Call for Applications | Alfred Landecker Lecturer Program

Alfred Landecker
Thursday, 24 February, 2022

The Alfred Landecker Foundation is pleased to invite applications from highly qualified postdocs in the humanities and social sciences, for a full-time lecturer program set to begin on October 1, 2022. Up to five university lectureships will each run for five years. The selection process is led by the Alfred Landecker Foundation’s Academic Council.

The program

The program’s mission is to support outstanding, cutting-edge research by individuals on the following topics:

  • the history and aftermath of the Holocaust
  • the social and political transmission of memory of the Holocaust
  • the influence of conspiracy ideologies and
  • group-based enmity (for example antisemitism and racism) as a structural threat to democracy.

Because there is no lack of research on such matters, this call is explicitly looking for applications with innovative approaches that relate to present-day challenges regarding the politics of memory and democracy. The Foundation is also interested in projects that deal with the methods and practices for educating and imparting knowledge about history and threats to democracy in the digital age.

The full call for applications can be found here.