The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies invites proposals from scholars applying on behalf of university departments or centers, research institutions, or memorial sites that will serve as the host and co-organizer of an international research workshop, to be held at the partner institution in 2027. Proposals are due Friday, June 5, 2026.
The Mandel Center’s Division of International Academic Programs promotes the vitality of research in the field of Holocaust studies around the world through the Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop and the Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop. Our workshops seed research networks and produce new scholarship. We welcome proposals for workshop themes from scholars at universities, research institutions, and memorial sites in all relevant disciplines, including (but not limited to) history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, Romani studies, philosophy, religion, anthropology, sociology, genocide studies, and law.
Successful applicants will collaborate with Mandel Center staff scholars to design and co-lead a weeklong workshop hosted at the proposed partner institution. Proposals must include at least one applicant who is affiliated with the proposed host institution and will serve as the local co-organizer.
Participants for the workshop will be selected through an open Call for Applications drafted by the co-organizers in cooperation with the Mandel Center’s International Academic Programs staff.
About the Workshops
In 2027, the workshops will convene groups of 10 to 12 scholars, including the co-organizers, for a week of presentations by participants on their particular research projects and in-depth discussions of overarching research issues, priorities, findings, and potential future collaborative endeavors. Workshops may also include dedicated time for research in archives of the host institution, if relevant, though this is not a requirement to apply.
How to Apply
Applications to the International Research Workshop Program must be submitted online at ushmm.org/research-workshops.
The application requires you to upload 1) a description of the proposed workshop not to exceed two single-spaced pages detailing the research project’s focus, significance, scope, methods, objectives, and expected outcomes, as well as proposed dates for the workshop; and 2) a description not to exceed one single-spaced page of the mission, research agenda, and programmatic activities of the proposed co-organizing institution that indicates the relationship of at least one of the applicants to the institution.
Applications also require CVs for no more than two individual co-organizers, and a description of the mission, research agenda, and programmatic activities of the proposed co-organizing institution not to exceed one single-spaced page. Applicants should hold a PhD or have advanced to candidacy in a doctoral degree program. Applications with more than two co-organizers will not be considered.
If selected, the workshop co-organizer(s) will work with Mandel Center staff scholars starting in the fall of 2026 to design the Call for Applications for workshop participants and the workshop agenda. Participant applications in this stage of the process will be due in the winter of 2026 for workshops to be held in 2027.
Contact Us
Contact us at researchworkshops@ushmm.org if you have questions about our upcoming or past programs.
The International Research Workshop Program has been made possible through the generosity of the Moskowitz/Rafalowicz Endowment and the Yetta and Jacob Gelman Endowment at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
2027 International Research Workshops
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies invites proposals from scholars applying on behalf of university departments or centers, research institutions, or memorial sites that will serve as the host and co-organizer of an international research workshop, to be held at the partner institution in 2027. Proposals are due Friday, June 5, 2026.
The Mandel Center’s Division of International Academic Programs promotes the vitality of research in the field of Holocaust studies around the world through the Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop and the Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop. Our workshops seed research networks and produce new scholarship. We welcome proposals for workshop themes from scholars at universities, research institutions, and memorial sites in all relevant disciplines, including (but not limited to) history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, Romani studies, philosophy, religion, anthropology, sociology, genocide studies, and law.
Successful applicants will collaborate with Mandel Center staff scholars to design and co-lead a weeklong workshop hosted at the proposed partner institution. Proposals must include at least one applicant who is affiliated with the proposed host institution and will serve as the local co-organizer.
Participants for the workshop will be selected through an open Call for Applications drafted by the co-organizers in cooperation with the Mandel Center’s International Academic Programs staff.
About the Workshops
In 2027, the workshops will convene groups of 10 to 12 scholars, including the co-organizers, for a week of presentations by participants on their particular research projects and in-depth discussions of overarching research issues, priorities, findings, and potential future collaborative endeavors. Workshops may also include dedicated time for research in archives of the host institution, if relevant, though this is not a requirement to apply.
How to Apply
Applications to the International Research Workshop Program must be submitted online at ushmm.org/research-workshops.
The application requires you to upload 1) a description of the proposed workshop not to exceed two single-spaced pages detailing the research project’s focus, significance, scope, methods, objectives, and expected outcomes, as well as proposed dates for the workshop; and 2) a description not to exceed one single-spaced page of the mission, research agenda, and programmatic activities of the proposed co-organizing institution that indicates the relationship of at least one of the applicants to the institution.
Applications also require CVs for no more than two individual co-organizers, and a description of the mission, research agenda, and programmatic activities of the proposed co-organizing institution not to exceed one single-spaced page. Applicants should hold a PhD or have advanced to candidacy in a doctoral degree program. Applications with more than two co-organizers will not be considered.
If selected, the workshop co-organizer(s) will work with Mandel Center staff scholars starting in the fall of 2026 to design the Call for Applications for workshop participants and the workshop agenda. Participant applications in this stage of the process will be due in the winter of 2026 for workshops to be held in 2027.
Contact Us
Contact us at researchworkshops@ushmm.org if you have questions about our upcoming or past programs.
The International Research Workshop Program has been made possible through the generosity of the Moskowitz/Rafalowicz Endowment and the Yetta and Jacob Gelman Endowment at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.