Jewish Studies Fellowship in cooperation with the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław

We invite you to apply for a scholarship for researchers of Jewish history, heritage, and culture.

The fellowship is a collaboration between the Center for Urban History in Lviv and the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław.

The duration of the fellowship is six months (July – December 2025), during which the two researchers will have the opportunity to receive a stipend of £3250.

Under the terms of the fellowship program, the fellow will work independently on their research, and a research visit to Lviv for a period of at least one month is also expected.

During their stay in Lviv, the fellows will have the opportunity to stay in the guest rooms of the Center for Urban History, as well as have their own workplace in the office, where they will be able to consult with the Center's team and jointly establish professional contacts with the community. The Center also offers access to its library, the materials of the Urban Media Archive, and the opportunity to discuss preliminary research findings at the Urban Seminar or present them in the format of a public lecture. 

At the end of the fellowship, the researcher will have to write a month by month report on the work done during the fellowship, the achievement of their research goals, the availability of published or unpublished texts during the fellowship, etc.

FOR WHOM

We invite postgraduate students and researchers who have a defended dissertation or are in the final stages of writing it to apply.

Priority will be given to topics related to the study of the history of ghettos in cities on the territory of Ukraine.

HOW TO APPLY

The application should include:

• CV;
• A motivation letter with a brief description of the project proposal (up to 1800 characters).

Please send your application to grants@lvivcenter.org with the subject line "Jewish History Fellowship Application". Applications can be submitted in Ukrainian, Polish, or English. 

If conditions allow, one of the Fellows should plan to:

• travel to Wrocław for two weeks during the Fellowship period to the Taube Dept. of Jewish Studies in Wrocław, Poland, where they will present their project as part of the Department's seminar program (tentatively scheduled for December 2025);
• conduct one or two lectures for the Department's students in agreement with our faculty members;
• interview for the Department’s newsletter Nayes and record a session for the Department’s podcast Polacy i inni Żydzi.

IMPORTANT DATES

Applications will be accepted until June 15, 2025.

The results will be announced by the end of June 2025.

We encourage you to apply and to share information about the scholarships with your colleagues.