MA fees bursary in Jewish Studies
Masters degree studies at the University of Manchester, 2022-23. This is a home/EU fees bursary for MA students who make Jewish Studies topics their main study focus in their MA in Religions and Theology. One bursary will be awarded on a competitive basis. There are no eligibility criteria based on nationality, but please note that the bursary is restricted to the maximum cost of UK fees. Applications to this fee bursary will be considered from the beginning of March 2022 onwards, with applications encouraged as soon as possible, and no later than 5pm on 2 May 2022. The competition involves an online application to the Religions and Theology MA programme and the MA Funding Application Form. Further information.
Old publication
Jewish Studies. Bill Williams, "Displaced Scholars: Refugees at the University of Manchester" in Melilah vol.2 (2005), 1-29. "The paper explores the responses of one institution of higher learning in Britain, the University of Manchester, to those academics and students displaced by the rise of European Fascism and particularly by the discriminatory polices of the Nazi regime. Drawing on material in the Vice Chancellor’s Archive at the University it assesses the degree to which the undoubtedly liberal intentions of the University hierarchy, which found expression in the formation of a Joint Committee of Council and Senate on Assistance to Foreign Scholars (JCAFS), were complicated by its willingness to work within the restrictions on alien immigrants imposed by the British state, by considerations of self-interest and by the innate elitism of the Manchester academy..." Further information.
Podcast, Bogdanow Lectures 2022
Holocaust Studies. The 2022 Bogdanow Lectures by Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University) on 'Refugees and gender studies: new perspectives in Holocaust studies' are now available to view online. The lectures are entitled: (1) Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal, 1940-1945, and (2) Gender and the Holocaust. Originally presented on 8 and 9 Feb 2022. Further information.
Podcast, Screen and Talk discussion
Jewish Studies. Podcast now available for discussion of the film 'Jacob the Liar', co-hosted by the Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Drama at Manchester University on 2 Feb 2022. Watch the discussion on the CJS YouTube channel. Further information.
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.