Monday–Tuesday, 13–14 May 2024 online. Keynote speakers: Prof Lily Kahn & Dr Riitta Valijärvi, UCL | Dr Jon Reitan, NTNU. The event is organized by Noa Ben-David.
We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for postgraduate students in Scandinavian Jewish Studies to engage in meaningful discussions, form a network, and present their research. Nordisk Judaistik is an interdisciplinary conference dedicated to the study of Jewish histories, cultures, and languages across the Nordic region.
The past few years have seen a growing recognition in the academic community of the need for intellectual forums which can be accessed irrespective of location or financial means. Nordisk Judaistik will meet this demand, providing an online platform where postgraduate and early career researchers in Scandinavian Jewish Studies can build connections and share research in a fruitful and encouraging environment.
This year’s pilot will be completely live and online, comprising panels of 20-minute papers and discussion. Community is the driving force behind Nordisk Judaistik, and we hope that networks made at the conference will be long-lived. We seek to bring together researchers from across departments and universities, to form a Fellesskap – a sense of fellowship – in our interdisciplinary field. To help participants meet and connect with one another, Nordisk Judaistik will offer plenty of opportunities for virtual socialising.
We encourage creative proposals centring on Jewish ideas, objects, individuals, and communities in the broad Nordic region. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Early and modern histories and cultures
Linguistics and languages
Literatures and communication
Sociological approaches to Jewish integration and identifications
Transnational perspectives
Please submit a 200 word abstract and a short biographical note to Noa Ben-David uclhben@ucl.ac.uk by Monday 8 April 2024. Feel free to get in touch via this email address if you have any questions.
The Nordic Network for Jewish Studies was founded and is run by Dr Katharina Keim and Dr Karin Zetterholm at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University.
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