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Postdoc. position in Bergen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion at the University of Bergen, Norway The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the Study of Religion for a research project on strong individual commitment in ancient forms…
Keep readingEvent: Med anledning av 250-årsjubileet av judiskt liv i Sverige presenteras Judiska studier vid Södertörns högskola
Södertörns Högskola presenterar imorgon torsdag 23/10 2025 sina judiska studier. Zoomalternativ finns. Kontakta Ulrika Björk för mer information.
Keep reading[REMINDER] LUND/ONLINE: Guest lecture on Medieval Jewish quarters in the cities of Bavaria
Please see previous post here Prof. Dr. Bernd Päffgen of the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München visits us for a guest lecture on “Lost traces? Medieval Jewish quarters in the cities of Bavaria.” For text in German, please click here – the lecture will be held in English. The lecture will…
Keep reading[REMINDER] LUND/ONLINE: Seminar: The Role of Islam in the Jewish-Christian Relationship
On the 8th of May Jordan Spencer Jacobs hosts an interactive lecture and discussion online with Professor Susannah Heschel (Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College). We will reflect upon Islam’s role in the Jewish-Christian relationship, which has been severely understudied. 60 years…
Keep readingLUND/ONLINE: Guest lecture on Medieval Jewish quarters in the cities of Bavaria
Prof. Dr. Bernd Päffgen of the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München visits us for a guest lecture on “Lost traces? Medieval Jewish quarters in the cities of Bavaria.” For text in German, please click here – the lecture will be held in English. The lecture will be in…
Keep readingLUND/ONLINE: Seminar: The Role of Islam in the Jewish-Christian Relationship
On the 8th of May Jordan Spencer Jacobs hosts an interactive lecture and discussion online with Professor Susannah Heschel (Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College). We will reflect upon Islam’s role in the Jewish-Christian relationship, which has been severely understudied. 60 years…
Keep reading[UPDATE] Conference: Moving Beyond the Document: Nostra Aetate’s Legacy and Interreligious Understanding
Please remember to sign up for the Nostra Aetate conference in Lund today 15th of April at the latest! Please see the flyer below for information, click here to get to the event on the university website, or click here to sign up directly -…
Keep reading[REMINDER] LUND: Conference: Moving Beyond the Document: Nostra Aetate’s Legacy and Interreligious Understanding
Please sign up by 15th of April if you want to join us in Lund the 23rd of April. Click here to see original post. Or see the flyer below.
Keep readingREMINDER: Course Applications
This is a friendly reminder to students of all ages and levels to apply to courses for the autumn term. Many courses are held in the vernacular tongue, but some are held in English – please see the individual links below. In Sweden, the term…
Keep readingLUND: Lunch with Jewish Studies
On April 7, at 12.00-13.00 we will meet for lunch with Jewish Studies (you bring your own lunch). This time, we meet at SOL, and all students and staff of any Jewish-related topics (including students of Modern Hebrew and Yiddish) are most welcome. Please email…
Keep readingLUND: Conference: Moving Beyond the Document: Nostra Aetate’s Legacy and Interreligious Understanding
On April 23rd 2025, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies invites you for a conference that will mark the beginning of a series of interreligious dialogue series dedicated to commemorating 60 years of Nostra Aetate. The conference will focus upon: a historical overview of Nostra…
Keep reading[PÅMINNELSE]: LUND: Föredrag
Klicka här för att se originalupplägget “Glöm oss inte – berätta för världen om oss!” är ett föredrag av Barbro Posner. Med utgångspunkt från sin bok, “Vi måste göra något – Om Förintelsens Ögonvittnen i Malmö” berättar hon son barn till överlevande från Auschwitz och…
Keep readingREMINDER: Talmud seminar on Zoom
We meet on Zoom to study a Talmud text, please contact Karin Zetterholm karin.zetterholm@lu.se for more information. April 3rd 15.00
Keep readingLUND: Föredrag
“Glöm oss inte – berätta för världen om oss!” är ett föredrag av Barbro Posner. Med utgångspunkt från sin bok, “Vi måste göra något – Om Förintelsens Ögonvittnen i Malmö” berättar hon son barn till överlevande från Auschwitz och Bergen-Belsen, om den grupp överlevande som…
Keep readingBERGEN: PhD position
The Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion in the University of Bergen invites applications for a PhD position in the Study of Religion focusing on ancient religions commencing 01.01.2026, or as agreed upon. The position is for a fixed-term period of four years. The PhD position is…
Keep reading[REMINDER] LUND: Visit by Rabbi
On Monday 17th of March, CTR is visited by Rabbi Joe Charnes from Temple Aaron in Colorado, USA. He has an abiding interst in Jewish-Christian comparative theological relations, and especially in the first century writer of many New Testament texts, Paul. His current work includes…
Keep readingLUND: Visit by Rabbi
On Monday 17th of March, CTR is visited by Rabbi Joe Charnes from Temple Aaron in Colorado, USA. He has an abiding interst in Jewish-Christian comparative theological relations, and especially in the first century writer of many New Testament texts, Paul. His current work includes…
Keep reading[REMINDER] LUND: “Diachronic Perspectives on Christian Heritage Discourse through Ancient Synagogues” 6/3 2025
This is a reminder that we have an event this afternoon in Lund, see previous post for more info: click here to get there
Keep readingLUND: “Diachronic Perspectives on Christian Heritage Discourse through Ancient Synagogues” 6/3 2025
University of Oslo PhD student Johanna Bokedahl presents “Diachronic Perspectives on Christian Heritage Discourse through Ancient Synagogues,” JohannaBokedal presents her project. Joint seminar with Church History. We met 6th of March 2025 at 13-15 (NB the time!) in LUX B353. Image courtesy of Sefaria, pictured:…
Keep readingZoom: Talmud Seminar
The popular Talmud seminar series with Dr. Yonathan Adler (Associate Professor in Archaeology at Ariel University, Israel and former rabbi) is back, and this term we meet twice online. We study a text under the guidance of Dr. Adler, for access to this and the…
Keep reading[REMINDER]: LUND: The Binding of Isaac and Jewish-Christian Relations 13/2 2025
This is a reminder that there is an event this afternoon in Lund: please click here to go to the original post.
Keep readingLUND: The Binding of Isaac and Jewish-Christian Relations 13/2 2025
Dr. Karin Zetterholm (Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor in Jewish Studies at CTR) and Dr. Oren Roman Cohen (Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor in Yiddish at SOL) present “The Binding of Isaac (Aqedah) and Jewish–Christian Relations: The Aqedah in Text and Art from Antiquity through the Early…
Keep readingLUND/Zoom: “On Mystery and (not) Knowing in the Encounter” 6/2 2025
PhD student Jordan Jacobs presents a part of his thesis, “On mystery and (not) knowing in the encounter: an exploration parting from Abraham Joshua Heschel.” Jointly with the seminar on Philosophy and Ethics. We meet 6th of February at 16–18 (NB the time!) in LUX…
Keep reading[REMINDER] Stockholm: Doktoranddag
Vänlig påminnelse om att sista anmälningsdagen för Doktoranddagen 5/12 i Stockholm är imorgon, torsdag 21/11. Läs mer på denna föregående post: STOCKHOLM: Doktoranddag
Keep readingSTOCKHOLM: Doktoranddag
Välkommen till Södertörns högskola den 5 december för en dag för doktorander som sysslar med judendomsrelaterade ämnen! Huvuddelen av dagen består i att alla som vill får tillfälle att presentera något från sitt pågående avhandlingsprojekt. För nyantagna kan det vara att presentera själva projektet; för…
Keep readingFollow up on Post Graduate Conference, Lund, 16th-17th of September 2024
A few weeks back, a Post Graduate Conference was arranged in Lund – see this post for previous information. Here’s the summary from the organisers, including the message from us. UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies and Scandinavian Studies & Lund University Centre for Theology and…
Keep reading[Reminder] LUND/ZOOM: On the Notion of Dialogue Today
Please register to jordansp@ucm.es Please see previous post for further information, click here to get there.
Keep readingGet us on your Facebook feed!
Introducing Nordic Network for Jewish Studies – this time on Facebook! Right now you’re on our website but now, we have a Facebook page! This website will still be our main platform, however, the aim is to show up in your feed, thus increasing our…
Keep readingOver the Deep and the Face of the Water
A Recontextualization of the Study of Literary Parallels, Ancient Scholarship, and Conceptual Autonomies. Magnus Arvid Boes Lorenzen holds a bachelor’s degree is in Assyriology, however, he also has extensive experience in Anthropology, Arabic language, and Medieval and Modern Middle Eastern history, all from the University…
Keep readingCOURSE: Jewish and Christian Bible Translations. LUND/Zoom
Next term, starting in January of 2025, SOL (Språk och Litteraturcentrum at Lund University) will give a course on the history of translations of the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament. This course will focus on Yiddish translations but also work with…
Keep reading[Reminder] LUND/ZOOM: The End of Omniscience: Zelman Skalov’s Warsaw Ghetto Novel Di hak on krayts (Axe Without a Cross/ The Swastika)
See previous post for more information, please click here to find it.
Keep readingLUND/Zoom: On the Notion of Dialogue Today: A Journeying through Three Abrahamic Faiths
Join us 15-17.00 3rd of October in the workshop and seminar “On the Notion of Dialogue Today: A Journeying through Three Abrahamic Faith”, led by Jordan Spencer Jacobs, visiting PhD student. In an era marked by polarization, the civil exchange of contrasting views appears to…
Keep readingLund/Zoom: Postgraduate Conference on Jewish Studies in the Nordic Countries – schedule posted
CTR together with the UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies organises a hybrid conference for postgraduate students working in the area of Jewish Studies in Nordic countries, 16th of September 2024 09:00 to 17th of September 2024 19:00. For more information, click here. The call for…
Keep readingLUND: The End of Omniscience: Zelman Skalov’s Warsaw Ghetto Novel Di hak on krayts (Axe Without a Cross/ The Swastika)
Please join us for an event with Prof. Sven-Erik Rose, who will soon be visiting Lund from the University of California, Davis. Erik will give a public lecture on Friday, 13 September, 13.00-14.30 in SOL:H405. The talk will be followed by opportunities for questions. The talk is…
Keep readingLUND: Jewish Studies Lunch
Are you in the area around Lund and wish to get more involved in the Jewish Studies network at Lund University? We gather a few times per semester to very informally share our lunch hour, primarily to socialise but also to discuss any questions that…
Keep readingPostgraduate Conference on Jewish Studies in the Nordic Countries – OBS change of the dates!
Conference 16 September 2024 09:00 to 17 September 2024 19:00 We encourage creative proposals centering on Jewish ideas, objects, individuals, and communities in the broad Nordic region. Call for papers is open until June 21, 2024. CTR together with the UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies…
Keep readingThe Dynamics of Law and Narrative: Talmudic Hermeneutics in Benjamin’s Kafka
Bat Chen (Laila) Seri, PhD student at Lund University Walter Benjamin’s reading of Franz Kafka—laid out in three essays and many additional fragments—is replete with references to Jewish literature, from citations of alleged talmudic passages and hasidic stories to invocations of rabbinic categories. On one…
Keep readingJewish-Catholic Intermarriage in Poland Before, During and After the Holocaust
Magdalena Dziaczkowska, Postdoctor at Lund University The purpose of the study is to understand how Jewish-Catholic couples experienced in everyday life being in a mixed marriage in a period of intense intergroup tensions (antisemitism and the Holocaust), and this purpose could be divided into five…
Keep readingResearch Position focusing on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism at Lund University
Deadline for application is May 15, 2024. For more information, please see, https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:717701/
Keep readingAdherence to Jesus as an Orientation within Fourth-century Judaism?
The Case of the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies Karin Hedner Zetterholm, Associate Professor in Jewish Studies at Lund University I am currently working on the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies, a composite text redacted in the early fourth century that gives the impression of being both Jewish and Christia at…
Keep readingAutumn 2024 courses in Yiddish at Lund University: apply by 15th of April
Yiddish was once spoken by Jews in an area in Eastern Europe, spreading from Alsace to the Urals. In the 20th century, mostly but not only due to the Holocaust, it neared extinction, and is today on UNESCO’s list of definitely endangered languages: it is…
Keep readingDoktorandtjänst i historia med inriktning mot Förintelsen och antisemitism
Historiska institutionen vid Lunds universitet utlyser en doktorandtjänst med inriktning mot Förintelsen och antisemitism. Tjänsten förutsätter kunskaper i svenska. Sista ansökningsdag är 21 april. Mer information finns här: https://lu.varbi.com/se/what:job/jobID:712264
Keep readingUniversity of Oslo: Associate Professor in Hebrew Bible and Its Reception
Oslo University announces a position as Associate Professor in Hebrew Bible and Its Reception. To apply see here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/259737/associate-professor-in-hebrew-bible-and-its-reception
Keep readingCall for Papers: Postgraduate Conference on Jewish Studies in Scandinavia
Noa Ben-David, University College London, is arranging an event that will offer an opportunity for postgraduate students working in the area of Jewish Studies in Scandinavia to engage in meaningful discussions, form a network, and present their research. The event is an interdisciplinary conference dedicated…
Keep readingCall for Papers: Postgraduate Conference in Scandinavian Jewish Studies
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…
Keep readingAssistant Professor (Tenure-Track) / Associate Professor (with tenure) in Ancient Judaism at the University of Copenhagen
The Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position or a permanent position as Associate Professor of Ancient Judaism to be filled by 1 August 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. More information is found here: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=161111
Keep readingThe Idea(s) of the Talmud
Lecture by Professor Christine Hayes on “The Idea(s) of the Talmud” for students at Lund University. Zoom link: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/62392129323
Keep readingDOKTORANDTJÄNST i RELIGIONSVETENSKAP/JUDAISTIK VID SÖDERTÖRNS HÖGSKOLA
En doktorandtjänst i religionsvetenskap med inriktning mot judendom i östersjöregionen utlyses. Deadline 13 februari. För mer information se här: https://www.sh.se/om-oss/det-har-ar-sodertorns-hogskola/lediga-jobb
Keep readingTwo PhD Positions Announced at Lund University
Lund university announces two PhD positions and Jewish Studies is one of the prioritized areas this time. The deadline for submitting an application is Feb. 15. The announcement is found here: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:690727/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Keep readingPhD Position in Jewish Studies to be announced at Lund University
On January 15, the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University will announce PhD positions and this time Jewish Studies will be a prioritized area. A PhD position at Lund University means a salary for four years and the possibility of having a co-advisor…
Keep readingFlykten över Öresund
Välkomna till seminarium och jazzkonsert med anledning av 80-årsminnet av de danska judarnas flykt över Öresund, 5 oktober 13:15–16:30 LUX Helgonavägen 3, sal B152.
Keep readingJudaism and Trajectories of Religious Interaction: From the New Testament to the Qur’an, International Symposium at Lund University Sept. 11–13, 2023
On 11-13 September 2023 Lund University will host an International Symposium on “Judaism and Trajectories of Religious Interaction: From the New Testament to the Qur’an.” The symposium traces the development of Judaism from the first century CE when adherence to Jesus was an orientation within…
Keep readingNew Issue of Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies
We are happy to announce the publication of Vol 34/1 of Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies, which is the special issue based on the conference “Jewish–Christian Contacts, Past and Present. Sweden and Germany Compared” The issue has been edited by Guest Editors Prof. Lena Roos and Prof. Olaf Glöckner…
Keep readingSymposium: Memory and Otherness. Jewish-Christian Relations in the Age of ReconciliationSymposium, 2 June 2023, Lund University.
The symposium will take place in LUX building, room B:152, 10:00-18:15. The symposium organisers have shared the below information about the event: Inspired by Levinasian’s ethic of responsibility in encounters with the Other, the main idea of the symposium is to bring together scholars from…
Keep readingPosdoc position at Umeå University’s Faculty of History, deadline 15 August 2023
Umea University is advertising a 2-year postdoctoral research position based in its Faculty of History. The deadline is 15 August 2023. For more information, see the job advert.
Keep readingApplications open for four PhD positions at Oslo University, deadline 2 June 2023
Applications are open for four PhD positions at Oslo University in two research units: the unit for biblical studies and church history; and the unit for contemporary theology, religious studies, interreligious studies, and practical theology. The deadline for applications is 2 June 2023 with a…
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Event: Honorary Doctor at Lund University
Christine Hayes, Sterling Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica, Yale University, will be appointed honorary doctor at Lund University on May 26 2023. On May 25 at 10:15 she will give a public lecture: “Radical Rabbis and Other Serendipities” at the Centre of Theology…
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Public Lecture: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation over Scripture
Miriam Lindgren Hjälm, Sankt Ignatios College and Uppsala University, Joshua Sabih, University of Copenhagen, Samuel Rubenson and Oliver Scharbrodt, Lund University May 10 at 17:15, Lund University, CTR, LUX B366
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The Nun in the Synagogue: A Conversation about Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel
April 25 at 15.00 (sharp) at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies in Lund, LUX B336 A book review panel will discuss Emma O’Donnell Polyakov’s new book The Nun in the Synagogue: Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel, a project she worked on as a postdoctor…
Keep readingLunch with Jewish Studies at Lund University (online)
Onsdag 29 mars kl. 12.00–13 presenteras kurser i judaistik, jiddisch och modern hebreiska som ges vid Lunds universitet höstterminen 2023. Medverkar gör lärare från Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap och Språk och litteraturcentrum. Välkomna på denna länk: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/61923521305?pwd=R1hVTUlSRVhxR09RT1QxN0tXS1Rrdz09
Keep readingApplications open for seven PhD Positions at Lund University, deadline 15 February 2023
The Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University welcomes applications for the following seven PhD positions in the department: The deadline for all applications is 15 February.
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Event: Workshop “Jews, the Qur’an, and Islam: Contacts and Influences,” 1-2 February, Copenhagen University. Online and in person.
We are pleased to share news of a workshop coming up at Copenhagen University next week. It has been organised by postdoctoral researcher Naima Afif as part of the ERC Synergy Grant project, the “European Qur’an. Islamic Scripture in European Religion and Culture’” (PI: Jan…
Keep readingSpring Jewish Studies Seminar Series, Lund University, Online and in person
You are all welcome to join us at Lund University for our spring Jewish Studies seminar series. Seminars take place in English and/or in Swedish, and are either in-person only, online only, or both. Please note that 15–17 means that we start at 15.15 in…
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Event: The Synagogue in the World of Ancient Christians: Between Polemics and Participation
All are welcome to a public lecture by Wally V. Cirafesi, Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) and Lund University, which will be held on February 1, 2023 at 17.00, LUX:C126 (Helgonavägen 3, Lund).
Keep readingEvent: Att bygga judiskt liv i Sverige: synagogor, församlingar och arkitekter
torsdag 20 oktober 2022 kl. 14.15–16.00 via zoom Daniel Leviathan, doktorand i judaistik, Lunds universitet Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/62468338646 Med invandringen av judar till Sverige på slutet av 1700-talet kom även uppförandet av de första synago- gorna i landet. Under 1800-talet och in i sekelskiftet kom en rad…
Keep readingKurs: Ett år med Talmud: rabbinsk texttolkning för högtider och vardag
Följ med de tidiga rabbinerna genom det judiska årets högtider och studera hur tolkning och textutläggning fungerar i Talmud. Vilka texter och teman är anknutna till de judiska högtiderna? Hur ser rabbinsk texttolkning och hermeneutiska principer ut? Vi läser relevanta texter ur Mishna, Talmud och…
Keep readingKurs: Från Jesus till rabbinerna 7,5 hp
Kursen behandlar judendomens utveckling från första århundradet fram till och med den rabbinska judendomens framväxt och konsolidering. I fokus står den rabbinska judendomen och dess relation till tidigare former av judendom, inklusive den tidiga Jesusrörelsen. Kursen ger en översikt av Jesusrörelsens framväxt inom första århundradets…
Keep readingEvent: A Secular Jew in Sweden – Ragnar Josephson and the Creative Life, exhibition tour and conversation. Lund, 12 May 2022.
We are pleased to share the details of an upcoming event in Lund. “A Secular Jew in Sweden – Ragnar Josephson and the Creative Life” is currently on at the Skissernas museum in Lund. On Thursday 12 May at 18.00 there will be an exhibition…
Keep readingKurs om rabbinsk judendom: Rabbinic Texts and Theology
Kursen ger grundläggande kunskaper i Mishnah-hebreiska samt en inblick i rabbinskt tänkande och rabbinsk kultur. Den innehåller en översikt av den rabbinska judendomens framväxt och de viktigaste texterna från den klassiska rabbinska litteraturen. De politiska, kulturella och språkliga miljöer i vilka de rabbinska texterna växte…
Keep readingEvent: International workshop, “Refugees and Survivors in National Historiographies and Public History. Archives, Voices and Memories.” Malmö University, 16-17 June 2022.
Ni är inbjuden till en internationell workshop vid Malmö universitet den 16-17 juni 2022 på temat Refugees and Survivors in National Historiographies and Public History. Archives, Voices and Memories. (For information in English, please see the webpage. Please note that there are upcoming deadlines for those…
Keep readingEvents: Two upcoming events on the ancient synagogue on 6 and 8 April (online via Zoom)
We are glad to share with you two upcoming events centring on the study of the ancient synagogue. Both will be held via zoom, and all are welcome. “Från Jesus till rabbinerna: Synagogan som mötesplats” This lecture is presented by Prof Anders Runesson (Oslo), and…
Keep readingCall for respondents: Survey on music and prayer in Jewish communities in Sweden (deadline 28 Feb 2022)
A Jewish Studies Master’s student at Paideia and Lund University is looking for respondents to a survey on music and prayer in Jewish communities in Sweden. If you are Jewish and live in Sweden, Valeria Conte would be grateful to hear from you via her…
Keep readingReport: Workshop on Jewish Studies in the Nordic Countries, 12 January 2022
On 12 January 2022 colleagues from a range of Nordic universities, educational institutions, museums and archives met for a day-long workshop to share experiences and explore collaboration across the Nordic region in Jewish Studies research and teaching. The workshop took online and was been organised…
Keep readingEvents: Jewish Studies Seminar at Lund University, Spring 2022
Colleagues in Jewish Studies at Lund University warmly welcome you to join us for our Jewish Studies seminar series this spring. All seminars will take place via zoom. To register your interest and to get access to the zoom links and precirculated material please contact…
Keep readingEvent: Public Lecture on Nazism: Utopia of Life, Dystopia of Death by Johann Chapoutot, Sorbonne Université, January 28 at 10.15 online
Public lecture on occasion of the Holocaust Memorial Day organized by the Hugo Valentin Centre, Forum för judiska studier och Forum för levande historia. You are kindly asked to pre-register by sending an email to event@hist.uu.se.
Keep readingEvent: Virtual Open Day at Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden (Monday 17 January, online via Zoom)
Are you, your students, or members of your community interested in studying Jewish Studies through a dedicated programme? This coming Monday 17 January Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden is hosting a virtual open day online via Zoom to showcase its…
Keep readingEvent: Workshop on Jewish Studies in the Nordic Countries, 12 January 2022
Karin Zetterholm and Katharina Keim at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University have organised a one-day workshop on Jewish Studies in the Nordic Countries that will take place on 12 January. The workshop will take place online and has been organised…
Keep readingHappy New Year!
Happy New Year from the Nordic Network for Jewish Studies! We hope you have all had a restful winter break. To kick-start 2021, we want to hear from you! We are reaching out to ask you to get in touch with us to share your…
Keep readingNews: Vol. 32/2 of the journal Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies published
The editors of Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies, Svante Lundgren and Ruth Illman, are pleased to announce the recent publication of the latest issue of the journal on 20 December 2021. The issue includes research articles by Christhard Hoffmann, Jens Carelsson Magalhães & Fredrik Jansson and Erik Magnusson,…
Keep readingEvent: Conference at Södertörns högskola, Jewish-Christian Contacts, Past and Present: Sweden and Germany Compared, 12–14 September 2022.
This conference aims to explore commonalities and differences in patterns of Jewish-Christian contacts in Germany and Sweden. It also focuses on changes over time with a special emphasis on the period from the 1870s to the present. Although the conference as a whole has a…
Keep readingEvent: Samtal mellan Göran Rosenberg och Karin Hedner Zetterholm om hans bok, “Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis obesvarade kärlek.” 29 November 2021 i Lund.
Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap vid Lunds universitet inbjuder till samtalskväll med Göran Rosenberg om hans senaste bok, Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis obesvarade kärlek. Varmt välkomna!
Keep readingEvent: Second Nordic Postgraduate Forum and Public Lecture, Lund University, 14 October (online via Zoom)
On Thursday 14 October Lund University will host the Second Nordic Postgraduate Forum in Jewish Studies in collaboration with the University of Tübingen. The programme presents discussion of pre-circulated papers by doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in Jewish Studies from a number of Nordic institutions…
Keep readingCfP: A Jewish Europe? Virtual and Real-Life Spaces in the 21st Century (Gothenburg & Southampton)
We are delighted to share with you a Call for Papers for the upcoming conference, A Jewish Europe? Virtual and Real-Life Spaces in the 21st Century (jointly organised by the Universities of Gothenburg and Southampton). The conference will be hosted by the University of Gothenburg and will take…
Keep readingEvent: Lunch with Jewish Studies, Lund University, 5 October via Zoom
On Tuesday 5 October at 12:00-13:00 CEST Lund will be holding another ‘Lunch with Jewish Studies’ event. The organisers welcome all staff and students at Lund University, as well as interested future students from across the Nordic region, to join us for an hour to…
Keep readingEvent: Guest lecture by Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Lund University, 14 October 2021 (on Zoom)
*Please note that the time below has changed to 16:00 CEST (GMT+2)* On 14 October at 15.30 CEST (GMT+2) Professor Michal Bar-Asher Siegal (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) will offer a guest lecture on the topic “How much Christianity did the Babylonian Rabbis know?…
Keep readingPhD Disputation: “Reading Romans, Constructing Paul(s): A Conversation between Messianic Jews in Jerusalem and Paul within Judaism Scholars,” Lund University, 24 September 2021 (and online via zoom)
Jennifer Nyström (Lunds Universitet) disputerar på den nytestamentliga avhandlingen “Reading Romans, Constructing Paul(s): A Conversation between Messianic Jews in Jerusalem and Paul within Judaism Scholars” kl 13:15, 24 September 2021. Fakultetsopponent är prof. Kathy Ehrensperger vid Universität Potsdam. Du som vill följa disputationen via Zoom…
Keep readingEvent announcement: Seminar and book launch, “Judar och andra Malmöbor,” 24 September 2021
On Friday 24 September 2021 the history seminar at Malmö University will welcome Arne Järtelius, who will present his forthcoming book, “Judar och andra Malmöbor som skildrar tiden från 1933 till 1951” (Kira Forlag, autumn 2021). The publisher describes the book in a recent blogpost:…
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Lecture announcement: Amy-Jill Levine (Vanderbilt University and Hartford Seminary) at Gothenburg University, 20-21 October 2021, online via Zoom.
The Biblical Studies seminar at Gothenburg University will host two evening guest lectures by Professor Amy-Jill Levine (Prof Levine is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford Seminary, University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita &…
Keep readingMembership update (August 2021)
When we launched the Nordic Network for Jewish Studies in January 2020, we sent out a call for academic and lay members with an interest in Jewish Studies (broadly considered) to join us in co-creating this new forum. And, we are so pleased with the…
Keep readingEvent announcement: Apocalyptic as a Literary Phenomenon in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, 13-14 September, online via Zoom
We are pleased to announce an upcoming workshop on the theme of Apocalyptic as a Literary Phenomenon in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This online two-day workshop is the first from a consortium that brings together scholars from different disciplines to encourage innovative discussion about the…
Keep readingEvents: Jewish Studies Seminar at Lund University, Autumn 2021
The Centre for Jewish Studies at Lund University is pleased to announce this autumn’s Jewish Studies Seminar schedule. All meetings (except the joint seminar with History of Religions on 24 November) will take place on online via Zoom. All are welcome! Please get in touch…
Keep readingNews and greetings for the start of the new academic year 2021/22
So, it is that time of year again when the summer break is rapidly coming to an end and the academic year begins anew. We hope that you have all had a restful, Nordic-style summer break and that you are ready for the new term.…
Keep readingCall for submissions: Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies
The peer-reviewed open access journal Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies is currently accepting submissions. NJ aims at promoting Jewish studies in Scandinavia by publishing scholarly articles, surveys and documents, by reviewing recent literature, and compiling bibliographies. The journal is multidisciplinary and welcomes articles from a vast range of…
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Event announcement: Symposium on Swedish Synagogue Architecture (1795–1870), 19 April 2021 via zoom
We are glad to announce an upcoming day symposium on Symposium on Swedish Synagogue Architecture (1795–1870) and the Cultural Milieu of the Early Jewish Immigrants to Sweden. The event has been co-organised by colleagues at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University,…
Keep readingNordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies issue 31/2 available now
Svante Lundgren and Ruth Illman, editors of Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies, have announced that Vol. 31/2 of the journal has been published and is available online now. Table of contents for Vol. 31/2 EditorialRuth Illman, Svante Lundgren ARTICLESDidaktiska reflektioner om judendom, stereotyper och tankefigurerHåkan Bengtsson…
Keep readingVacancies: Four salaried PhD positions, Lund University
The Centre of Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University will shortly advertise four paid PhD positions in a range of fields including Jewish Studies. Applicants will be asked to submit course transcripts, a copy of their MA thesis and a dissertation plan. The successful candidates will receive full funding for four…
Keep readingEvent: Evening Lecture Series on “Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice,” Centre for Jewish Studies at SOAS (online)
The Centre for Jewish Studies at SOAS, University of London is hosting an evening lecture series for 2020-21 on ‘Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice’. All are welcome, but advance registration is required via eventbrite. The programme is provided in full below. Please note…
Keep readingEvent announcement: “Antisemitism or Anti-Judaism? Jews and non-Jews in Interwar Poland”, Sunday 22 Nov (online via zoom)
This Sunday 22 November Magdalena Dziaczkowska, a doctoral student at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University and a visiting research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will present an online seminar on “Antisemitism or Anti-Judaism? Jews and non-Jews in Interwar…
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