Fritz, Jenny, and Gustav Berger Scholarship in Holocaust Studies, Yearlong Fellowship (Graduate Students)

DESCRIPTION: The Fritz, Jenny, and Gustav Berger Scholarship in Holocaust Studies Fellowship is open to any UCLA graduate student engaged in Holocaust related research including, but not limited to:
• Comparative literary and cultural approaches to Holocaust memory and representation.
• The evolution of knowledge of, and disciplinary approaches to, the Holocaust.
• The near destruction and revival of Yiddish language, literature, and historiography.
• The “universalization” of the Holocaust and its relation to other instances of genocide.
• Understudied areas of research on the borders of the Holocaust.

AMOUNT: stipend of up to $20,000 plus resident tuition and fees for the 2025-26 Academic Year
REQUIREMENTS: description of research (up to 500 words), transcript, statement of progress toward degree, two letters of recommendation (one from department or dissertation advisor), FAFSA

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Supplemental Questions
  1. Recommendations/References
    • Is recommending professor #1 part of your doctoral committee?
    • Is recommending professor #2 part of your doctoral committee?
    • Name of recommending professor #1
    • Name of recommending professor #2
    • Recommending professor #1 email address
    • Recommending professor #1 home department
    • Recommending professor #2 email address
    • Recommending professor #2 home department
  2. Berger Fellowship
    • Give a description of your research (up to 500 words) and how it relates to Holocaust Studies and what you will work on during your year of fellowship
    • Give a statement of how this research contributes toward your progress toward degree.
    • I acknowledge that I will have my 2 recommending professors email their letter of recommendation to (levecenter@humnet.ucla.edu). One of the two professors must be from your doctoral committee. Physical letters can be mailed to the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies office.
    • I filed or plan to file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2025-26 AY.
    • Upload a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable)