Conferences and Workshops

International Workshop. Calendar Polemics in Medieval Judaism and Islam (9th-11th Centuries). Center for Advanced Studies, LMU München. 9 – 10 September 2019.

July 19, 2019 by EAJS Administrator

Calendar Polemics in Medieval Judaism and Islam (9th-11th Centuries)

International workshop organized by Ronny Vollandt (LMU) and Sacha Stern (UCL)

9 – 10 September 2019

Center for Advanced Studies, LMU München

Monday, 9. September

13:30-15:00: Arrival and team meeting

15:00-15:30: Get together/ refreshments

15:30-18:00: Student Workshop “Jewish calendars”

18:00-19:00:

Book presentation
Sacha Stern (UCL): The Jewish calendar controversy of 921/2

19:00: Reception

Tuesday, 10 September

Research Workshop “Calendar polemics in medieval Judaism and Islam (9th-11th centuries)”

09:45-10:00: Welcome and introduction

10:00-12:00:

Sacha Stern (UCL), “Palestinian Rabbanite uses of new moon sighting in the 9th-10th centuries”
Johannes Thomann (Zurich), “Shiite polemics concerning the sighting of the lunar crescent”

12:00-13:00: Lunch

13:00-15:00:

Gregor Schwarb (SOAS), “Argumentative structures and contexts of discussion related to the sighting of the new moon and the ripening of the barley in Karaite legal and exegetical works”
Nadia Vidro (UCL), “Intercalation by the observation of new crops and its impact on calendar diversity among medieval Jews”

15:00: Departure

Venue: CAS, Seestraße 13, 80802 München

Call for Papers. International Conference for Young and Early Career Researchers: “Formation of Culture in Diaspora”. Saint Petersburg. 5-6 September 2019. Application deadline: 10 August 2019

July 16, 2019 by EAJS Administrator

Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy

invites to participate in the International Conference for Young and Early Career Researchers

“FORMATION OF CULTURE IN DIASPORA”

5-6 September 2019

Research problems associated with the phenomenon of “diaspora” are among of the most important issues in modern theoretical and practical knowledge. The history of the formation and cultural characteristics of diaspora communities provide a unique material for the study of general trends of modern culture.

Key topics of the conference: problems of history, culture, philosophy, theology, art of Jewish, Greek, Armenian and other diaspora communities in different regions and in different historical epochs. The conference will address issues of both classical and modern diasporas. The topics of the sections assume the coverage of a wide range of theoretical and practical issues related to diaspora research.

The conference is designed for young researchers up to 45 years old, as well as for graduate, postgraduate and undergraduate students.

The Department of Jewish Culture already has experience in holding a conference aimed at young researchers, and focuses on establishing international cooperation between young researchers and their foreign colleagues.Based on the conference materials, abstracts will be published (in Russian and English).

In the application submitted to the committee, it is necessary to formulate the research topic, method and results.

The application must specify:

Name of author / authors:
Affiliation:
Position and rank (if any):
E-mail address:
Title of the report:
Abstracts of the report:

Should an abstract be accepted, the committee will cover travel & housing expenses.

Abstract text may contain no more than 500 words, including bibliographic references. Abstracts will be published in a peer-review journal.

Each speaker will have 20 minutes for the report and 10 minutes for the discussion. Conference working languages: English and Russian (with translation if necessary).

Applications should be sent to e-mail addresses: e.dubrovskaya@spbu.ru (Ekaterina Dubrovskaya Andreevna

i.shpirko@spbu.ru (Ilya Nikolaevich Shpirko)

Deadline for applications 10 August 2019.