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Symposium: 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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Event Announcement: Lunch with Jewish Studies, Lund University (online via zoom)
On Friday 2 October at 12:00 CET Lund will be holding a ‘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…
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We welcome news from our members!
The Nordic Network for Jewish Studies was founded earlier this year to connect scholars in Jewish Studies and related fields from across the Nordic region. Our aim is for the Network’s website to become a hub of activity that brings people with an interest in Jewish…
Keep readingCourse Announcement: “Från Jesus till rabbinerna”, Lund University.
A new course is offered at Lund University in the spring semester of 2021 entitled “Från Jesus till rabbinerna”. Course description: Kursen behandlar judendomens utveckling från första århundradet fram till och med den rabbinska judendomens framväxt och konsolidering. I fokus står den rabbinska judendomen och…
Keep readingCourse Announcement: Study Abroad opportunity for Lund University students
Students of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology at Lund University are eligible to study abroad as part of their programmes. We would like to highlight that this opportunity includes the chance to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with which Lund has…
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Event: The First Nordic Postgraduate Forum in Ancient and Early Medieval Jewish History and Literature, Lund University (22–23 September 2020)
This is our first blog post since the summer break, and we hope that you are all having a safe and healthy start to the new academic year. We are pleased to announce that in two weeks today Lund University will be hosting the first…
Keep readingCourse announcement: Study trip to Jerusalem, 19-28 October 2020 (NNJCI)
It has been a while since we have posted a blog, in which time you will all have felt the effects of Covid-19 in your teaching, research, and personal lives. We hope that you are as well as you can be, and wish you all…
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Online course announcement: Classic Rabbinic Texts, Lund University
Course title: Classic Rabbinic Texts (TRVN13) Host institution: Lund University Abstract: This course offers a study of a selection of texts from classical rabbinic literature from the Mishnah to the Babylonian Talmud. After a brief survey of the emergence of the rabbinic movement and the…
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Membership Update
We are so grateful to see how positively this initiative has been received by colleagues across the Nordic region. We circulated an introduction to the Network to colleagues and students across the Nordic region by email, and have been surprised by how many responses we…
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Event: Lund University, Transformations in Stone: Archaeological Testimonies to Transitions within and between Religious Traditions in Antiquity, 5 March 2020
The Centre for Theology and Religious Studies in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University invites you to join us for a one-day symposium entitled, Transformations in Stone: Archaeological Testimonies to Transitions within and between Religious Traditions in Antiquity Lund…
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Welcome to the Nordic Network for Jewish Studies!
Why do we need a network for Jewish Studies? The idea behind this network emerged from informal conversations with colleagues at universities across the Nordic region. It became clear that colleagues in Jewish Studies (and we include here disciplines engaging with a range of texts,…
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