Event – Nordic Network for Jewish Studies

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 the field of theology, religious studies, memory studies and JewishContinue reading “Symposium: Memory and Otherness. Jewish-Christian Relations in the Age of ReconciliationSymposium, 2 June 2023, Lund University.”

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 and Religious Studies, LUX C:121.

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

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 at Lund University. Panelists: Emma O’Donnell Polyakov, Merrimack College, TordContinue reading “The Nun in the Synagogue: A Conversation about Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel”

Lunch 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

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 Loop, euqu.eu). ‘Jews, the Qur’an and Islam: Contacts and Influences willContinue reading “Event: Workshop “Jews, the Qur’an, and Islam: Contacts and Influences,” 1-2 February, Copenhagen University. Online and in person.”

Spring 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 accord ance with the old Lund University custom. 15.00, byContinue reading “Spring Jewish Studies Seminar Series, Lund University, Online and in person”

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).

Event: 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 tour followed by a conversation with Patrik Amsellem (Director ofContinue reading “Event: A Secular Jew in Sweden – Ragnar Josephson and the Creative Life, exhibition tour and conversation. Lund, 12 May 2022.”

Event: 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 who would like to participate!) Workshoppen är uppdelad i tvåContinue reading “Event: International workshop, “Refugees and Survivors in National Historiographies and Public History. Archives, Voices and Memories.” Malmö University, 16-17 June 2022.”