Wednesday May 6, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm, Room 8, Sidgwick Site, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 10:00-11:30 Prof Sidrah DeKoven Ezrahi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: From Zurishaddai’s Tent to a Tornado in Minnesota: The Shlemiel as Eternal Jew. Dr Daniel Weiss, University of Cambridge, Reverent irreverence: rabbinic scriptural interpretation beyond the humorous/serious binary. … Continue reading Day Conference: ‘God Laughed: in search of Ancient Jewish Humor’, Wednesday May 6, University of Cambridge
OXFORD BIBLICAL HEBREW SUMMER SCHOOL, 1-11 September 2015
The Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School will take place at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in the Clarendon Institute Building in Oxford on September 1-11, 2015. The school offers nine days of intensive teaching in biblical Hebrew. Each weekday there will be 3 hours of teaching, delivered in two separate 90 minute … Continue reading OXFORD BIBLICAL HEBREW SUMMER SCHOOL, 1-11 September 2015
ANNOUNCEMENT: Apply now for e-learning course: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe: Modern Challenges
The Woolf Institute (Cambridge) is delighted to announce that applications are now being accepted for the e-learning course, Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe: Modern Challenges. This three-part e-learning course focuses on the relationships between Jews, Christians and Muslims in modern Europe. The course examines historical trends, religious and cultural interaction, and issues of contemporary … Continue reading ANNOUNCEMENT: Apply now for e-learning course: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe: Modern Challenges
Workshop: Minorities and Popular Culture in the Modern Middle East, 12-13 June 2015, Woolf Institute & SOAS University of London
Date: 12 & 13 June 2015; Venue: SOAS, University of London Brunei Gallery, room B102 The workshop, hosted by the Woolf Institute and the Centre for Cultural Literary and Postcolonial Studies, SOAS, explores how minorities are represented in the arts in the Middle East from the late nineteenth-century to the present day. The panels: Gender … Continue reading Workshop: Minorities and Popular Culture in the Modern Middle East, 12-13 June 2015, Woolf Institute & SOAS University of London
‘Trauma on the Eastern Front: European Jews and the First World War’, David Rechter, Professor of Modern Jewish History, University of Oxford, 21 May 2015, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
Time: 6.30-8.00pm Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury, WC1E 7HX, Room B33, Torrington Square main entrance Free event open to all: Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trauma-on-the-eastern-front-european-jews-and-the-first-world-war-tickets-16107332465 In Jewish collective memory, the First World War has long been overshadowed by the incomparably greater disaster of World War Two and the Holocaust. But at the time, and for … Continue reading ‘Trauma on the Eastern Front: European Jews and the First World War’, David Rechter, Professor of Modern Jewish History, University of Oxford, 21 May 2015, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
‘Why are we obsessed with the Nazis? The Third Reich in History and Memory’, Richard Evans and Ian Kershaw in conversation with Nikolaus Wachsmann, 12 May 2015, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism in partnership with the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London and the Institute of Historical Research
Time: 6.30-8.00pm Venue: Beveridge Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Free event open to all: Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-are-we-obsessed-with-the-nazis-the-third-reich-in-history-and-memory-tickets-16081574422 The legacy of Nazi Germany still has a strong hold on us – in daily news stories, in bookshops and cinemas, on television and on the Internet. But how has our thinking about the … Continue reading ‘Why are we obsessed with the Nazis? The Third Reich in History and Memory’, Richard Evans and Ian Kershaw in conversation with Nikolaus Wachsmann, 12 May 2015, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism in partnership with the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London and the Institute of Historical Research
Public Lecture: ‘Divided City, Divided Self: Muriel Spark in Jerusalem’, Dr Nina Fischer, Edgar Astaire Fellow in Jewish Studies, 23 March 2015, New College, University of Edinburgh
Time and Place: Monday, 23 March 2015 from 17:30 to 18:30, Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX. This is a public lecture, and will be followed by a Reception in Rainy Hall, New College at 18.30. Please register at http://bit.ly/DivSelf. In Muriel Spark’s papers it is evident that her journey to Jerusalem in … Continue reading Public Lecture: ‘Divided City, Divided Self: Muriel Spark in Jerusalem’, Dr Nina Fischer, Edgar Astaire Fellow in Jewish Studies, 23 March 2015, New College, University of Edinburgh
2015 Yerushah Lecture, ‘That Precious Strand of Jewishness That Challenges Authority’, Leon Rosselson, 10 March 2015, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
The Cambridge Faculty of Divinity is pleased to announce that the 2015 Yerushah Lecture will take place at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 March, in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, West Road. Leon Rosselson, songwriter and children’s author, will speak on ‘That Precious Strand of Jewishness That Challenges Authority.’ Mr Rosselson has been described … Continue reading 2015 Yerushah Lecture, ‘That Precious Strand of Jewishness That Challenges Authority’, Leon Rosselson, 10 March 2015, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
On ‘Borders’: The Ethnicity, Race, and Racism Seminar, Edge Hill University, 2014/2015
For a full outline of the seminar programme please see: http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/english/research/racismseminar/
One-Day Conference: ‘The Promised Land: Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary British-Jewish Culture’, Thursday 23 July, Open University Regional Centre, Camden, London
The conference is hosted and funded by the Postcolonial Literatures Research Group of the Open University, with additional support from the British Jewish Contemporary Culture research network, Bangor University and the University of Winchester. Judaism can be seen as a utopian religion: the Promised Land will be an ideal place and the messiah will bring … Continue reading One-Day Conference: ‘The Promised Land: Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary British-Jewish Culture’, Thursday 23 July, Open University Regional Centre, Camden, London
Conference: ‘Power, Authority & Canon’,6 MAY 2015, New College, University of Edinburgh
The process by which some authoritative scriptures came to be included in the canons of Judaism and Christianity has received much attention. While light has been shed on the importance of scribalism, citation, rewriting, and community understanding, little attention has been placed on the implications in making some scriptures, and not others, authoritative. The scope … Continue reading Conference: ‘Power, Authority & Canon’,6 MAY 2015, New College, University of Edinburgh
The Second Annual Sir Isaiah Berlin Lecture, ‘The Place of the Jew in Contemporary Philosophy and Theology’, Professor Yoram Hazony, 10 February 2015, Oxford University Chabad Society
Oxford University Chabad Society in conjunction with the Berlin Family cordially invites you to the Second Annual Sir Isaiah Berlin Lecture: Professor Yoram Hazony, 'The Place of the Jew in Contemporary Philosophy and Theology' Yoram Hazony is founder and former Provost of the Shalem College, President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and Director of the … Continue reading The Second Annual Sir Isaiah Berlin Lecture, ‘The Place of the Jew in Contemporary Philosophy and Theology’, Professor Yoram Hazony, 10 February 2015, Oxford University Chabad Society
Film-screening and discussion: ‘Enjoy the Music – Pianist Edith Kraus: From Wunderkind through Terezin to Israel, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and Birkbeck Institute for Social Research
Speakers: Marita Barthel-Rösing, psychoanalyst and filmmaker and Professor Stephen Frosh, Birkbeck, University of London. Chair: Professor Sasha Roseneil, Birkbeck, University of London Date: Sunday 22 March 2015 Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury, WC1E 7HX, Room B33, Torrington Square main entrance Free event open to all: Book your place http://www.pearsinstitute.bbk.ac.uk/events/events-calendar/enjoy-the-music/ This remarkable … Continue reading Film-screening and discussion: ‘Enjoy the Music – Pianist Edith Kraus: From Wunderkind through Terezin to Israel, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and Birkbeck Institute for Social Research
Film screening with panel discussion: “Shoah”: A Landmark of Twentieth Century Cinema, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, Birkbeck University of London
Dates & times: Sunday 15 February 9.00 am - 1.30 pm - Film screening, 1st Era 1.30 pm - 2.00 pm - Break 2.00 pm - 6.45 pm - Film screening, 2nd Era 6.45pm – 8.15 pm - Discussion Speakers: Dr Ludivine Broch, University of Westminster and Associate of the Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism, Birkbeck, … Continue reading Film screening with panel discussion: “Shoah”: A Landmark of Twentieth Century Cinema, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, Birkbeck University of London
Lecture: ‘Remapping Survival: Jewish Refugees and Rescue in Soviet Central Asia, Iran and India’, Professor Atina Grossmann, Holocaust Memorial Day Event, 28 January 2015, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
in collaboration with the Institute for Historical Research, supported by the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London Speaker: Professor Atina Grossmann, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York Date: 28 January 2015 Time: 6.30 – 8.00pm Venue: Great Hall, British Medical Association House, Tavistock Square, London, … Continue reading Lecture: ‘Remapping Survival: Jewish Refugees and Rescue in Soviet Central Asia, Iran and India’, Professor Atina Grossmann, Holocaust Memorial Day Event, 28 January 2015, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
Panel discussion: ‘Israel and Antisemitism in Britain: Now and in the Future’, 10 December 2014, Birkbeck, University of London
Panel Discussion with Rt. Hon. Baroness Warsi PC; Eve Garrard, University of Manchester; Ed Kessler, Woolf Institute, University of Cambridge; Brian Klug, University of Oxford; Daniella Peled, journalist Date: 10 December 2014 Time: 6.30 – 8.00pm Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Clore Lecture Theatre, Clore Management Centre , Torrington Square, WC1E 7JL Free event open to all: … Continue reading Panel discussion: ‘Israel and Antisemitism in Britain: Now and in the Future’, 10 December 2014, Birkbeck, University of London
Lecture: ‘The Gift of Debt: Agnon’s Economics of Money, God and the Real Other’, Yonatan Sagiv, 26 November 2014, SOAS, University of London
Wednesday 26 November 2014 – 5.30pm, B104, Brunei Gallery, SOAS Wealth occupies an ambivalent position in the Hebrew Bible. On the one hand, material abundance is considered God’s gift to men. On the other hand, wealth has the potential to seduce one away from God. This ambivalence hints at the complicated relationship between economy and … Continue reading Lecture: ‘The Gift of Debt: Agnon’s Economics of Money, God and the Real Other’, Yonatan Sagiv, 26 November 2014, SOAS, University of London
Workshop: ‘Stabilising Sacred Texts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: c.750-c.1000’, 5 December 2014, University of Cambridge
09:30 - 12:00, S1, CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT For more information and registration please see http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/25977. In the long histories through which the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam have come down to us from Late Antiquity, few eras were as consequential as the last quarter of the first millennium. This … Continue reading Workshop: ‘Stabilising Sacred Texts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: c.750-c.1000’, 5 December 2014, University of Cambridge
Oxford Chabad Society Seminar in Jewish Philosophy: ‘Maimonides: Life and Thought – Judaism’s most influential medieval philosopher’, 30 November 2014
Sunday, 30 Nov, 1pm-6pm at Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St, Oxford, OX1 2BQ Programme: 12pm Lunch 1pm Dr. Naftali Loewenthal, University College London 'Maimonides and Devekut: Did Maimonides influence the Hasidim?' Naftali Loewenthal lectures in Jewish Spirituality at University College London’s Hebrew and Jewish Studies Department. He is the author of Communicating the Infinite: the … Continue reading Oxford Chabad Society Seminar in Jewish Philosophy: ‘Maimonides: Life and Thought – Judaism’s most influential medieval philosopher’, 30 November 2014
Prof. Amy-Jill Levine, ”Is the New Testament Anti-Jewish?”, 25 November – 3 December, The Cadbury Lectures 2014, University of Birmingham
Despite progress in both historical studies and interfaith relations, Jews and Christians continue to misunderstand each other, and to misunderstand the relationship of the New Testament to its Jewish context. By looking at major parts of the New Testament - the Christmas story, the sermon on the mount, the passion narrative, the letters of Paul, … Continue reading Prof. Amy-Jill Levine, ”Is the New Testament Anti-Jewish?”, 25 November – 3 December, The Cadbury Lectures 2014, University of Birmingham
Lecture: “A Life, a Death, a Legacy: Writing the History of Ritual Murder”, Professor Miri Rubin (Queen Mary, University of London), 3 November 2014, 6:30-8pm, Birkbeck University of London, Bloomsbury
Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7HX, Room B34, Torrington Square entrance. Free event open to all: Please register your interest (https://historyofritualmurder.eventbrite.co.uk) The Life and Passion of William of Norwich, written in the twelfth century by Thomas of Monmouth a Benedictine monk, contains the earliest accusation that Jews killed a Christian child for … Continue reading Lecture: “A Life, a Death, a Legacy: Writing the History of Ritual Murder”, Professor Miri Rubin (Queen Mary, University of London), 3 November 2014, 6:30-8pm, Birkbeck University of London, Bloomsbury
‘Transnational Holocaust Memory’, 26-27 January 2015 at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom
We are pleased to announce that an international conference entitled Transnational Holocaust Memory will take place on 26-27 January 2015 at the University of Leeds. Recognizing that Holocaust ‘memory’ (in the broadest sense) is increasingly shaped by transnational forces such as mass migration, global travel and tourism, economic globalization, digital media and the internet, this … Continue reading ‘Transnational Holocaust Memory’, 26-27 January 2015 at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Yom Limmud SEMINAR IN JEWISH STUDIES, 14 September 2014, Oxford University Chabad Society, Oxford
Oxford University Chabad Society warmly invites you to a Pre Rosh Hashana Jewish New Year Yom Limmud SEMINAR IN JEWISH STUDIES Exploring Jewish Philosophy, Mysticism and History Sunday, 14 September, 1pm-4pm Programme: 12pm Lunch 1pm Rabbi Yehudah Black, Kenton Synagogue 'The dramatic history of the liturgy of the High Holidays prayer book' Yehudah Black is senior rabbi … Continue reading Yom Limmud SEMINAR IN JEWISH STUDIES, 14 September 2014, Oxford University Chabad Society, Oxford
Announcement: APPLY NOW for e-learning course: Bridging the Great Divide: the Jewish-Muslim Encounter
Never has there been a greater need for an understanding of other faiths and relations between faiths. No two world religions are closer together than Judaism and Islam. In some instances, the similarities underpin shared advocacy and politics, as in Europe around protection of Halal and Kosher meat practices. Yet, too often, Judaism and Islam … Continue reading Announcement: APPLY NOW for e-learning course: Bridging the Great Divide: the Jewish-Muslim Encounter
Conference: ‘Scottish Jewish Arts and Scottish Jewish Life 1914 to 2014’. Rozelle House, Ayr, 14-15 September 2014
Scottish Jewish Arts and Scottish Jewish Life 1914 to 2014. Rozelle House, Ayr, Sunday 14th Sept 12 noon to 3 pm, Monday 15th Sept, 11am to 4 pm, with a chance to see the Cultural Connections exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculpture by artists Benno Schotz, Josef Herman, Jankel Adler, Hannah Frank, and others. The … Continue reading Conference: ‘Scottish Jewish Arts and Scottish Jewish Life 1914 to 2014’. Rozelle House, Ayr, 14-15 September 2014
Conference: “The Origins of the Origins of Evil: Contesting Interpretations of the ‘Evil Inclination’ (yētser hara) within Judaism and its Impact on Early Christian Thought”, 2-4 September 2014, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
The Origins of the Origins of Evil: Contesting Interpretations of the ‘Evil Inclination’ (yētser hara) within Judaism and its Impact on Early Christian Thought 2-4 September 2014 Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge All welcome. Student bursaries still available to cover accommodation and food. More details at: http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/origins or contact James Aitken, jka12@cam.ac.uk
Online Short Course: ‘Shakespeare and the Jewish-Christian Encounter: Beyond The Merchant of Venice’, Woolf Institute, Cambridge
2014 celebrates the 450th anniversary of the births of the playwrights, William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. The Woolf Institute (Cambridge) is delighted to announce the introduction of a new Online Short Course, Shakespeare and the Jewish-Christian Encounter: Beyond The Merchant of Venice. In this course, participants will explore the encounter with the 'Other' as portrayed … Continue reading Online Short Course: ‘Shakespeare and the Jewish-Christian Encounter: Beyond The Merchant of Venice’, Woolf Institute, Cambridge
E-learning course: ‘Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe: Modern Challenges’, Woolf Institute (Cambridge)
The Woolf Institute (Cambridge) is delighted to announce that applications are now being accepted for the e-learning course, Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe: Modern Challenges. This three-part e-learning course focuses on the relationships between Jews, Christians and Muslims in modern Europe. The course examines historical trends, religious and cultural interaction, and issues of contemporary … Continue reading E-learning course: ‘Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe: Modern Challenges’, Woolf Institute (Cambridge)
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