In geveb/Fortunoff Archive Fellowship

In 2023, the For­tunoff Video Archive for Holo­caust Tes­ti­monies joined forces with In geveb to pro­vide a series of grants to schol­ars and artists to work with Yid­dish mate­ri­als in the archive’s col­lec­tion. The first cohort of fel­lows result­ed in five suc­cess­ful projects rang­ing from tra­di­tion­al research and the cre­ation of ped­a­gog­i­cal mate­ri­als for using Yid­dish tes­ti­mo­ny in the class­room to musi­cal per­for­mance and artis­tic works. You can read more about our first cohort of fel­lows in the In geveb spe­cial issue here. Build­ing on this suc­cess, we are now pub­lish­ing a call for a sec­ond cohort of fel­lows. The goal, again, is to encour­age and fund schol­ars to work with the col­lec­tion — to bring the archive off the shelf and into the class­room and beyond. After all, of the more than 4,400 tes­ti­monies, only a frac­tion has ever been used in teach­ing, research, or cul­tur­al pro­duc­tions. The Yid­dish tes­ti­monies are a rich body of mate­ri­als that can be employed in a wide range of disciplines.

Proposals

To encourage this use, the Fortunoff Video Archive, together with In geveb, will provide two fellowships of USD 3,000 each for projects that are based primarily on the Yiddish language materials in the Fortunoff Video Archive. We are looking for an In geveb/Fortunoff Pedagogy Fellow who will develop a project that aims to employ testimonies in teaching at the university level and an In geveb/Fortunoff Arts and Culture Fellow who will draw upon testimonies in some form of cultural production (for example, plastic arts, music, podcasts, or documentaries).

Following the completion of the fellowship, In geveb will invite the fellows to submit their projects for inclusion in a continuing iteration of In geveb’s special issue “Engagement with Yiddish Language Materials in Video Holocaust Testimony” for further dissemination.

Proposals will be evaluated by a committee consisting of

Jessica Kirzane, editor-in-chief of In geveb, associate instructional professor at the University of Chicago
Stephen Naron, director of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Josh Price, lector, Yale University

The deadline for submission is January 5, 2026. The evaluation committee will contact applicants within two months of submission.

Proposals should consist of

1. 1. a curriculum vitae; and
2. 2. a project description and budget (max. 1000 words).

Please submit your proposals to ingeveb@gmail.com with the subject heading “Fortunoff Submission 2026.”

Call for Submissions