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The Kogod Research Center is now accepting applications for Research Fellowships at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.

• Full and complete details of the fellowship, including compensation levels, are available here for downloading and reading .

This Fellowship is an opportunity for North American scholars who share an interest in exploring the major challenges of contemporary Jewish life to bring their own academic work into the framework of the Institute, and the world-renowned Kogod Research Center.

Kogod Fellows contribute to the intellectual culture of the Institute while benefiting from collaboration with other faculty and the rich shelf of Hartman educational resources.

We are accepting applications for two types of Fellows:

• Resident Fellows will commit to two days per week in residence at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America offices in Midtown Manhattan. Their time will be split between their own ongoing academic research and participation in SHI-NA research teams relevant to their academic interests. Fellows’ presence in the offices will strengthen an environment in which the generation of ideas and their delivery in educational programs take place side by side. Fellows will also learn together in a weekly lunchtime seminar. All fellows are expected to attend the 2-day winter faculty seminar in our offices.
• Non-Resident Fellows will dedicate 8-10 hours per week to remote (video) participation in SHI-NA research teams relevant to their academic interests as well as to a weekly seminar for all fellows. Additionally, non-resident fellows will commit to 2-3 visits to the New York offices per year for in-person meetings as well as for the 2-day winter faculty seminar.

Both Resident and Non-Resident Fellows will be called upon to teach at SHI-NA programs throughout the year. Teaching commitments include up to four 3-4 day domestic trips (weekdays only), as well as availability to teach in summer programs at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem in June and July of 2017.

Fellows’ academic work should correlate with one of three topics currently being developed by research teams at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America:

• American Jewish Identity. This research team explores the challenges and opportunities of 21st century Jewish identity. What are the essential features of being Jewish? How is Jewish identity in North America changing, and what new ways of thinking about Jewish identity best express these changes? What is the place of boundaries in today’s changing Jewish community?
• Engaging Israel: Diaspora Jewry and Israel. This research team’s work is part of the larger Engaging Israel (iEngage) Project of the Shalom Hartman Institute exploring diaspora Jewry and Israel, which has previously produced three curricula regarding Israel: Foundations for a New Relationship, The Tribes of Israel, and Jewish Values and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
• Created Equal: Men, Women and the Ethics of Shared Leadership. This research team aims to develop a theory of ethical leadership in the twenty-first century. Why is there a gap between our leadership infrastructure and our shared communal values? With a particular focus on parity between women and men in Jewish leadership, this research team mines Jewish tradition for discussions about the ethics and politics of leadership, the methodology and challenges of change, as well as the cost of maintaining the status quo.

We are interested in engaging scholars from a broad range of disciplines, as long as the research can be applied to the challenges and the opportunities presented by contemporary Jewish life.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of May 1, 2016. Learn more and apply.