Silke Schaeper, PgDip, M.L.S.
Photo: S. Schaeper
Librarian
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion/Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies
Address
Office hours
- Use of the library by appointment (Tue - Thu)
Contact
Key aspects of activity
- International cooperation in Hebraica cataloguing (Standards, Rare books, Provenance research, Digital resources)
- History of the Hebrew book
- Hebrew Bibliography & Typography
- Library history
- History of Jews in Germany (Modern era)
Academic & Professional Career
Oktober 2015- Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies, Institut für Jüdische Philosophie und Religion, Universität Hamburg
2019-2021 Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden, Hamburg (Contract for specific work)
2014-2015 Caritas Köln (Ausbildung Gartentherapie mit Praktika in Israel, Großbritannien, Deutschland)
2013 John Rylands Research Institute, Universität Manchester
2012 E. P. Barrus Ltd., Bicester
2011-2012 Oxford Study Courses Ltd., Oxford; Sächsisches Museum für Archäologie (smac), Chemnitz (Contract for specific work)
2010-2011 Worcester College Library, University of Oxford
2005-2010 St John’s College Library, University of Oxford
2005-2007 Leopold Muller Library, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Yarnton (Contract for specific work)
2003-2006 Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel & Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library Oxford (Contract for specific work)
2003 Department of Special Collections, Bodleian Library Oxford (Contract for specific work)
2003 Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading
2002 Dept. of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library Oxford
2001-2002 John Rylands University Library, Manchester
2001 Valmadonna Trust Library, London (Contract for specific work)
1999 Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Yarnton (Research Studentship)
1998-1999 Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Jewish National and University Library (today: National Library of Israel)
1997 Simon Dubnow Institut, Leipzig University
1997 Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Jewish National and University Library; Deutsche Botschaft Tel Aviv; Bibliothèque Nationale du Luxembourg (Contract for specific work)
1996 Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (M.L.S.), Graduate School for Library, Archive & Information Science, Hebrew University Jerusalem
1994-1996 Institute for Hebrew Bibliography, Jerusalem
1994 Ratisbonne Library, Saint Pierre de Sion, Jerusalem (Contract for specific work)
1990-1992 Library, Yad va-shem, Jerusalem (Contract for specific work)
1989-1996 Publication Department, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem (Contract for specific work)
1989-1996 Library, Schocken Institute for Jewish Research of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jerusalem
1987-1989 Library, Graduate School for Library, Archive and Information Science, Hebrew University Jerusalem; Germania Judaica, Dinur Institute, Hebrew University Jerusalem; Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem
1989 Postgraduate Diploma in Library Science, Hebrew University Jerusalem
1987-1989 Library Science Studies, Graduate School for Library, Archive & Information Science, Special track History of the Hebrew Book; Jewish Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University Jerusalem Jerusalem
1987 Studium Bibliothekswissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin; Praktikum Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin
1984-1985 Studium Judaistik, Hebräische Universität Jerusalem
1982-1984 Studium Judaistik, Neuere Geschichte, Freie Universität Berlin
Grants & Prizes
1995 Ruth Kahn-Ewer grant for bibliographic research, project “Watermarks in Hebrew Incunabula”, Israel Ministry of Culture and Education, with Angelo Piatelli
1999 Visiting Research Studentship, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Yarnton
1998-2000 Grant, dissertation project library history, Schocken Foundation, New York
1996 Leo Baeck Institut Jerusalem, Hans-Tramer prize for Master’s thesis in German-Jewish history
1988/1989 Grant for excellence, Hebrew University Jerusalem
1984/1985 Grant for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (DAAD), Hebrew University Jerusalem
Key aspects of activity
- International cooperation in Hebraica cataloguing (Standards, Rare books, Provenance research, Digital resources)
- History of the Hebrew book
- Hebrew Bibliography & Typography
- Library history
- History of Jews in Germany (Modern era)
Memberships
- Arbeitsgruppe Hebraica-Erschließung D-A-CH (AGHE)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Jüdische Sammlungen
- Oxford Jewish Heritage
- Hebraica Libraries Group
Projects
(Selection)
2023- Research project History of sport in Hamburg during National Socialism, with Rüdiger Hänlein
2023- Contribution to the RDA Standard D-A-CH, Working group Hebraica-Cataloguing D-A-CH, Expert group in the standards committee of the German National Library (DNB)
2019-2021 Pilot-project Original script cataloguing of Hebrew printed books (incl. books looted during National Socialism on permanent loan from the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky), Institute for the History of Jews in Germany, Hamburg (IGdJ), incl. provenance research, metadata for digital surrogates
2005
Handlist of Hebrew incunables and incunable fragments, Bodleian Library Oxford
http://incunables.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/
2004–2005
Catalogue of books printed in Hebrew characters from the 15th to the 19th century (original script cataloguing, provenance research, digitization of key pages), Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
https://www.hab.de/hebraica-druckwerke-in-hebraeischen-lettern-aus-dem-15-bis-19-jahrhundert/
1995
Hebrew codicology : watermarks in Hebrew incunabula, Jewish National and University Library (today: National Library of Israel), Betaradiography project founded by Isaiah Tishby, with Angelo Piatelli
Publications
See the complete list of publications at this link.