Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish History (Essen)

The Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute has been based in the former Rabbi's House in Essen since May 2011. The Institute was founded in 1986 and is named after the Jewish physician, religious philosopher and scholar Salomon Ludwig Steinheim. The Institute researches German-Jewish history from the early modern period to the present and cooperates in research and teaching with the University of Düsseldorf. The Steinheim Institute offers regular courses at the University of Duisburg-Essen. The institute's research areas range from religious and cultural history, anti-Semitism research to regional, economic and social history. The institute houses a large library and archive on German-Jewish history.