CfA: NEH Summer Institute “Between Memory and the Archive: Jewish Print Culture”, NY
The Case Western Reserve University invites applications for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute “Between Memory and the Archive: Jewish Print Culture” taking place in New York on June 15-27, 2025, at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The Summer Institute explores the historical development of the design and use of Hebrew typefaces in a variety of genres, from the early modern period to the present. There are two mandatory virtual pre-Institute sessions on Tuesday, May 6th and Wednesday, June 4.
Applicants must be familiar with the Hebrew alphabet and with one Jewish language (e.g. a language that deploys Hebrew script such as Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, etc.).
Deadline for applications: March 5, 2025 │ DETAILS