WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? GENDER AND THE TRANSMISSION OF IDENTITY
07 February 2010
Unfortunately, the conference has had to be postponed until summer 2011
Further details to follow in due course
King's College London
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
GENDER AND THE TRANSMISSION OF IDENTITY
in the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, and other related literature
WHAT IS IT? - A three-day conference on the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, and other related literature (Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, rabbinic writings, and other post-biblical literature)
WHERE IS IT? - to be held at King's College London, Strand Campus
WHO WILL BE THERE? - Main speakers will include
Dr Susanne Scholz, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; author of Introducing the Women's Hebrew Bible and Rape Plots: A Feminist Cultural Study of Genesis 34
Dr Deborah Rooke, Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at King's College London; editor of and contributor to A Question of Sex? and Embroidered Garments, the collected papers from two previous gender conferences at King's College London.
WILL YOU BE THERE? SEND US YOUR PAPER!
Proposals for papers are invited on the theme of gender and the transmission of identity as it appears in the Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, and other related literature.
* Topics for consideration might include circumcision, exogamy and endogamy, naming practices, genealogies, social structures, religious observances, educational practices, or any other areas in which gender is a significant aspect in the transmission of identity.
* Papers can be either short (25 minutes) or long (50 minutes).
* Short papers from graduate students are particularly welcome, and we aim to have a session dedicated to graduate student papers.
* Please send an abstract of not more than 200 words to deborah.rooke@kcl.ac.uk by 28 FEBRUARY 2010
Registration forms are now available via the following link:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/trs/events/
INTERNATIONAL BIBLICAL CONFERENCE
07 February 2010
Date: 9th -11th September 2010
Venue: HU-6720 Szeged Dóm tér 6.
"We Live in a Body”
benyik@theol.u-szeged.hu
Patrons of the Conference: Diocesan Bishop Dr. László Kiss-Rigó, Archbishop Dr. György Jakubinyi and Prof. Dr. György Fodor, President of PPKE (Pázmány Péter Catholic University), Prof. Dr. Joachim Gnilka.
Both the Old and the New Testament show the human body in a specific way: from Genesis to Revelations we can discover the special anthropological point of view of the Bible in a number of its verses. We need select only a few from a number of relevant verses of interest: (Gen 2:7, Job 8:19, Ps 103:14, Ez 37:5-10), (1Cor 15:44-49, Gal 4:13, Rom 7:24, Rom 8:5-8), Gal 5:19-22) „Κα? ? λ?γος σ?ρξ ?γ?νετο” (Jn 1:14). Other interesting topics include the dignity of the body; the Church is Christ’s Body, the evaluation of bodily disabilities. The aim of the conference is to review these topics as found in the literature of the Bible. Owing to the particular characteristic of the topic, it would be especially interesting to discuss the opinion of patristic and medieval exegetes like Origen, Hieronymus, St. Augustine and the Venerable Bede, Albertus Magnus, Bonaventure, the school of St. Victor, Thomas Aquinas, etc.
The lectures are to be held in Hungarian, Italien, English or German.
1) The time allocated for the lectures is 20 or a maximum of 30 minutes
2) Deadline for application: 28th February, 2010.
3) The written form of the lectures not to be given in Hungarian is due by 15th April, 2010.
4) Applicants should give us their exact postal address, their telephone number and their e-mail address. Those giving a lecture for the first time please also send us their brief academic curriculum vitae (place of birth, year of birth, studies, degrees, workplaces, special fields they are expert in) in which they should mention a maximum of five of their most important works, giving references to the bibliographic data concerned.
5) All lecturers will be provided with free accommodation (in College, and for priests and monks, in the Seminary) for the whole period of the Conference. We are only able to pay a modest royalty to the lecturers to cover their travelling expenses within the borders of Hungary.
Conference ‘Contesting Religious Identities’
07 March 2010
Conference ‘Contesting Religious Identities’
Date: October 13 – 15, 2010
In the Western world, religion has come strongly to the fore again. It is back on the public stages of ‘secular’ society, influencing political and social discourses by raising questions about identity, power, rationality, law and safety. Its ‘return’ however is rather ambiguous. On the one hand, shifting cultural and political frameworks (re-)shape, (re)invent and appropriate religious identities. On the other hand these identities enhance and re-inform cultural and political frameworks. How to understand these different roles religions play? How to understand the ambiguous return of religion on the stages of Western society?
The conference has its own website with a wealth of information that is easily reached at:
http://www.uu.nl/EN/faculties/Humanities/contestingreligiousidentities/Pages/default.aspx
Questions on the programme can be directed to Professor Anne-Marie Korte (A.J.A.C.M.Korte@uu.nl) or to me.
Questions regarding housing an other logistics should be sent to or Karin Hens (C.H.M.Hens@uu.nl).
Conference at the Groningen Qumran Institute on the First Jewish Revolt against Rome
03 August 2010
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Qumran Institute Symposium
21-22 October 2010
The symposium at the Qumran Institute of the University of Groningen (21-22 October 2010) brings together different disciplines and fields of research (literary, archaeological and numismatic sources) in understanding the broader historical context of the first Jewish revolt against Rome.
The focus of the symposium is on historiographical and methodological reflections: what are our sources, what is their nature and what sort of questions do they allow us to answer and what not? The scope is broad and integrates different sources and perspectives (local and site specific, regional, international), taking into account individuals, such as Flavius Josephus, and specific groups, such as the Sicarii or the people behind the Dead Sea Scrolls. The goal is to further our understanding of the impact of the Roman administration on Jewish Palestine and to understand better processes of ‘Romanization’ in Palestine, the various Jewish responses to it and how this shaped identities of groups involved in the conflict. For this interdisciplinary symposium we invited specialists from the different fields of research.
Organisation
The conference is organised by Prof.dr. P.W. van der Horst, Prof.dr. E. Noort and dr. M. Popovic, and is sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Groningen Research School for the Study of the Humanities.
For further information: http://www.rug.nl/ggw/onderzoek/onderzoeksinstituten/Qumran/symposia/101021Qumran
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Isaiah and Empire: A Colloquium in Auckland, NZ, on 14th-15th February 2011
03 August 2010
Isaiah and Empire
Colloquium and Book
Call for papers:
This colloquium (sponsored by Laidlaw-Carey Graduate School in Auckland, New Zealand) will explore cultural and theological implications of aspects of the book of Isaiah in the context of empire. Potential papers might include, but are by no means limited to:
readings of particular texts in the light of ancient imperial contexts
- studies of the redaction history of Isaiah
- Isaiah (or a particular text) in contemporary “imperial” or post-colonial contexts
- theological reflections
- cross cultural perspectives on Isaiah in imperial contexts
- contemporary political reflections
The colloquium will take place in Auckland, NZ, on 14th-15th February 2011 (this is summertime in NZ but after schools have begun for the year). Since we intend to publish a book with the same title in 2011, draft papers will be circulated among participants in 2010 and final form submitted by April 15th 2011.
Please send enquiries and abstracts before 31st August 2010 to:
Dr Tim Bulkeley tim@carey.ac.nz or
Dr Tim Meadowcroft TMeadowcroft@laidlaw.ac.nz