CFA: In geveb/Fortunoff Fellowships

The Fortunoff Video Archive, together with In geveb, will provide two fellowships of USD 3,000 each for projects that are based primarily on the Yiddish language materials in the Fortunoff Video Archive. We are looking for an In geveb/Fortunoff Pedagogy Fellow who will develop a project that aims to employ testimonies in teaching at the university level and an In geveb/Fortunoff Arts and Culture Fellow who will draw upon testimonies in some form of cultural production (for example, plastic arts, music, podcasts, or documentaries).

Following the completion of the fellowship, In geveb will invite the fellows to submit their projects for inclusion in a continuing iteration of In geveb’s special issue “Engagement with Yiddish Language Materials in Video Holocaust Testimony” for further dissemination.

Proposals will be evaluated by a committee consisting of:

Jessica Kirzane, editor-in-chief of In geveb, associate instructional professor at the University of Chicago

Stephen Naron, director of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Josh Price, lector, Yale University

The deadline for submission is January 5, 2026. The evaluation committee will contact applicants within two months of submission.

Proposals should consist of:

1. a curriculum vitae; and

2. a project description and budget (max. 1000 words).

Please submit your proposals to ingeveb@gmail.com with the subject heading “Fortunoff Submission 2026.”

Visit this page for more information on the first cohort of fel­lows. Past projects rang­e from tra­di­tion­al research and the cre­ation of ped­a­gog­i­cal mate­ri­als for using Yid­dish tes­ti­mo­ny in the class­room to musi­cal per­for­mance and artis­tic works.

Image from Etai Rogers-Fet­t’s Veln Di Vert­er Oykh Nern (The Words Will Also Nour­ish) a body of work, includ­ing an edi­tion of artist books and twelve accom­pa­ny­ing prints, cre­at­ed as part of the 2023 – 2024 cohort of the In geveb/​For­tunoff Fel­low­ship.