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Department: Center for Jewish/Christian Studies
Position: Associate Director, Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
Job ID: 8419
Hiring Range: $51,650 – $64,550
Job Description
The Boston College Center for Christian-Jewish Learning seeks an Associate Director for Administration and Programs. Through the interaction of scholars and practitioners, the Center aims to nurture a range of activities that advance the cause of mutual understanding and enrichment between Jews and Christians. The Associate Director should have a solid academic background for Christian-Jewish relations, ideally in religious studies but other relevant fields will be considered. Preference will be given to a person with experience in administration and in Christian-Jewish dialogue.
The Associate Director will work with the Center’s Director and Associate Directors in developing and coordinating research initiatives, conferences, publications and general educational programs. The Associate Director will facilitate the relations between the Center and other groups working in the area of Christian-Jewish relations.
This is a full-time position with benefits. The Associate Director will report to the Director, who is a member of the faculty at Boston College.
Among the Associate Director’s responsibilities will be:
- Managing the day-to day operations of the Center, overseeing the Center’s finances, and supervising student interns;
- Acting as the managing editor of the Center’s on-line journal Studies in Christian- Jewish Relations;
- Coordinating the Center’s conferences and lectures - Overseeing the design of the Center’s website.
Requirements
- Advanced degree, preferably in religious studies with major interests and experience in Christian-Jewish relations;
- Strong writing skills, appropriate for drafting and editing articles, reports, etc..
- Experience with (or willingness to be trained in) major computer programs and familiarity with PeopleSoft, web site management and basic office software.
Collegium Civitas http://www.civitas.edu.pl/english in Warsaw, Poland has launched its third edition of the summer internship program that offers unique opportunity to undertake professional, ENGLISH-language internships in the field of Jewish history, arts and culture in Warsaw, Poland, among others, with the Jewish Historical Institute, and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#jewish. Internships in history and curatorial studies are also available.
2010 CIVITAS SUMMER PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN WARSAW, POLAND (June 1 – July 31, 2010) in ENGLISH http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/summer/SummerInternshipProgram.html
The summer internship program is organized by Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland includes 25-30 hours of internship per week, academic and internship seminar and a Polish language course.
INTERNSHIPS (IN ENGLISH)
The program offers a unique opportunity for a limited number of students to undertake full-time summer professional internships in various public and non-profit organizations in Warsaw, Poland that focus, among others, on:
- Jewish history, Arts, & Culture http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#jewish,
- Human Rights, Migration, Refugees http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#human,
- European Integration, International Politics, Diplomacy http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#diplomacy,
- Government, Legal and Constitutional Affairs http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#gov,
- Media, Media Advertising, Journalism http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#media,
- Civil Society and Local Community Development, Civic Education http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#society,
- Public health, humanitarianism http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#health,
- Economics, Business, Finance http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#business,
- Quantitative Research and Statistics http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#research,
- Environment http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/organizations/InternshipOrganizations.html#environment.
APPLICATION
Graduate and undergraduate students can apply. Civitas summer internship program has a rolling admission and interested applicants are invited to submit their applications to the program anytime until April 10, 2010. Application forms and requested documents http://www.globaleducationleadership.org/apply/HowtoApply.html.
CONTACT
Inquiries about the program can be directed to Olena Tregub, Executive Director, Global Educational Leadership, at contact@globaleducationleadership.org or tel. 646 670 6089. For more information about the program, application form and costs click here http://www.globaleducationleadership.org.
The Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations (CJCR) is proud to announce the following Visiting Fellows:
Eva-Maria Ziege (April–July 2010)
Marcel Stoetzler (September 2009–September 2010)
Daniel Cowdin (Autumn 2010)
Amy-Jill Levine (2011, exact dates tbc)
Jay Geller (2011, exact dates tbc)
For further information, please see http://www.woolfinstitute.cam.ac.uk/cjcr/staff/fellows.php.
If you would like to discuss the possibility of inviting our visiting fellows for lectures or other events during their stay at the CJCR, please contact Lars Fischer at lf309@cam.ac.uk.
Post-Graduate Research Student
Applications are invited for a three-year, fully-funded post-graduate project studentship for the AHRC-funded project entitled: ‘Medieval Monographs on the Jewish Calendar’. The purpose of the project is to produce critical editions, with translation and commentary, of the Sifrei haIbbur of Abraham b.Hiyya, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Jacob b.Samson.
The project student will write a PhD thesis on a subject that relates directly to Jewish calendar monographs, but excluding the Sifrei haIbbur listed above: for example, Maimonides’ Hilkhot Qiddush haHodesh, Isaac Israeli’s (II) Yesod Olam, or the later Sifrei Evronot. S/he will be expected to attend workshops, conferences and seminars within the project.
The applicant must have completed at least one year of post-graduate study at the time of taking up the appointment, which runs for three years from October 1st 2009, and must meet the AHRC’s normal eligibility requirements for scholarship funding.
Further details can be obtained by writing directly to the Principal Investigator of the project, Dr Sacha Stern (sacha.stern@ucl.ac.uk). Applications should be sent by email to Dr Sacha Stern and include a covering letter, CV, and details of two referees (including their email addresses).
