Director of the Bucerius InstituteDepartment of Jewish HistoryUniversity of HaifaProf. Cedric Cohen-Skalliccohensk@univ.haifa.ac.ilProf. Cedric Cohen-Skalli teaches early modern and modern Jewish Philosophyat the Dept. of Jewish History at the University of…

Christoph Schulte - Research FellowProfessor Emeritus  of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at the University of PotsdamStudies of Philosophy, Jewish Studies, Theology and Journalism in Heidelberg, Berlin and Jerusalem; PhD 1987;…

Dr. Yarden Ben-ZurDr. Yarden Ben-Zur is the Manfred Lahnstein Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bucerius Institute for Research of Contemporary German History and Society at the University of Haifa for 2025–26.…

Dr. Ariel Pridan Ariel Pridan holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Yale University. Her scholarship focuses primarily on modern Jewish literatures written in German, Yiddish, and Hebrew. She is…

Dr. Fabian WeberDr. Fabian Weber has received our Manfred  Lahnstein Fellowship. He has conducted a research project on the topic: “Germany’s New Right and the Jews. Anti-Jewish agitation in Armin…

Dr. Jonathan Kaplan -Lahnstein Scholarship FellowDr. Jonathan Kaplan received our Manfred  Lahnstein Fellowship. He conducted a research project on the topic: "East-German/Jewish relations and “Coming to Terms with the National…

Viola Alianov- Rautenberg - Research FellowDr. Viola Alianov-Rautenberg is a Minerva Postdoctoral Fellow. She is a historian of German-Jewish and Israeli history of the 19th and 20th century. Her research…

Dr. Marc Volovici - Research Fellow Marc Volovici is Alfred Landecker Lecturer at the Department of Jewish History, University of Haifa. He specializes in the history of Jewish politics and culture in Central…

Research Fellow - Dr. Anat Tzur Mahalel  Anat Tzur Mahalel (Ph.D.) is a Clinical psychologist; research associate, Bucerius Institute, University of Haifa; staff member, advanced program for psychoanalytic psychotherapy, Tel…

Research Fellow - Prof. Yemima HadadProf. Yemima Hadad holds the Juniorprofessur für Judaistik at the University of Leipzig. Prof. Hadad teaches Modern Jewish Thought, German-Jewish Philosophy, and Talmud. Her research…