Congratulations to the 2019-2020 class of Fordham-NYPL Research Fellows in Jewish Studies! This joint fellowship program is for scholars in all fields of Jewish studies from outside the New York City metropolitan area and provides support for their on-site research at The New York Public Library, especially the Dorot Jewish Division. Fellows will receive an affiliation with Fordham University for the duration of their fellowship, and deliver one public presentation and one faculty seminar.

Midterm Jewish Studies Fellowship in Spring 2020

Michael Casper, from UCLA, will work on the project "Memory of the Holocaust and World War II among Lithuanian Émigrés," which examines the Holocaust in Lithuania, and its memory among Jews and non-Jews within its particularly local history, while remaining in conversation with the study and historiography of antisemitism, Jewish neighbor relations, the Holocaust, and postwar American political culture. 

Short-term Jewish Studies Fellowships in Fall 2019

Paula Ansaldo, from Universidad de Buenos Aires, will work on "Jewish Theater in Buenos Aires (1930-1960): Connections and Exchanges with the New York Yiddish Theater," which explores the connections and exchanges that took place between artists who came to Buenos Aires from 1930 to 1960, and the Argentinian theaters. As a Fordham-NYPL fellow, Ansaldo will consult the Dorot Jewish Division’s extensive materials on Yiddish theater and culture to gain a better understanding about the transnational Yiddish theater network and connections established between Argentinian and foreign artists. (This is a three-week fellowship during September-October 2019).

David Assaf, from University of Tel Aviv, will work on a project titled "Not Just Words and Tunes: On the History and Transformation of Hebrew and Yiddish Songs," writing about the social history of famous Hebrew and Yiddish songs, and their acceptance by and influence on those who sang them. Each song has an especially important and fascinating story that demonstrates the influence of the Yiddish folk song on modern Hebrew and Israeli culture. (This fellowship runs during October-November 2019).

The Fordham-NYPL Fellowship Program in Jewish Studies is made possible by the Eugene Shvidler Gift Fund at Fordham University and additional gift funds to Jewish Studies at Fordham University.

Learn more about NYPL Fellowships or email jewishstudies@fordham.edu