Research Seminar
German & Jewish Studies. Dr Yael Almog (Assistant Professor in German, Durham University) ‘German/Exile: On the Jewish Longing for Europe’. German & Jewish Studies Research Seminar. Hybrid Event Samuel Alexander Building, Room A116 and on zoom 9 Mar 2022 16.30 - 18.00. Further information.
Conference Paper, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Jewish Studies. Philip Alexander and Daniel Langton have co-authored a paper on origins/creation in Judaism, focusing on Gen 1-3, for an online conference on 'The Concept of Protology in Judaism, Christianity and Islam'. Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses, Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg. This project involves a workshop paper and a book chapter in Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses (de Gruyter). 16-17 Feb 2022. Further information.
Public Lecture
Jewish Studies. Moshe Behar continues to co-convene the annual Lecture Series (in Hebrew) of Israel's Academia4Equality Mizrahi Perspectives on the Middle East before and after 1948. On 28 November Behar delivered the year's Opening Lecture titled “Communitarianism, Liberalism, ‘Black Pantherism’, Academism, Masortism & Feminism in the Sephardi-Mizrahi Undertaking, 1897-2020.” Further information.
Bogdanow Lectures 2022
Holocaust Studies. We are delighted to announce that the Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2022 will be given by Prof Marion Kaplan, Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History at NYU on the topic 'Refugees and gender studies: new perspectives in Holocaust studies'. These will be free online lectures 6pm (GMT) on Tue 8 and Wed 9 February 2022. Further information.
Scriptural Encounters
Reading challenging sacred texts. Scriptural Encounters bring together different faiths to debate and discuss controversial topics. In this series on Gender Diversity Dr Shanon Shah of Kings College London will present from an Islamic perspective. 1600-17:30 on zoom. Thu 3 March 2022. Further information.
Klezmer Performance
Michael Kahan Kapelye performance. The University's klezmer band, in conjunction with the The Klezmorim of Manchester, will perform at the event 'Vessels of Song: Journeys into the worlds of Klezmer'. 7.00- 9.30pm, 24 March 2022 at the Manchester Jewish Museum. Further information.
Call for papers, European Association for Biblical Studies
Biblical Studies. George Brooke is serving his first year as President of the European Association of Biblical Studies which will culminate in the Association's annual conference being held in Toulouse 4-7 July 2022. The Call for Papers for the meeting, much of which will also be available on-line, has recently been issued. Further information.
PhD Completion
History of Jewish-Christian relations. Congratulations to Lawrence Rabone on the successful defence of his doctoral thesis 'Eschatology and the Readmission of the Jews to England, 1655-56'. His supervisors were Profs. Philip Alexander, FBA, and Daniel Langton, and the external examiner was Prof. Crawford Gribben (Queen's University Belfast). See the list of current PhD students in the area of Jewish Studies at Manchester.
Project Award, Faculty of Humanities Research Fund
Jewish and New Testament Studies. Daniel Langton has been awarded £9800 to fund a project entitled "What would Jesus (the Jew) do? Relationship Building and Engagement with US Christians.” The aim is to develop resources that relate to an area of internationally-recognised research expertise in the subject area of Religions & Theology (R&T) and the associated Centre for Jewish Studies (CJS), namely, the Jewish background to the New Testament and the associated history of Christian anti-Judaism.
Project Award, SALC Research Development Fund
Jewish Studies. Daniel Langton and Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz have been awarded £6800 to fund an impact-related project entitled "Learning from Limmud’s Relationship with the Third Sector”, which will be conducted by Dr Taylor-Guthartz. It will focus on the relationship between Limmud, a major Jewish educational charity with branches in 47 countries, whose unique inter-denominational programme occupies a highly influential place within wider sectarian Jewish society and organisations.