HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN (est.1810) LBSU The application process for LBSU 2015 is open Early decision Deadline: October 1, 2014 advanced program With 40,000 students, Humboldt-Universität is one of Germany’s • is a six-week, accredited summer program in Jewish Studies for Regular Deadline: March 2, 2015 most prestigious academic institutions and internationally advanced undergraduate, masters and beginning doctoral LBSU runs from July 2 to August 14, 2015. in german-jewish studies renowned, ranking among the top ten of German universities. students, with five weeks of classes and a final week of intensive Scholars here research socially relevant and future-oriented project work and presentations; A fee of 2,000 € covers housing, tuition, health insurance, topics and communicate these with the public. • focuses on German-Jewish history and contemporary Jewish life excursions and public transportation within Berlin. It does not at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Humboldt-Universität has formed academic partnerships with in Germany; cover meals and other expenditures. more than 500 institutions on the basis of faculty-level research • takes place from July 2 to August 14, 2015; collaboration and has close cooperation with twenty of them. • is located at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the city’s Please send the following documents in PDF format to [email protected]: In addition to its longstanding partners in North, Central and historical center; • a brief curriculum vitae (name, age, citizenship, home university, Eastern Europe as well as Russia, the USA, Israel, Asia, Cuba and • enrolls a maximum of 25 students; field of study, description of previous academic/professional Southern Africa, the university is developing new connections in • provides courses, excursions, and individual research supervision; experiences, internships, etc.); South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. • is held in English. • a letter of purpose explaining your interest in the program and how it fits with your academic/career plans; PARTNERS • for non-native speakers of English, a letter or statement from ZENTRUM an instructor attesting to your facility to read, speak and write JÜDISCHE LBSU was launched with funding from the Transatlantic Program in English at an advanced level; STUDIEN BERLIN-BRANDENBURG of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Recovery • an academic reference from a professor, who must send this Fund (ERP) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology via e-mail as an attachment (PDF) directly to LBSU in order to (BMWi). ensure confidentiality. ZENTRUM JÜDISCHE STUDIEN BERLIN- Its partner institutions include: BRANDENBURG • Hebrew University of Jerusalem For information on financial support, see our website. • University of Minnesota is a joint project of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität • University of Toronto CONTACT Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Universität Potsdam, Europa • University of Massachusetts Amherst Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Abraham Geiger Kolleg and • Northwestern University Research Institutes and Foundations Leo Baeck Summer University Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien. • University of Buenos Aires Sophienstr. 22a The Center was set up to coordinate the existing, diverse range • University of Warsaw 10178 Berlin of Jewish Studies in Berlin and Brandenburg, to facilitate and • Stiftung Humboldt-Universität Germany be part of promote the training of young scholars and to contribute to inter- • Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung nationalizing the research and teaching done in the region. The • Robert Bosch Stiftung Tel: +49(30) - 2093 663 11 www.lbsu.de Center, which is also home to the LBSU, is located within a historic • Moses Mendelssohn Stiftung Fax:+49(30) - 2093 663 25 [email protected] the LBSU Jewish neighborhood. • Leo Baeck Institute New York Photos: LBSU and ZJS experience!

LBSU THE PROGRAM Module II WORKING TOGETHER Multiple Jewish Belonging in Modern Berlin Leo Baeck Summer University is a six-week advanced program in consists of a six-week course with five weeks of classes plus An advantageous teacher-student ratio encourages interaction Jewish Studies, conducted in English at the Humboldt-Universität intensive project work. This is complemented by afternoon This module examines the postwar dynamics among Jews in Israel, and mentoring at all levels. Daily assignments, excursions and zu Berlin, under the umbrella of the Zentrum Jüdische Studien excursions, workshops and meetings with Jewish and other in Germany, and in other diasporas, especially the American Jewish the final project and presentation promote collaboration between Berlin-Brandenburg. leaders in various fields. Credits granted for the program are community, from 1950 to the present. We will address issues students. Shared housing enhances a sense of community. The program focuses on Jewish history in Germany, the Holocaust transferable to home universities. such as Jewish life in Germany today; the moral, political and and its aftermath, as well as on recent political and social Modules are taught by faculty members from different fields and legal questions raised by Wiedergutmachung (German restitution developments. LBSU participants reflect a variety of perspectives; universities, and draw on history, cultural studies, sociology, policies) and the construction of the "other Germany" (post-war past students have come from North and South America, from religious studies and other fields. The seminar-style courses are Federal Republic); tensions between American Jewish organiza- Europe, Turkey and Israel. intensive and discussion-focused. Students present their final tions and post-war Jewish communities in Germany; the position LBSU uses Berlin, the cosmopolitan capital of Germany and a projects on the last days of the program. of the German Democratic Republic from the 1950s onward and cultural and political center of Europe, as a classroom. the impact of German unification on relations with Israel, the U.S., Modules and Jews worldwide, as well as the impact of international crises (in- cluding in the Middle East). Finally we will reflect on the increasing The two academic modules are shaped by LBSU faculty and may presence of Israelis and Jews from around the world in Berlin in vary slightly from year to year. the context of changing perceptions of identity and politics. LBSU class of 2014 meets local Jewish students

Module I EXCURSIONS Modern German-Jewish History and the Holocaust to historical and contemporary sites of Jewish life in the Berlin area are as integral to the program as are meetings with political This module begins with the complex processes of political and religious leaders, artists and journalists. emancipation, of social integration and of cultural adaptation LBSU class of 2014 through which Jews became an integral part of German life. We will focus on the 18th century to the early 20th century, covering BERLIN LEO BAECK such issues as political emancipation and changes in the legal status of Jews; the transformation and pluralization of Jewish reli- New Synagogue Berlin has the largest Jewish population in Germany, largely due to the German Rabbi Leo Baeck (1873-1956) strove to combine tradition gious life; the social transformation that came with the embracing influx of former Soviet Jews after German reunification. The city and modernity within Judaism and sought interfaith dialogue. of bourgeois culture; and aspects of modern anti-Semitism. PRoject work boasts synagogues, Jewish cultural events, international cuisine, He educated young rabbis at Berlin’s Hochschule für die Wissen- We will then transition into the history of German Jewry from the numerous cultural venues and a vibrant alternative art scene. The schaft des Judentums until the Nazis shut it down in 1943. Leo Nazi to the post-war period. Persecution, resistance, migration, During the program, students work (in groups or as individuals) natural environment - parks, lakes and rivers - contributes to the Baeck was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp diaspora communities, cultural transfer and global interactions on projects expanding on course material as well as on their quality of life. In the summer, streets fill with people who enjoy the outside Prague. He died in London in November 1956. are prominent themes. continuing research interests, with academic guidance. unique atmosphere of this urban magnet.