Organization Office for Jewish Studies/ Research Assistant at the Chair of Religious Studies and Jewish Thought

The Organization Office supports students in finding their way around the institute, in forwarding them to the relevant positions for questions about the organization of their studies and offers a student perspective on problems. In addition, Henning Krakow, the current student assistant in the Organization Office, is responsible for compiling and maintaining the Jewish Studies "Infomail“.

Henning Krakow, B.A.

Studies

Fall 2022/23: Semester abroad in the “Ashkenazic Studies” program, Department of Jewish History, University of Haifa (Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service)  https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavistik-polonistik/projekte-in-forschung-und-lehre/aschkenasische-studien

Since 2021: Master’s program (M.A.) in Jewish Studies

2017–2021: Bachelor’s degree in History and Social Sciences, Ruhr University Bochum

Research Interest

Conversion in late medieval Sepharad

Jewish town history in the Middle Ages

History and theory of Antisemitismus

Publication

[with Klaus Oschema]:

• Zwei spätmittelalterliche Astrologen als Experten zwischen Stadt und Hof. Das Beispiel von Conrad Heingarter und Konrad Türst [Two Late Medieval Astrologers as Experts between City and Court. The Examples of Conrad Heingarter and Konrad Türst], in: Personen, Wissen, Karrieren. Bildung und Professionalisierung zwischen Stadt und Hof (1470–1540/50) (Residenzforschung. Neue Folge: Stadt und Hof, 9), ed. Gerhard Fouquet, Matthias Meinhardt, Sven Rabeler und Rainer Christoph Schwinges, Ostfildern 2024, pp. 115–143.