The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is now accepting applications for the Hazel D. Cole Endowed Fellowship in Jewish Studies, a one-year postdoctoral position supporting scholars across the social sciences and humanities.
Funded by Althea and Samuel Stroum in memory of Cole, a Seattle Jewish community leader, the fellowship has supported a myriad of scholars since 1991.
Daniel Kupfert Heller, a 2013 fellow, used the position to explore his Polish grandmother’s life as a Holocaust survivor. His research on Polish Jewish life between the wars became the book “Jabotinsky’s Children: Polish Jews and the Rise of Right-Wing Zionism.”
“Jewish Studies offered me the permission to ask harder questions, and even to challenge some of what I’d grown up with, as a way of deepening rather than weakening my connection to that life and culture,” Heller said.
When asked how he felt about being part of the fellowship’s legacy, Heller’s response was simple: “Honored and grateful.”
Applicants for the Cole Fellowship must hold a Ph.D. in the social sciences or humanities with a focus on Jewish Studies, conferred by the appointment start date. The fellowship runs from September 2027 through September 2028, with an annual salary ranging from $68,460 to $72,660 plus full benefits.
Applications require a cover letter, research statement, curriculum vitae, and two references. The deadline to apply is Jan. 4, 2027, with decisions announced by April 2027. Submissions are accepted through Interfolio.
