Research Fellows

The Sydney Jewish Museum Research Fellowship is a funded, annual fellowship that encourages deep and focused research across any topic relevant to the Museum’s exhibitions, collection or programming. Fellows are provided access to the Sydney Jewish Museum’s collection, programs and research team in order to produce a project that brings knowledge into scholarly and public arenas.

Current Sydney Jewish Museum Fellows

Dr Edwina Light

Sydney Jewish Museum Honorary Fellow
University of Sydney

Associate Professor Michael Robertson

Sydney Jewish Museum Honorary Fellow
University of Sydney

Professor Garry Walter AM

Sydney Jewish Museum Honorary Fellow
University of Sydney and Dalhousie University

PAST SYDNEY JEWISH MUSEUM FELLOWS

Dr Jonathan Kaplan

2021 Sydney Jewish Museum Research Fellow
University of Technology Sydney
Project: Dress and Dignity in the Shoah

Associate Professor Melanie O’Brien

2022 Sydney Jewish Museum Research Fellow
University of Western Australia

Being a research fellow at the Sydney Jewish Museum gave me access to a vast collection of archival material and historical artefacts. As a dress historian, being able to handle a garment is so important: to see traces of where a garment was altered, a hem turned or perhaps a secret pocket inserted. But beyond access to the collection, the opportunity to share ideas with and seek the expertise and knowledge of the many experts at the Museum is invaluable.

Dr Jonathan Kaplan, 2021 Sydney Jewish Museum Fellow