Funded projects
Here you will find a list of all our sponsored projects
2024
| Project | Applicant |
| Collaboration in the working group of Prof. Peter Macheroux (TU Graz) | Dekel Cohen Hoch |
| Promotion of artistic research in the field of composition (KUG) | Dganit Enso Elyakim |
| Funding for the lecture by Prof. Nienass at the Graz International Summer School 2024 (Gusegg) | Roberta Maierhofer |
| Sponsorship of the lecture by Prof Siman at the Graz International Summer School 2024 (Gusegg) | Roberta Maierhofer |
| DHF Visiting Professorship for Dr Maja Hultmann (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) at the Centre for Jewish Studies | Susanne Korbel |
| Sponsorship of the 5th & 6th semesters of his Bachelor's programme in Early Music (KUG) | Jonathan Berk |
| Funding for her Master's programme in Harp (KUG) | Abigail Lozneanu |
| DHF Guest Professorship for Anna Shirav Ph.D. (Tel Aviv University) at the Faculty of Catholic Theology | Katharina Pyschny |
| Funding for her research into the lives of Jewish veterinarians and their descendants during and after the Second World War | Lisa Rettl |
| Funding for 2 semesters of his Master's degree in Music Theatre Coaching and Orchestra Conducting (KUG) | Naor Shani |
2023
| Project | Applicant | |
| 3rd & 4th semester Bachelor's programme Harpichord and Basso Continuo at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Jonathan Berk | |
| 4-semester Master's programme in Music Theatre Correpetition (Orchestral Conducting) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Naor Shani | |
| 4-semester Master's degree programme Master of Music - Harp at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Abigail Lozneanu | |
| Participation in archaeological excavations in Tel Moza as a representative of the Department for Old Testament Biblical Studies at the University of Graz | Patrick Marko | |
| Research trip to visit archives in Graz on the topic: Bringing Else Frenkel-Brunswik Out of the Shadows: Tracing the Untold Jewish History of the Political Psychology of Predjudice | Leor Zmigrod | |
| Compulsory semester in Heidelberg as part of the Joint Master's Programme Jewish Studies | Regina Bacher | |
| 10 scholarships for musicians to participate in the International Summer Academy 2023 of the Institute for Early Music | Susanne Scholz | |
| Participation in the International Summer Academy 2023 of the Institute for Early Music | Eviatar Etienne Gaber | |
| Participation in the 2023 International Summer Academy of the Institute for Early Music | Lidor Ram Mesika | |
| Ass.Prof. Mirjam Rajner (Gastprofessur) | Olaf Terpitz | |
| Forschung zu „Jüdische Beiträge zum Transportwesen. Wahrnehmung Emanuel Ziffers, des Eisenbahnbauers der Bukowinaer Lokalbahnen“ | Dorin-Ioan Rus | |
| 7 Stipendien für die Graz International Summer School Seggau 2024 | Roberta Maierhofer | |
| Förderung von 2 Semestern Masterstudium der Komposition an der KUG | Shiri Riseman | |
| 10 Stipendien für Musiker zur Teilnahme an der Internationalen Sommerakademie 2024 des Instituts für Alte Musik | Susanne Scholz |
2022
| Project | Applicant |
| Lecture "The Holocaust: "The Holocaust Then and Now. Spanning the Void." by Prof. Dr. Nils Roemer, Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, UT Dallas Texas, USA on 9 November 2022 (University of Graz) | Eva-Maria Trinkaus |
| Sponsorship of 2 semesters harpsichord and basso continuo at the KUG | Jonathan Berk |
| Funding for 2 semesters of the Master's programme in Composition at KUG | Shiri Riseman |
| Research on the estate and works of Karl Israelson-Ilbing at the Avieand Sarah Arenson Built Heritage Research Centre in Haifa | Antje Senarclens de Grancy |
| Dr Marc Volovici (DHF Lecture) in the course of a workshop on the topic of "Interrelationships" | Olaf Terpitz |
| Master's programme "Opera Coaching/Conducting" for 2 semesters at the KUG | Shani Naor |
| Stay in Israel at Tel Aviv University to participate in a workshop | Patrick Wiedner |
| Roberta Maierhofer for Anat Gilboa (DHF Lecture at the GUSEGG 2022) | Roberta Maierhofer |
| 7 scholarships for the GUSEGG-Graz International Summer School Seggau 2023 | Roberta Maierhofer |
| Lectures by Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert & Anat Gilboa at the conference Religious Discourses in Western Democracies - Initiative Christian-Jewish Study Week in Conversation with Islam (25-28 July 2022) at Seggau Castle | Irmtraud Fischer |
2021
| Project | Applicant |
| Lecture by Prof Asher Biemann (University of Virginia) on the topic "Crisis and Rediscovery of Humanity: Jewish Thinkers immediately around 1945" | Olaf Terpitz |
| 5 scholarships for the GUSEGG-Graz International Summer School Seggau 2022 "Re-Measuring, Re-Calculating, Re-Counting: State - Society - Religion in Transition" | Roberta Maierhofer |
| Lecture at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences | Peter Macheroux |
| Scholarships for the Summer Academy of the Institute 15 Early Music and Performance Practice at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Susanne Scholz |
2020
| Project | Applicant |
| The Political Philosophy of Zionism | David Haunschmied |
| Further research on the Holocaust in Israeli art at the Centre for Jewish Studies in Graz | Anat Gilboa |
| Fieldwork for PhD thesis on contemporary social, political and academic reappraisal/dealing with the Jasenovac concentration camp in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina | Richard Newell |
| Extension of funding for the KUG Early Music Summer School into summer semester 2021 due to COVID | Susanne Scholz |
| Elazar Benyoëtz between languages, cultures and religions | Anna Rosa Schlechter |
| Study visit to Graz | Tom Friedner |
2019
| Project | Applicant |
| Study visit at the Hebrew University | Benedict Dopplinger |
| Scholarship for participation in the Summer School Beer Sheva | Jakob Gruber |
| Scholarship for participation in the Summer School Beer Sheva | Lukas Stadler |
| Scholarship for participation in the Summer School Beer Sheva | Andrea Elisabeth Kreditsch |
| Invitation as a lecturer at Tel Aviv University (The Sacler Faculty of Medicine) and further working meetings | Ruth Anderwald and Leonhard Grond |
| Lecturer support and 2 student scholarships for the event "Religious Discourses in Western Democracies - Initiative Christian-Jewish Study Week in dialogue with Islam" | Irmtraud Fischer |
| 7 research grants for the conference "Jewish Literatures and Cultures in Southeastern Europe" | Olaf Terpitz |
| 6 two-week language scholarships for German in Graz | Hebrew University Jerusalem |
| 5 scholarships for the Graz University International Summer School Seggau | Application: GUSEGG |
| One-month research stay in Jerusalem for archive and library research for the dissertation "Der vergessene Leichnam. The cultural significance of the dead body in medieval Ashkenaz" | Anna Lidor-Osprian |
| Research stays in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina for the dissertation "Where is Jasenovac? Locating the legacy of a concentration camp between competing narratives of denial and distortion" | Richard S. A. Newell |
| four scholarships Summer Academy of the Institute 15 Early Music and Performance Practice of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz at Vorau Abbey | Susanne Scholz |
| Student scholarships for the excursion "Vienna and Budapest: The Jewish Expierence" | CJS - Susanne Korbel |
| Scholarship for participation in the joint seminar " The Jewish Experience in Europe: Vienna and Budapest" with the lecture on "Jews in China" | Xu Xin |
2018
| Project |
| Travel expenses for lecture and workshop at the institute of Prof Matti Mintz (Psychobiology Research Unit) at Tel Aviv University |
| Travel expenses for Hebrew course at Ben Gurion University in Israel |
| Research stay in Israel |
| Research stay in Jerusalem |
| 6 scholarships for students of the Hebrew University for German courses in Graz |
| Excursion support for six students "The Jewish Experience in Europe: Vienna and Budapest" |
| Scholarship KUG Graz |
| Semester abroad at the Interdisciplinary Centre Herzliya in Israel |
| 5 scholarships for the Graz University International Summer School Seggau |
| Scholarships for Israeli students for the Summer Academy for Early Music 2019 |
2017
| Project |
| Travel expenses for speaker at the summer school: "Christian-Jewish Bible Week in dialogue with Islam" |
| Research semester in Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Research stay in Israel from April to October 2017 |
| Travel and accommodation expenses for speakers at the "Doing Gender in Exile" conference |
| Participation in the 2017 Summer University at Ben-Gurion University |
| 6 language scholarships for the summer of 2017 |
| Internship at the Leo Baeck Institute |
| 6 Scholarships for language courses for summer 2018 |
| 7 Scholarships for the Graz University International Summer School |
| Travel expenses for speakers at a conference for young researchers |
| Excursion support for 8 students of the course "The Jewish Experience in Europe: Vienna and Budapest" |
| Travel and accommodation costs and registration fee for Israeli students for the summer academy "Early Music" |
| Exhibition project at Graz University Library on the subject of "Book burnings" |
2016
| Project |
| Travel grant to New York for research work on the dissertation "Between Budapest, Vienna and Central Park. Jews and ('popular') cultural transformations" |
| Project on Austrian exiles ("Duneraboys") at the National Archives of Australia (research visit, two-month travel grant) |
| Master's degree in orchestral conducting at the KUG |
| Research stay in Jerusalem for the project "Louise and Egon: War letters from a Jewish woman to her husband in 2017" |
| Travel expenses support to US archives for the master's thesis on the ancient historian Franz Schehl |
| Research stay in London for the project: "The Jewish Displaced Person Camp Admont 1946 - 1949" |
| M.A. Government Programme in "Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security Studies" at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzlia for 11 months |
| Support for the travel and accommodation costs of four Israeli speakers at the Navigating the Unknown conference |
| Translation project: Gerschon Schoffmann: Not Forever. Selected stories |
2014
| Project |
| German courses for students in Graz |
| Seven scholarships for the "Jewish Studies" module of the International Summer School Seggau 2014 |
| Scholarship for a two-month stay at Tel Aviv University |
| Scholarship for archive research for the project: "Austrian art and antiques dealers in exile" |
| Five scholarships for a one-week excursion to Odessa under the title "Harbour City - Jewish Odessa" |
2013
| Project |
| German courses for students in Graz |
| 3 scholarships for the summer school in Beer Sheva |
| Scholarship for composition studies at the KUG |
2012
| Project |
| Language courses in Graz |
| Archive research in Israel for the book project: "Jewish Bad Gleichenberg" |
| Archive research in Israel for the thesis project: Aliyah - Jewish immigration to the State of Israel |
| 2x participation in summer school in Beer Sheva |
| 2x scholarship for studies at the KUG |
| Scholarship for studies at the FH Joanneum |
| Scholarship for a research stay in the USA on the topic: Improving Water Management: Comparing Innovative Legal and Policy Regimes of the Jordan River and the Colorado River |
| Research stay in Israel on the topic: Epidemiological study of enteral fed children in Israel |
| Study visit to Heidelberg at the University for Jewish Studies |
2010
| Project |
| Scholarship for German courses in Graz at the Centre for Austrian Studies / Hebrew University |
| "Jewish Migration from Austria to Canada 1945 to 1955" |
| 2x study in Graz as part of the Joint Degree "Jewish Studies. History of Jewish Cultures" |
| 4x participation in the summer university in Beer Sheva |
| 2x scholarship for participation in the summer school in Seggauberg |
| Nazi rule in the district of Oberwart with special consideration of the persecution of the Jewish population" |
| "Magical Techniques in the Jewish Babylonian and Mandaic Incantation bows" |
| The Hebrew prose of SY Agnon in comparison with that of Franz Kafka |
| Studies at the KUG |
2009
| Project |
Language - Nation - Identity. The "Jewish languages" in the Habsburg Monarchy (research stay in Israel) |
8 scholarships for the Graz University Summer School 2010 "Jewish Studies" |
Scholarship for her music studies in Graz |
Black Milk. Withheld letters from the death camps of Tansnistria (project funding in Czernowitz) |
Study visit to Israel at the Interdisciplinary Centre Herzlija (IDC) |
Lecture at the Austrian Pharmacological Society on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Otto Loewi's appointment to Graz |
The Bible as a frame of reference for Stella Rotenberg's poetry (research stay in London) |
2 study visits to Israel at the Hebrew University |
Study visit to Graz |
| 8 language scholarships for German in Graz |
Research stay in Graz |
2008
| Project |
| Support for the Summer University of Music Graz / Early Music |
| Travel grant for guest lecture in Graz |
| 3x grant for research stay in Israel |
| Grant for research stay in Canada on the topic of "Jewish migration literature in francophone Canada" |
| 3x grant for studies in Graz |
2007
| Project |
Language course at the Rothberg International School, Jerusalem |
| Studies at the Department of Neoantology at the Medical University of Graz |
Synagogues in Vienna (1823-1938). From Classicism to New Building |
"The Experts" - The Involvement of Austrian Art Specialists from Museums and the Art Trade in the Nazi Theft of Art and Cultural Property. |
Scholarships for students from Israel for the "International Summer Academy for Early Music Graz" |
Study visit to the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (Israel) |
Language course at the Rothberg International School, Jerusalem |
Language course at the International School at the University of Haifa |
| Viennese Jewry in the suburbs around 1900 |
8 language scholarships for German courses in Graz |
2006
| Project |
| Language course at the Rothberg International School, Jerusalem) |
The Israeli Palestinian Dialogue: Foms, Aspects and Challenges |
| Organic Farmers' Local Knowledge |
Language behaviour and language awareness among francophone Jewish immigrants in Israel |
Euopean Forum / Centre for Austrian Studies (Hebrew University): 8 language scholarships for German courses in Graz. |
2005
| Project |
Old-New Narratives of Fascism: a Critical Account |
The Image in Yiddish Literature. On book illustrations in the circle of El Lissintzky |
| "A single people of brothers". Myth and reality in the Zionist concept of the united Jewish nation 1897-1914. |
| The Austrian-Jewish Identity of Stefan Zweig and Franz Werfel as Reflected in their Jeremiah. |
European Forum / Centre for Austrian Studies (Hebrew University): 8 language scholarships for German courses in Graz. |
