Seminar, Lives of Letters network

Samaritan Studies. Katharina Keim will be giving a seminar presentation on 'Ethical challenges in early Twentieth Century Samaritan Manuscript Collecting’ at 3-4.30pm on Wed 6 March 2019, A112 Samuel Alexander Building, as part of the 'Lives of Letters' seminar series. Further information.

Public Lecture

German-Jewish studies. Prof Cathy Gelbin will give her inaugural lecture on “‘Citizens of nowhere’: German-Jewish Questions for the 21st Century” on Weds 27 February 5.00pm in the Lecture Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester. Further information.

Scriptural Encounters

Reading challenging sacred texts. Scriptural Encounters bring together different faiths to debate and discuss controversial topics. The second meeting of 2019 will be led by Philip Alexander and Caroline Wickens on the story of 'the Binding/Sacrifice of Isaac/Ishmael in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.The Story in Christianity.' Come along and listen or take part in the discussion. 4:00-5:30pm, Thu 28 February 2019, in A116 Samuel Alexander building, University of Manchester.  Further information.

Seminar paper, Religions & Theology

Jewish ethnography. Dr. Lea Taragin Zeller (Cambridge), 'Making a Jewish Life: An Ethnographic Approach to Religious Authority and Ethical Freedom.' R&T research seminar. 4pm on 7 Feb 2019, Room 6.212, University Place, University of Manchester. Further information.

Conference paper

Antisemitism studies. Marcel Stoetzler, ‘Still fighting the Zionist Machia-villains: continuities of antisemitic defences of good capitalism from bad’ at the international conference on ‘Resurgences of anti-Semitism: Realities, Fictions, Uses’ Free University Brussels (ULB), Institut Marcel Liebman, 12-13 December 2018. Further information.

New publication

Antisemitism studies. Marcel Stoetzler, ‘Dialectic of Enlightenment. Philosophical Fragments’, in Best, Beverley; Werner Bonefeld; Chris O’Kane (eds.),The Sage Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory, 2018, vol. 1, 142-160. Further information.