Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Klaus Davidowicz

Head - Department of Jewish Studies

Porträt Klaus Davidowicz

Klaus Davidowicz (Foto: privat)

Consultation hours

  • Winter semester 2024: on Mondays, 13:00-14:00
  • by prior arrangement during the lecture-free time
  • Summer semester 2025: on Mondays, 13:30-14:30

About

Klaus Samuel Davidowicz (born 10 July 1963 in Berlin) is a cultural studies scholar and professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Vienna. His key research topics are Jewish cultural history of the modern era, Kabbalah and Jewish film.

Together with Frank Stern, he is the director of the "Jewish Film Club Vienna " and, together with Frank Stern and Ernst Kieninger, founder of the "Film/University" at the Filmarchiv Austria.

He is currently working on his studies on the "Jewish Image in American Film" and on the "Representation of Jewishness in Austrian post-war film".

Central Studies

  • Gerschom Scholem und Martin Buber. Die Geschichte eines Missverständnisses. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen 1995.
  • Jakob Frank, der Messias aus dem Ghetto. Peter Lang, Frankfurt a. M.: 1998.
  • Zwischen Tradition und Häresie, Jakob Franks Leben und Lehren. Böhlau Verlag, Wien 2004.
  • Die Kabbala, eine Einführung in die Welt der jüdischen Mystik und Magie. Böhlau Verlag, Wien 2009.
  • Film als Midrasch - Der Golem, Dybbuks und andere kabbalistische Elemente im populären Kino, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016.
  • Kabbalah, Ausstellungskatalog des Jüdischen Museums Wien, zusammen mit Domagoj Akrap, Berlin: Kerber Verlag 2018.

 

New Articles