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News and Information NEWS AND INFORMATION Educational News 203 Study at Oxford Centre ButlerUniversity announces a study abroad program in Undergraduate Jewish Studies at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. The Oxford Centre is an associated center of Oxford University and St. Cross College, Oxford. This program offers American undergraduates ali opportunity to study Jewish history and Culture within the European and Middle Eastern context.' Course offered include, among others: Introduction to Judaism, the Bible in Judaism, Jewish History, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Readings in the Talmud, Talmudic Aramaic, Introduction to Jewish Mysticism, Readings in Medieval Hebrew Texts, History of MuslimJewish Relations, Introduction to Yiddish Studies, and Aspects of Modern Hebrew Literature. Courses are taught in English unless otherwise noted in the course description. Students may participate in the study abroad program for the entire academic year or for the spring semester only. Applicants should have a grade point average of about 3.0 at their home institution, although each case is a.ssessed on its merits. For"more information, contact the Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46208, USA. Phone: (317) 283-9336 or (1-800) 858-0229; Fax: (317) 283-9704. Touro National Heritage Trust Fellowship The Touro National Heritage Trust of Newport, Rhode Island, in cooperation with nearby learned institutio~s in New England, will offer one three-month fellowship in 1994-95 for research on some aspect of the Jewish experience in the Western Hemisphere prior to ca. 1860. The Touro Fellowship is open to scholars from any country, and candidates may be engaged in pre- or post-doctoral, or independent research. The fellowship carries a stipend of $1,000 per month, plus a research travel reimbursement allowance. The Touro Fellowship is administered by the John Carter Brown Ubrary at Brown University in Providence, RI. However, the sponsors of the fellowship encourage the recipient to make use of scholarly resources 204 SHOFAR Fall 1993 Vol. 12, No. 1 in nearby institutions, such as the Newport Historical Society and the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Touro Fellow must be prepared to participate in symposia or other academic activities and may be called upon to deliver one or two public lectures. For information and application forms, write to: Director, John Carter Brown Ubrary, Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912. Phone: (401) 863-2725; fax: (401) 863-3477. The application deadline is February 1, 1994. Sidney and Hadassah Musher Publication Prize The National Foundation for Jewish Culture invites submissions for the Sidney and Hadassah Musher Publication Prize. The prize will provide a $3,000 grant towards the cost of publication for a Ph.D. dissertation relating to Jewish life in Israel or America from 1880 to the present. Applicants must have completed their dissertations and have a commitment for publication from an academic or university press. The deadline for submissions is April 1, 1994. Please submit an abstract of the dissertation, a letter of intent from the publisher, your academic resume, a reader evaluation (other than your dissertation advisor), and a description of the manuscript preparation costs to the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 330 7th Ave., 21st Floor, New York, NY 10001. Phone: (212) 629-0500. Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Prize The American Academy for Jewish Research announces the establishment of the Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Prize in the amount of $5,000 for a first book in Judaic Studies by a scholar under 35 teaching at a North American college or university. Those wishing to be considered for the award should submit two copies of the volume not later than April 1, 1994, to: The American Academy forJewish Research, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. The winner will be announced at the annual meeting of the Academy in January 1995. The Academy further announces the availability of a number of publication grants in the amount of $2,500 for books in Judaic Studies which have been accepted for publication. For an application form, please write to the Academy at the address above. News and Information Prize for German Studies 205 $1000 in prizes for innovative interdisciplinary or comparative approaches to the teaching of German studies...