Belongings: First German-Israeli Research Training Group in the humanities launched

Doctoral researchers from the new Research Training Group, Belongings, talking to each other. Photo: Oliver Krause
Doctoral researchers from the new Research Training Group, Belongings, talking to each other | Photo: Oliver Krause

The first German-Israeli Research Training Group (RTG) in the humanities was launched a few days ago. The doctoral programme is called Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Europe and Beyond. The first cohort consists of ten doctoral researchers, who have now been welcomed to Leipzig. Leipzig University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Leipzig Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow have worked together closely on the programme.

Five doctoral researchers from the Hebrew University will spend a year researching at Leipzig University together with their Leipzig colleagues, deepening their knowledge of theories and methods, learning research-relevant languages and taking advantage of the Graduate Academy’s programmes. The programme will already enable the doctoral researchers to forge close links with libraries, museums and archives during the first year.

Launching the programme marks an important milestone in establishing an international research network on Jewish material culture. The RTG is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Alfred Landecker Foundation.

Source: Dr. Oliver Krause | Universität Leipzig