Upcoming Events

Interfaith Dialogue in Israel

with
Dr Debbie Weissman, Issa Jaber and Rula Shubeita
from the
Inter-religious Coordinating Council in Israel

Thursday 20th August, 1pm – 2:30pm
Old Teachers College Lecture Room 448

Link to flyer.

Judaism and the Other

Australian Association of Jewish Studies | 22nd Annual Conference

14-15 February 2010
Mandelbaum House,
University of Sydney

Call for Papers

The Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Jewish Studies provides a meeting place for tertiary academics, Jewish educators, researchers, students and others devoted to the study of Jewish life, thought and culture. With the conference theme for 2010, “Judaism and the ‘Other”” we are seeking to create a forum in which to explore how Jewish traditions, texts and cultures, and vision(s) of the ‘Other’ influenced relationships, social and economic conditions, cultural output and the like of Jewish communities in Israel and across the diaspora. Papers from a variety of disciplines are welcome, and these may discuss the relationship of Judaism to paganism in biblical times, the emergence of Christianity and Islam, and of the Eastern religions. They can also see how modern developments, such as the Enlightenment, socialism and communism impacted on Judaism and vice versa. Papers on other topics will be considered but preference will be given to those bearing directly on the conference theme. Submissions to present papers must be made by 7 September 2009. Acceptance of papers will be notified by email no later than October 2009.

Submissions must include author’s name, postal and email address, institutional affiliation, abstract of the paper to be presented and short biographical note. The abstract must be 200-300 words and the biographical note no more than 50 words.

The AAJS encourages students who are engaged in academic research to submit proposals based on their work to the program committee. Authors should clearly indicate their student status with their submission. Presenters are invited to submit written articles for consideration for publication in the Australian Journal of Jewish Studies. Proposals should be sent either electronically or by post to:

A/Prof Suzanne Rutland

Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies
University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

PROPOSALS MUST ARRIVE BY 7 SEPTEMBER, 2009

News

Associate Professor Suzanne Rutland Guest of Honour

Associate Professor Suzanne Rutland was guest of honour at ‘Commemoration of the Holocaust’, held at the University of Wollongong on 24 April.

http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW058484.html