New publication
Holocaust studies. Jean-Marc Dreyfus, 'Filling the Silence: A Study in Corporate Holocaust History and the Nature of Corporate Memory' in The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. Further information.
Public event, The Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester
Jewish-Muslim relations. After briefly covering the wide diversity of languages spoken in Greater Manchester generally, Yaron Matras will focus on the languages of GM’s Muslims and Jews. His talk will be followed by short contributions from two Jewish speakers, including Alex Samely, and two Muslim speakers about their personal linguistic journey through life.The languages of Manchester’s Muslims and Jews Greater Manchester is a very diverse place, where many languages are spoken. That diversity extends to Greater Manchester’s Muslims and Jews, who have a very wide range of languages as either their first or second language. Zoom event, 19:00, Sun 14 Nov 2021. Further information.
Leverhulme Early Careers Opportunity - R&T
Call for proposals in Religions and Theology. The Religions and Theology department is pleased to be able to support applications from prospective applicants to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme 2022-23. Potential applicants are invited to submit a draft application to the R&T office by 1 November 2021. Further information.
Leverhulme Early Careers Opportunity - JRRI
Call for proposals in Jewish and Hebrew Studies. The John Rylands Research Institute will support applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme 2022-23. Projects must demonstrate a strong connection to the University of Manchester Library’s Special Collections, which include extensive Judaica and Hebraica holdings and many other collections relevant to Jewish and Hebrew Studies. Potential applicants are invited to submit a draft application to the JRRI office by 15 November 2021. Further information.
Blog entry, 50 Jewish Objects
50 Jewish Objects Artwork. Juliet Goodden is the new artist commissioned by the Centre to respond with her art and creative practice to the 50 Jewish Objects project and to one or more items held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. In her third and final blogpost she leads us through her journey of discovery of the collection. Further information.
Scriptural Encounters
Reading challenging sacred texts. Scriptural Encounters bring together different faiths to debate and discuss controversial topics. This is a new series on Gender Diversity. This session will be led by Rabbi Ariel Abel as the presenter of Jewish texts. 1200-13:30 hybrid event, on campus (University Place 4.214) and on zoom. Thu 28 Oct 2021. Further information.
Public lectures, Judaism and Islam a Shared History
Jewish Studies. CJS Hon. Research Fellow Michael Hilton announces a new course 'Judaism and Islam: A shared history' that he is leading with Dr Harith Ramli of Edge Hill University. The first lecture 'The story of Joseph in the Bible and the Quran: the most beautiful of stories', 12th October 2021, 8.10 – 9.30 pm, hybrid (on Zoom and in-person). Further information.
Screen & Talk
Jewish Studies. The Centre for Jewish Studies at Manchester University is pleased to announce that the next Screen & Talk event will be the streaming of ‘The Black Book’ (2019) by Guillaume Ribot. Drafted while the Second World War was still raging, the Black Book contained numerous testimonies of the atrocities committed by the Nazis against Jews in the Soviet Union. Featuring a wealth of archival footage and told through the voices of the Jewish-Soviet intellectuals who gathered the testimonies, this important documentary sheds new light on the operations of two abhorrent totalitarian regimes, driven by blind hatred and prejudice. 10 – 14 Nov 2021, online as part of the UK Jewish Film Festival 2021. Further information.
Moses Gaster Seminars
Jewish Studies. This academic year (2021-22) the John Rylands Research Institute will complete the online cataloguing of the codices in Hebrew script in the Rylands Library Manchester. Most of these manuscripts once belonged to Moses Gaster, who, with modest resources, assembled one of the most remarkable collections of Hebrew manuscripts of the 20th century. To mark the occasion the John Rylands Research Institute and the Manchester University Centre for Jewish Studies are hosting a series of seminars in autumn 2021 and spring 2022 which will explore aspects of the Rylands Gaster collection, and related collections. The first seminar will be Dr Zsofia Buda “The Rylands Gaster Codices and the problems of cataloguing them” and Dr Maria Cioata,“Moses Gaster: The Man and His Collections”. 2 - 3.30pm 19 Oct 2021, online. Further information.
Blog entry, 50 Jewish Objects
50 Jewish Objects Artwork. Juliet Goodden is the new artist commissioned by the Centre to respond with her art and creative practice to the 50 Jewish Objects project and to one or more items held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. In her second blogpost she leads us through her journey of discovery of the collection. Further information.