SPP 2357:  Jewish Cultural Heritage

• Subject Area: Humanities ; Construction Engineering and Architecture ; Geosciences ; Social and Behavioural Sciences
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 460784103

The second phase of the program is based on the premise that Jewish cultural heritage is not merely a cultural asset; rather, it is primarily a process, discourse, and participatory, changing socio-cultural phenomenon. This phase focuses on empirically based and contemporary research that examines and demonstrates the potential for practical implementation by developing concrete models and concepts for the vitality and sustainability of Jewish heritage. In contrast to the preceding phase, this one will examine the integration of Jewish heritage, in all its manifestations, into the contemporary lifeworlds of Jews and non-Jews with greater empirical rigor. This will provide perspectives and insights into the contemporary manifestations of Jewish heritage, including their transformed forms, resonances, meanings, and contexts. In addition, these findings provide a foundation for the reformulation of concrete measures for the preservation and transmission of Jewish heritage, as well as for the reorientation of the discourse on cultural sustainability and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in terms of the sustainability of Jewish life and Jewish culture. Cultural heritage plays a significant role in the well-being and quality of life of communities. Furthermore, it can serve as a buffer against the adverse effects of cultural globalization or other social and political developments that are perceived as threatening. Consequently, Jewish cultural heritage serves as a crucial instrument for the cultural resilience of Jewish communities. The second phase differs from the first in two key respects: firstly, it interweaves Jewish cultural heritage with the present, employing an empiricist and sustainable approach through the development of concrete transfer concepts between science and society; secondly, it involves the participatory and/or dialogical involvement of Jewish actors and institutions.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• International Connection: Canada, Israel, Poland, USA

Projects

• Appropriation and Revitalization. Negotiation Processes of the German-Jewish Cultural Heritage in Poland (Applicants Knufinke, Ulrich ;  Leiserowitz, Ruth )
• Constructions of Jewish Cultural Heritage reflected in Contemporary Discourses on Jewish Architecture and Space - Internal and External Perceptions (Applicants Brämer, Andreas ;  Knufinke, Ulrich )
• Contesting and Transmissing Polyphonic Jewish Heritage. Strategies and Practices of Authorization (Applicants Henning, Ina ;  Tauschek, Markus )
• Coordination Funds (Applicant Ross, Sarah M. )
• Diverse Sources, Shared Histories Jewish Cultural Heritage from the Middle Ages in Contemporary Discourse (Applicant Haverkamp-Rott, Eva )
• German-Jewish Cultural Heritage abroad: The material and intellectual legacy of the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums (Applicant Weiss, Yfaat )
• Jewish Film Heritage (Applicants Ludewig, Anna-Dorothea ;  Schneider, Ulrike ;  Wohl von Haselberg, Lea )
• Jewish Film Heritage between Cultural Practices and Memory Institutions (Applicants Ludewig, Anna-Dorothea ;  Schneider, Ulrike ;  Wohl von Haselberg, Lea )
• 'Jewish Heritage Community Resilience': Interdependencies of cultural heritage and resilience in crises, wars and disasters (Applicants Hagedorn, Anselm C. ;  Oepping, Florian ;  Ross, Sarah M. )
• Jewish World Heritage - Local Jewish Heritage in Germany: Shifts in Meaning, Valorisation and Perspectives for Transformation (Applicants Heil, Johannes ;  Schmitt, Thomas )
• Kabbalah as Transfer Paradigm between Judaism and Christianity (Applicants Eggerz, Níels ;  Morlok, Elke )
• Knowledge Architectures: Mapping structures of Jewish heritagization processes on communal, organizational and academic levels in post-1945 Europe (Applicant Ross, Sarah M. )
• Queering Jewish Cultural Heritage in Europe: Jewish Transformations through Reparative Response and Creative Encounter (Applicant Kagan, Sacha )
• Representing Jewish Heritage with(out) Jews? Positionalities, Diversity and Participatory Approaches (Applicants Henning, Ina ;  Tauschek, Markus )
• Social Responsibility in German-Jewish Life: Traditions and Places as Jewish Heritage? (Applicants Raspe, Lucia ;  Stecklina, Gerd )
• Transformation of Heritage, Heritage of Transformation. Synagogue Buildings in Contemporary Poland and the Legacy of Post-Socialist Transitions (Applicants Knufinke, Ulrich ;  Leiserowitz, Ruth )
• Trials and Transmissions: Mapping the Legacy of the German Refugee Rabbinate (Applicants Riepl, Christian ;  Wilhelm, Cornelia )

• Spokesperson: Professorin Dr. Sarah M. Ross