The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois, June 21 to July 3, 2015

The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University is pleased to invite applications for fellowships to participate in the 20th annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization, from June 21 to July 3, 2015, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The renowned program is an intensive two-week course of study designed to broaden and deepen the background of current and prospective Holocaust educators. It is open to faculty at the college or university level and to graduate students who are planning on teaching Holocaust-related courses. 

Interdisciplinary perspective

The Institute is ideal for those with a knowledge of one disciplinary approach to the Holocaust, but who are looking to broaden their interdisciplinary perspective. Approximately 25 Fellows are selected annually, each of whom receives free room, board, and tuition during the program. (Fellowships do not cover travel expenses to and from Evanston or the cost of assigned books.)

The Institute curriculum consists of seminars taught by leading scholars on the following themes:

• the religious practice and history of European Jewry;
• the Holocaust in art, film and literature;
• ethics and gender during and after the Holocaust;
• recent methodological and historiographical approaches to the Holocaust.

Faculty for the 2015 Summer Institute will include Professors Christopher Browning, Roger Brooks, Sabine Hake, Sara Horowitz, Paul Jaskot, Wendy Lower, and Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern.

By February 16, 2015, applicants should submit electronically:

• a letter explaining their interest and experience in Holocaust studies;
• a CV;
• in the case of graduate students and recent PhDs, a letter of recommendation from the principal dissertation advisor.  

Applications and letters of recommendation should be emailed (separately) with the subject line "Summer Institute 2015" to: hef@northwestern.edu.

Please email any questions to: hef@northwestern.edu.