We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for a range of Eastern Europe and American Jewish Studies fellowships at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York, for 2025-2026. The application deadline is January 17, 2025.
Each year, YIVO awards a series of Max Weinreich Center Research Fellowships for scholarly research in YIVO’s library and archival collections. These fellowships are intended primarily, but not exclusively, for graduate students and emerging scholars. Each fellowship requires a public lecture by the holder, to be held during or immediately after the fellow’s research period. Fellows are usually expected to spend a period of four to twelve weeks in residence. This can be divided into several research trips, in consultation with YIVO staff.
The Fellowship Application requires the following information in pdf format: 1) Cover Letter 2) CV 3) 2-page project proposal, stating specifically which YIVO holdings are most relevant to the applicant’s project. 4) Two letters of recommendation.
Fellowships that relate to JHE’s focus of interest include:
Fellowship in East European Jewish Studies
The Professor Bernard Choseed Memorial Fellowship and the Natalie and Mendel Racolin Memorial Fellowship support original doctoral or post-doctoral research in the field of East European Jewish studies. These fellowships carry a combined stipend of $20,000 and are for a period of three months of research at the YIVO Library and Archives, as well as one public lecture and a precis thereof for possible publication on YIVO’s website by the holder.
Fellowship in Baltic Jewish Studies
The Abram and Fannie Gottlieb Immerman and Abraham Nathan and Bertha Daskal Weinstein Memorial Fellowship in Eastern European Jewish Studies, the Abraham and Rachela Melezin Memorial Fellowship and the Maria Salit-Gitelson Tell Memorial Fellowship support original doctoral or post-doctoral research in the field of Lithuanian Jewish history at the YIVO Library and Archives or travel for Ph.D. dissertation research in archives and libraries of the Baltic states. These fellowships carry a combined stipend of $6,000 and require a public lecture by the holder.
Fellowship in Polish Jewish Studies
The Aleksander and Alicja Hertz Memorial Fellowship and the Samuel andFlora Weiss Research Fellowship support doctoral or post-doctoral research on Polish-Jewish history in the modern period, particularly Jewish-Polish relations, including the Holocaust period, and Jewish contributions to Polish literature and culture. These fellowships carries a stipend of $6,000 and are for a period of two to three months of research at the YIVO Library and Archives, as well as a public lecture by the holder.
Fellowship in Jewish Arts, Music, and Theater of Eastern Europe and its Diasporas
The Joseph Kremen Memorial Fellowship is dedicated to assist an undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate researcher in the fields of Jewish arts, music and theater. This fellowship carries a stipend of $5000 to defray expenses connected with research in the YIVO’s arts, music and theater archival collections and library. The required period of research is two to three months, and a public lecture by the holder is also required.
Click here to see the full list of Fellowships and further details
For more information, contact:
Eddy Portnoy
Max Weinreich Center Academic Advisor and Research Associate
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research