on significant projects in the field of Jewish women’s and gender studies.
Scholars-in-Residence receive a monthly stipend and office space at the Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center. Applicants living outside the U.S. and those whose work has an international dimension are especially encouraged to apply.
Scholar-in-Residence Program – Fall 2013
Scholars are invited to apply for residency at the HBI to carry out significant research and artistic projects in the field of Jewish women’s and gender studies. Papers written while at the HBI are included in the Donna Sudarsky Memorial Working Paper Series.
Residencies range from one month to the full academic semester. Scholars may begin the residency in August but should note that not all members of the Brandeis community will be available until the start of the academic year in September.
Application deadline: January 31, 2013
A decision will be announced by April 15, 2013
Download the Fall 2013 Scholar-in-Residence Guidelines (pdf)
HBI-BGI Scholar-in-Residence Program - Fall 2013 or Spring 2014
The HBI-BGI Scholar-in-Residence program, a joint initiative of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and the Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry, provides scholars currently living in, or who have emigrated from, the Former Soviet Union with the opportunity to be in residence at Brandeis University while working on significant projects in the field of Jewish women’s and gender studies.
Scholars from the FSU who are working on any aspect of Jewish women's and gender studies are invited to apply, regardless of gender and religion. Residencies are for a full semester (4 months).
The 2013-2014 HBI-BGI Scholar-in-Residence program is supported by the Genesis Philanthropy Group, Barbara Resnek, and Arlene Kaufman.
Application deadline: May 15, 2013
A decision will be announced by June 20, 2013
Download the 2013-2014 HBI-BGI Scholar-in-Residence Guidelines (pdf)
HBI Seminar Series – Gender and the Teaching of the Hebrew Language (Spring 2014)
The HBI (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute) invites applications for its spring 2014 Scholar-in-Residence program on the topic "Gender and the Teaching of the Hebrew Language." Up to three scholars will be chosen to be in residency while investigating topics related to this new area of research. Areas of research could include, but are not limited to, gender and pedagogy, and the study of sociological factors affecting the teaching and learning of the Hebrew language.
Senior and junior scholars in the fields of education, pedagogy and sociology are invited to apply for this semester-long residency.
Application deadline: March 14, 2013
A decision will be announced by April 19, 2013
Download the HBI Seminar Series (Spring 2014) Guidelines (pdf)
Inquiries
Inquiries on all the above programs: dolins@brandeis.edu