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The Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union at the International Institute for Holocaust Research was established in 2016. Since its inception, the Center's goal has been to facilitate the steady expansion of worldwide scholarly research on the Holocaust and Holocaust-related topics. The Center is active in the planning and implementation of scholarly projects; the organization of workshops and conferences; the fostering of cooperative projects among research institutions, including workshops and scholarships for young scholars; and supporting the publication of documents and monographs on the Holocaust in the USSR.
Scholarship Program
As part of its commitment to supporting young scholars, the Moshe Mirilashvili Center is offering research scholarships in the sum of $1,500 to PhD students and those who received their PhDs during the last five years. To qualify for the scholarship, the applicant must be studying aspects of the Holocaust in the USSR, or the life of Jews in the USSR during World War II, including the antecedents and aftermath of these historical events.
Application Guidelines
All application materials and recommendations for PhD students must be received by March 1, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted.
The chosen PhD students will be notified by April 15, 2024.
An application must consist of:
- An up-to-date curriculum vitae outlining the applicant’s qualifications (including knowledge of languages, previous coursework, research projects, presentations, and publications).
- A short abstract of the current research project (no more than 500 words), including the title of the project and a discussion of the methodological and theoretical issues.
- For PhD candidates, a recommendation letter from one of the dissertation advisers. To preserve the confidentiality of the recommendation letters, faculty recommenders must email or fax their signed letters (on institutional letterhead) directly to Mirilashvili.Center@yadvashem.org.il, fax: +97226443479.
Please email all application materials to:
The Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union, the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem: Mirilashvili.Center@yadvashem.org.il
This scholarship is made possible through the generosity of Michael and Laura Mirilashvili and the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, who are supporting Yad Vashem’s Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union at the International Institute for Holocaust Research.
