Maria Seidel M.A.
Project Coordinator | maria.seidel[at]hfjs.eu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
since 11/2018
PhD project
"R. Yaʿaqov ben Asher's Masoretic Commentary and Its Relation to the Ashkenazic Masoretic Tradition" (first advisor: Prof. Dr. Hanna Liss) (thesis submitted 4/2023)
2014
Semester abroad in Leiden (Netherlands)
2013 – 2017
M.A. in Jewish Studies, Universität Potsdam
2009 – 2013
B.A. in Jewish Studies and History, Universität Potsdam
Employment
Since 2/2023
Project Coordinator, Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies, Chair of Bible and Jewish Biblical Interpretation, Project "Corpus Masoreticum"
11/2018 - 10/2022
Research Associate, Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies, Chair of Bible and Jewish Biblical Interpretation, Project "Corpus Masoreticum"
2013 – 2017
Student Assistent, Chair for Jewish Thought, Universität Potsdam (first for PD Dr. Lucia Raspe, afterwards for Prof. Dr. Sina Rauschenbach)
2011 – 2013
Student Assistant, Project "Portal Digitales Brandenburg", Universitätsbibliothek Potsdam
2008 – 2009
Au-pair, Birmingham and London (UK)
Services to the University
5/2019 - 4/2021
Adjunct Faculty’s Elected Member of the Senate
Publications
2021
Arbeit, Religion, Ruf: Niederländisch-jüdische Dienstmädchen in Stellenanzeigen (1894 - 1925), Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Scholarships and Awards
2019
Scholarship of the World Union for Jewish Studies, Summer Ulpan at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2017
Gender Award for Outstanding Student Theses on Gender, Universität Potsdam ("Van goede getuigen voorzien… Historische Stellenanzeigen als Quellen in der Geschichtswissenschaft. Das Beispiel niederländisch-jüdischer Dienstmädchen")
Lectures and Presentations as Part of Corpus Masoreticum
05.07.2022, International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds: Family Matters: The Migration of the Asherides from Ashkenaz to Sefarad
01.10.2021, Medieval History Seminar, DHI London: ‘Inmitten meines Volkes bin ich ein lebendiger Mann.‘ – Flucht- und Integrationserfahrungen im Spiegel des Testaments des Jehuda ben Ascher
12.01.2021, Research Kolloquium at the Chair for Bible and Jewish Biblical Interpretation, Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies: Die Familie des Asher ben Yeḥiʾel: Flucht oder Migration? Konzeptionelle Überlegungen anhand von Selbstzeugnissen
08.07.2020, International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds: Scribes, Communities, Manuscripts: Yaacov ben Asher's Torah Commentary as an Intercultural Phenomenon (paper accepted; conference cancelled due to coronavirus)
03.02.2020, Research Kolloquium at the Chair for Bible and Jewish Biblical Interpretation, Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies: Der masoretische Kommentar des R. Ya‘aqov ben Asher Ba‘al ha-Ṭurim in seinem Verhältnis zur ashkenasischen Masora-Tradition