Claims Conference University Partnership Program in Holocaust Studies
The Claims Conference provides grant funds to European universities for the purposes of teaching Holocaust courses for one year. Please check back in spring/summer 2025 for information about the new application cycle.
In order to be eligible, the university must:
- be Eastern European-based and well established
- be a public (government-supported) university
- have an established History or other Humanities-related department
- be offering no more than 1 Holocaust course throughout the university
- be able to accept funds from the Claims Conference to pay the chosen lecturer directly (the Claims Conference will not pay the lecturer)
The Claims Conference will offer a maximum (gross) amount of €30,000 to:
1) create a new full-time lecturer position for one academic year. The lecturer will be expected to teach at least 3 Holocaust courses per semester in the university, including one course that must be an Introduction to Holocaust. The courses should be taught in the language that the majority of students understand. The lecturer must also offer 4 seminars open to the public, with the support of the university. The university will not be able to add to the lecturer’s responsibilities beyond those related to teaching these courses, unless the university offers the lecturer a stipend.
OR
2) combine the above Holocaust teaching position with an already existing lecturer position at your university, to teach a maximum of 3 courses per semester.
The lecturer and the curricula must be approved by the university and the Claims Conference.
If interested or if you have any questions, please email Dr. Joanna Sliwa at Joanna.Sliwa@claimscon.org.
