News
The Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History
The Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide Details of the Award The Fraenkel Prize, sponsored by Mr Ernst Fraenkel OBE, joint President of the Library and former Chairman, is awarded for an outstanding work of twentieth-century history in one of the Wiener Library’s fields … [Read More...]
Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University – MA in Jewish Studies and Summer School in Rabbinic Literature
Two $ 5000 scholarships available for the international MA in Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University The Department of Hebrew Culture Studies of Tel Aviv University is pleased to announce the opening of the application for the 2012-2013 MA program in Jewish Studies and the establishment of a new intensive 6-week Summer School in Rabbinic Literature, … [Read More...]
Announcement of new teaching website and call for additional contributions
Announcement of new teaching website and call for additional contributions “Jewish-non-Jewish relations: Between exclusion and embrace” An online teaching resource: www.jnjr.div.ed.ac.uk The complex relationship between Jews and non-Jews lies at the heart of teaching Jewish Studies at university level. A new online teaching resource … [Read More...]
MA in Holocaust Studies, University of Haifa, 2012-2013
MA in Holocaust Studies University of Haifa 2012-2013 (taught in English) The University of Haifa is pleased to announce the opening of the MA program in Holocaust Studies that will be taught in English, for the 2012-2013 academic year. This is the only graduate program in Holocaust Studies that is taught in Israel and is unique … [Read More...]
Events
Public Lectures, University of Antwerp, February and March 2012
Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp Public Lectures Public lecture Tuesday 6th March 2012 at 20h00 ‘De bronnen van de Antwerpse Polyglotbijbel: joodse geleerdheid voor een katholieke koning’ Theodor Dunkelgrün in dialogue with Dr. Piet van Boxel (Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies) Lecture in Dutch. Hof … [Read More...]
Exhibition: Biblias de Sefarad: las vidas cruzadas del texto y sus lectores. Madrid, 28 February to 13 May 2012
Biblias de Sefarad: las vidas cruzadas del texto y sus lectores Biblioteca Nacional de España 28 February to 13 May 2012 Throughout the Middle Ages, the Hebrew Bible was one of the hubs about which revolved the religious life and cultural production of the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula, known in Hebrew sources as Sepharad. Taking the Bible … [Read More...]
Lecture in Oxford: Colin Schindler, ‘Israel and the European Left: Between Solidarity and Delegitimisation’ (Book Launch). 23 February 2012
Professor Colin Shindler (SOAS) ‘Israel and the European Left: Between Solidarity and Delegitimisation’ (Book Launch) Week 6 Thursday 23 February @8pm Lincoln College, Lower Lecture Room Professor Shindler is Professor of Israel Studies at the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East at SOAS. He founded the … [Read More...]
Lecture in London: Ada Rapoport-Albert, “Female Bodies – Male Souls: Asceticism and Gender in the Jewish Mystical Tradition.” 28 February 2012
UCL Institute of Hebrew and Jewish Studies Valedictory Lecture Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert Female Bodies - Male Souls: Asceticism and Gender in the Jewish Mystical Tradition Tuesday 28th February 2012 This valedictory lecture marks Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert's impending retirement and celebrates her long and substantial contribution … [Read More...]
Public Lecture: Chagit Blass, “A legal history of an inventive solution to the problems posed by the Laws of Shemitta.” London, 22 February 2012
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, is pleased to announce the following lecture in a Series of Occasional Lectures in Jewish Law in the names of Leah and Alexander Woolf: “A legal history of an inventive solution to the problems posed by the Laws of Shemitta” Dr Chagit Blass Chair: Professor … [Read More...]
Hebräischlernen an der Sommeruniversität in Beer Sheva, Israel: 5 August – 13 September 2012
Hebräischlernen an der Sommeruniversität in Beer Sheva, Israel Learn Hebrew in Israel: German-Speaking Summer Program, BGU (English follows) Seit 1998 bietet die Ben Gurion Universität in Beer Sheva, Israel Studierenden aus deutschsprachigen Ländern die einzigartige Möglichkeit in einem sechswöchigen Intensivkurs die hebräische Sprache … [Read More...]
Workshop on Hebrew Proficiency for University Teachers of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 30 July to 9 August 2012
ANNOUNCEMENT Workshop on Hebrew Proficiency for University Teachers of Jewish Studies – Reading Academic Hebrew Texts Jerusalem, 30 July–9 August 2012 Workshop Chairman: Prof. Cyril Aslanov, Academic Chairman, International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization Academic Coordinator: Dr. Noam Mizrahi, Department … [Read More...]
University of Zurich Faculty of Theology visiting lecture programme: March – May 2012
Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives on Ancient Israel Faculty of Theology, University of Zurich March to May 2012 The Faculty of Theology of the University of Zurich will host the following lectures: Fr, 2.3.2012, 18:15-20:00 Prof. Dr. Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv University) The History and Archaeology of Exilic and Post-Exilic Judah: … [Read More...]
Yiddish Summer Program at Tel Aviv University: 25 June – 19 July 2012
The Naomi Prawer Kadar International YIDDISH SUMMER PROGRAM AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY The summer program will take place on the Tel Aviv University campus from June 25 to July 19, 2012. The program offers intensive Yiddish instruction at five levels. Language instruction will be supplemented by an afternoon program of lectures, conversation workshops, … [Read More...]
Research Seminar Programme, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester: February to May 2012
Centre for Jewish Studies University of Manchester RESEARCH SEMINAR PROGRAMME 2011-12 SEMESTER TWO 16:00 Thu 9 Feb: Sacha Stern (UCL) "From Qumran to Nicaea: sectarianism and heresy" 16:00 Thu 1 Mar: Karen Adler (University of Nottingham) "Post-war French film and the question of a Jewish homeland" 16:00 Thu 8 Mar: Piotr Piluk (Journalist) “Jewish … [Read More...]
UCL Institute of Jewish Studies Spring 2012 Public Lecture Series
UCL Institute of Jewish Studies PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES – SPRING TERM 2012 Monday February 6th SIMON WIESENTHAL MEMORIAL LECTURE Guy Stroumsa, University of Oxford From Anti-Judaism to Antisemitism? Comparing the Christian and Islamic cases Reception 6.15pm, Wilkins South Cloisters Lecture 6.45pm, Chadwick lecture theatre … [Read More...]
Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society Spring 2012 Public Lecture Programme, London
ANGLO-ISRAEL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Affiliated to the British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Reg. Charity 220367 LECTURE PROGRAMME Spring 2012 Monday 23rd January 2012 Professor Eliezer Oren (Ben-Gurion University) CANAANITE TEMPLES, RITES AND RITUALS: NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM TEL HAROR, ISRAEL 3.00 … [Read More...]
Call for Applications: Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization, Royal Holloway, University of London – June 2012
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization Royal Holloway, University of London The Holocaust Educational Foundation, USA, and the Holocaust Research Centre at Royal Holloway, University of London are pleased to invite applications for Fellowships to participate in the first European Summer Institute … [Read More...]
Veranstaltungen am Jüdische Museum Franken in Fürth, 2011-2012
Veranstaltungen am Jüdische Museum Franken Programm Oktober 2011 bis März 2012 http://www.juedisches-museum.org/blog/category/veranstaltungen 23.10.11, 11 Uhr Literarischer Salon. Geschichten aus dem Ghetto Kommentierte Lesung mit Gunnar Och und Christoph Grube im Jüdischen Museum in Fürth 5.11.11, 17.30 Uhr Die Judaika-Sammlung … [Read More...]
