Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies 2021

Holocaust Studies. The Centre for Jewish Studies is delighted to announce that the Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies 2021 will be given by László Nemes, Oscar-winning director of Son of Saul (2015). This will be a free online event Weds 10 February 2021. Further information.

Funding, MA fee bursary in Jewish Studies

Masters studies at the University of Manchester, 2021-22. This is a home/EU fees bursary for MA students who make Jewish Studies topics their main study focus in their MA in Religions and Theology. One bursary will be awarded each year on a competitive basis... Further information.

Conference on Theology of Aging

Christian Studies. This conference, a collaboration between our validated colleges Nazarene Theological College, Luther King House, and Cliff College with Manchester, is on 'Theology, Aging and the Life of the Church'. 29-30 Jan 2021. Further information.

Conference paper, SOTS

Biblical and Jewish Studies. Philip Alexander will give a paper entitled 'Recent Trends in the Study of the Aramaic Targumim' at the windeter meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study. 7 Jan 2021. Further information.

Podcast, The Sherman Community Lecture 2020

Jewish Studies. The 2020 Sherman Community Lecture by Dr Miri Freud-Kandel (University of Oxford) is now available to view online. The lecture is entitled "Spades and Shovels: Louis Jacobs, Northern Grit, and the Reshaping of British Jewry" and took place on 3 Dec 2020. Further information.

Poetry series, 50 Jewish Objects

Jewish Studies. Atar Hadari has generated the Gethsemane suite of poems inspired by the fragment of the New Testament from the Gospel of John, as part of the 50 Jewish Objects project. For a poetry reading by Atar, watch on YouTube.

Podcast, Jewish Small Communities Network

Jewish Studies. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz presented and took part in a Q&A session on the topic of her forthcoming book Challenge and Conformity: The Religious Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women (Littman Library, 2021). 24 Aug 2020. Watch again.

Spotlight on Harry Farley, alumnus

Religion in the media. Harry Farley studied Religions & Theology in our Dept 2011-14 and is now a BBC producer and senior broadcast journalist. He specialises in religion and ethics and works with Martin Bashir, the BBC Religion Editor, to provide stories across the BBC's TV, radio, and online outlets. Harry  mainly covers religious affairs, politics and law but he also has an interest in north African Islamic culture. Watch or read his recent pieces on 'Working from home could led to more prejudice' (16 Nov) and 'Gay Conversion Therapy' (16 Dec 2020).

New publication

Biblical Studies. CBS honorary fellow Dwight Swanson, ‘Insights from Qumran for the Exegesis of Scripture in the Gospel of Matthew’, Peter Oakes, 'George Brooke’s The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament: Reflections and Principles for Future Study', George J. Brooke, 'The Dead Sea Scrolls and Comparisons' all feature in La Bible hébraïque et les manuscrits de la mer Morte. Études en l’honneur de George Brooke, part of Semitica 62, 2020. Further information.

Research funding, Islam and Pacifism

Islamic Studies. Dr Tom Woerner-Powell (AMES) has been awarded a £250,000 AHRC Early Career grant to support an international research project entitled ‘Religions of Peace: Formations of Principled Pacifism and Nonviolence in Modern Islam’.

Opinion piece

Biblical Studies. Libby Jackson (R&T year 3) writes "Did you know there’s a female Noah in the Bible? Probably not! She and her sisters changed the law for women and their marriage options for the better. One of the first things that pops into your head when you think of Eve is sin isn’t it? So, it’s interesting that the word sin does not appear once in regard to her. It only appears when Cain kills Abel..." Further information.

Online Paper, Uppsala University

Christian Theology. Clare Radford gave a paper on ‘Creative Arts-Based Research in Practical Theology’ at the Nordic Research School in Practical Theology Study Day, hosted by Uppsala University on 7 December 2020. The day brought together researchers in Practical Theology from Sweden, Scotland, Norway, Finland, and Denmark.

Paper, Oxford University

Jewish Studies. Philip Alexander will give a paper entitled 'The "World to Come'' as a Postmortem Disembodied State vs the "World to come" as a Post-Resurrection Embodied State at the End of History' at the conference 'Apocalyptic Thinking'. Oriel College, University of Oxford, 14-15 February 2021. Further information.