GEOP Research Fellowships for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Candidates

Between 2016 and 2020, POLIN Museum, in collaboration with the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, implemented the GEOP Research Fellowships for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Candidates, designed for doctoral candidates and postdoctoral candidates. The initiative was directed toward emerging scholars specializing in the history and culture of Jews within the territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Its principal objective was to foster advanced scholarly inquiry and to cultivate a new generation of experts in the field of Jewish studies.

fot. M. Starowieyska / Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich

Participants engaged in extensive research utilizing the collections of both POLIN Museum and the Jewish Historical Institute. Additionally, they accessed archival materials, libraries, and scholarly resources housed in academic institutions across Poland. The program encompassed a robust schedule of academic activities, including: seminars, workshops, lectures, and conferences, organized by the two institutions. Individualized mentoring by established scholars further enriched the research experience. Recognizing the need for urgent support of Ukrainian scholars in the face of the Russian aggression, POLIN Museum offered one 12-month GEOP fellowship for Ukrainian scholars at risk.

The GEOP fellows:

Selection Committee:

Antony Polonsky (Chair, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews)
Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin)
Michał Galas (Jagiellonian University)
François Guesnet (University College London)
Samuel Kassow (Trinity College)
Erica Lehrer (Concordia University, Montreal)
Artur Markowski (Secretary, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews)
Mirjam Rajner (Uniwersytet Bar-Ilan)
Moshe Rosman (Uniwersytet Bar-Ilan)
Don Seeman (Emory University)
Marc Slobin (Wesleyan University)
Marcin Wodziński (University of Wrocław)
Andrzej Żbikowski (E. Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw)
Genevieve Zubrzycki (University of Michigan)
Jolanta Żyndul (E. Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw)

The GEOP Research Fellowship was offered by POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in cooperation with the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute within the framework of the Global Education Outreach Program. This program was made possible thanks to Taube Philanthropies, the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, and the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland.