Apply to early-career Holocaust research seminar

Description

Yad Vashem and USC Shoah Foundation partner in the framework of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance to offer a free early-career Holocaust research seminar. This seminar brings together PhD students and early-career researchers (PhD conferred 2021-2026) from IHRA member, observer, and liaison countries to broaden and deepen their subject expertise, teaching and research capabilities, and professional networks. Conveners from Israel’s 2025 – 2026 IHRA Presidency, Yad Vashem, the USC Shoah Foundation, and the IHRA Academic Working Group provide framing and continuity through a four-part seminar consisting of Zoom guest lectures (Part I), self-paced online learning (Part II), in-person exchange and study at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw (Part III), and a series of Zoom wrap-up sessions following the in-person programme (Part IV). The seminar will be conducted in English. Leading scholars have agreed to participate. These include Christoph Dieckmann, Mary Fulbrook, Andrea Löw, Robert Rozett, David Silberklang, Robert J. Williams, Catherine E. Clark, and Arkadi Zeltser.

How to apply

Applicants are asked to submit: 1. CV 2. Texts addressing their motivation for applying and what outcomes they hope to achieve through participation 3. Research statement (max 1000 words) 4. For PhD candidates only: Please share the email address of a recommender. We will contact them separately to upload the recommendation.