Events and Activities

Programme

 

For the time being, there will be no research seminar programme in Jewish or Israel studies. We are moving to a different model comprising public lectures, day conferences, and workshops:

Other Jewish Studies and Israel Studies-related events

19-21 May 2025. International conference (Rylands Library & CJS) on ‘Moses Gaster, Polymath: The Manchester Connection’

3 Dec 2024. Dr Jeremy Penner (University of Manchester) ‘What is Ancient Liturgy?’ Part of the Ehrhardt seminar series. University Place 6.207 and on Zoom. Time and registration details TBC

3 Dec 2024. Joint CJS and Holocaust Centre North seminar. Dr. Jacob Flaws (Kean University, New Jersey) presents his book, Spaces of Treblinka: Retracing a Death Camp. 5pm online. Register here.

31 Oct 2024. Whitworth Debate on Antisemitism/ Anti-Zionism. Further information.

8 May 2024. Dirk Moses (City College of New York, CUNY) ‘The End(s) of German Memory Culture and the Catastrophization of Politics.’ 5.30pm, online via MS Teams. Register here.

26 April 2024. Esra Özyürek (University of Cambridge) ‘Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory and Muslim Belonging in Postwar Germany.’ 4.30pm online via MS Teams. Register here.

14 March 2024. Sue Gillingham (Worcester College, University of Oxford) ‘Is Reception History ‘Biblical Studies on Holiday’? Psalm 137 as a Test Case’. Part of the Ehrhardt Seminar series. Zoom only, 4.10pm. Further information.

29 Feb 2024. Mia Spiro (University of Glasgow), ‘Points of Arrival: Crossings and Borders in Holocaust Survivor memoirs’. R&T Departmental seminar. 4.00-5.30pm, University Place 6.208

22 Feb 2024. Dr Lynn Cohick (Houston Theological Seminary) ‘The New Perspective on Paul and Second Temple Judaism on Resurrection’, Part of the Ehrhardt Seminar series. Zoom only, 4.10pm. Further information.

8 Feb 2024. Moshe Behar (University of Manchester) ‘Nullified by Holocaust and Nakba? Arabised-Jews, 1937-1956’. 4pm on Zoom or in-person at The University of Glasgow, 4 The Square, Room 205.

31 Jan 2024. Dr. Nina Valbousquet will present a paper to the Humanitarian History Seminar on ‘Catholic Humanitarianism through War and Genocide: the Vatican, the Holocaust and Jewish Refugees (1930s-1950s)’. This event will run from 4-5pm and will be held in C1.18 (Ellen Wilkinson) All are welcome to attend. 

18 May 23. History research seminar.  Prof. Anne Knowles, the Col. James C. McBride Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maine, will present "How Can We Map the Holocaust." 4.15pm Zoom event.

26 April 23.  Jewish & French Studies Seminar.  Julia Elsky (Loyola University, Chicago) will discuss her book, Writing Occupation: Jewish Émigré Voices and Wartime France (2020), paying particular attention to Benjamin Fondane's rewriting of his poetry during the war. 4pm Zoom webinar. 

24 April 23. Italian Studies seminar. Robert Gordon (Cambridge). Book Launch: Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century (UCL, 2023). Among other things this book considers the survival narrative of Primo Levi. 5pm in Samuel Alexander Building A7.

1 Feb 23. Bogdanow Masterclass. Wendy Lower (New York University). For University of Manchester students and staff. 4pm Zoom event.  

1 Feb 23. Bogdanow Lecture 2 'Researching the Holocaust in Ukraine: New Approaches and Themes' Wendy Lower (Claremont McKenna) 6pm Zoom webinar.  Further information.

31 Jan 23.  Bogdanow Lecture 1 'Gender, Genocide and the Feminization of Hatred' Wendy Lower (Claremont McKenna) 6pm Zoom webinar.  Further information.

24 Nov 22. Mia Spiro (University of Glasgow) 'Dybbuks: Crossing Borders and Identities in Post-Holocaust Jewish Fiction and Theatre'.  Religions and Theology Research Seminar.  4pm-5.30pm on Zoom and in Mansfield Cooper 2.04.

19 Oct 22. Carlos Yebra López (University College London) 'Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) in the Internet Era: Opportunity and Oppression in Sefarad IV'. Spanish, Portugese and Latin American Studies Research  Seminar.  4pm on Zoom (meeting ID: 375 636 0648) and in Samuel Alexander A101.  

19 Oct 22. Lauren Banko, 'Rumours, Betrayals, Denunciations, and Deportation: Border Control and the Truth in the Interwar Arab Eastern Mediterranean'.  History Research Seminar.  1pm-2pm in Samuel Alexander A102

13 Oct 22. George Brooke (University of Manchester) 'Performing Scripture in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament'.  Part of the Ehrhardt Research Seminar Series.  2pm on Zoom and in Mansfield Cooper 4.08.  Enquiries: todd.klutz@manchester.ac.uk. 

27 June 22. Launch of Rylands Jewish Manuscripts online catalogue and digital exhibition. 27 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Free event, booking required through Eventbrite. 

13-14 Jun 22. Doctoral and Early Career research training in Jewish Studies. Zoom 9-1pm. Further information.

19 May 22. Northern UK and Dublin Jewish Studies Partnership meeting. Zoom 10-12pm. Further information.

5 May 22. Sherry Ashworth (Manchester), ‘It's complicated: the relationship between Esther and Mordecai, mediated by Charles Dickens' Bleak House’. Part of the Ehrhardt Research Seminar series. On Zoom or dual-mode: Mansfield Cooper 2.04 + Zoom 2-4pm. Further information.

7 April 22. Screen & Talk series. 'The Commissar' screening and live discussion. 17.45 GMT, online. Further information.

17 Mar 22. Prof. David Tollerton (University of Exeter), “The Religious Challenges of Linking Holocaust Memory with Colonial Violence”. As part of the R&T Research Seminar series. 4pm. By Zoom only.

17 Mar 22. J. Thomas Hewitt (Aberdeen), ‘The Destiny of the Nations in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Pauline Epistles’. Part of the Ehrhardt Research Seminar series. On Zoom or dual-mode: Mansfield Cooper 2.04 + Zoom 2-4pm. Further information.

9 Mar 22. 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 16.30 - 18.00. Further information. 

3 Mar 22. Scriptural encounters series on Gender Diversity Dr Shanon Shah of Kings College London will present from an Islamic perspective. 1600-17:30 on zoom. Further information.

24 Feb 22. Maria Cioata (Manchester), 'Traditional Reactions to Modern Higher-Criticism: the Case of Dr. Moses Gaster' . Part of the Ehrhardt Research Seminar series. Zoom only 2-4pm. Further information.

9 Feb 22. Bogdanow Lecture 2 'Gender and the Holocaust'. Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University). 6pm Zoom webinar. Further information. 

9 Feb 22. Bogdanow Masterclass Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University). For University of Manchester students and staff. 3pm Zoom event. Further information. 

8 Feb 22. Bogdanow Lecture 1 'Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal, 1940-1945'. Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University). 6pm Zoom webinar. Further information. 

2 Feb 22. Screen & Talk series. 'Jacob the Liar' Screening and live discussion. The discussion panel includes Becker’s biographer Sander L. Gilman (Emory University); Sabine Hake (University of Texas); and the actor, director and author Blanche Kommerell, who shot to fame in her role as Rosa Frankfurter in Frank Beyer’s Jacob the Liar. The panel will be moderated by Cathy Gelbin (University of Manchester). 6.30pm Zoom webinar. Further information.

Archive: Previous CJS Research Seminars