National Gallery Exhibition

Biblical Studies. CBS Hon. Research Fellow Siobhán Jolley is assistant curator of the digital space of "Fruits of The Spirit: Art from the Heart" at the National Gallery, London. Siobhán will be giving a talk on the theme of peace in March which is open for booking now. Further information.

Public Lecture, University of Chester

Christian Studies. On Tuesday 7 February 2023 at 7.30 PM, Peter Scott will present ‘Facing Gaia? Sketches of a Planetary Theology’ at a meeting of Chester Theological Society. Further information, including booking, here.

National Gallery Lunchtime Talk

Biblical Studies. CBS Hon. Research Fellow and the National Gallery's Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Research Fellow in Art & Religion Siobhán Jolley gave the lunchtime talk at the National Gallery on 30th November on Orazio Gentileschi’s The Rest on the Flight into Egypt. 

Call for academic participants

British religion. Call in relation to the ReSBri (Religion & Society in 19th-century Britain) network: "I'm constituting a network (Religion & Society in 19-c Britain, or ReSBri) whose aim is to apply for a Marie Curie Action (MSCA) "post-doctoral network" by 15 Nov 2023. The broad subject of our application will be the interrelated links and influences between Religion, Literature and Society in 19C Britain. We're currently thinking about what subjects, questions, incidents, persons etc, our application's scientific project could/should cover. Members can contribute in two ways: 1. Contributing to building the scientific project. 2. Contributing to elaborating the doctoral training programme we'll lay out in the application. If you’re interested to join us or simply would like to know more, you can contact me, Dr Jérôme Grosclaude, at jerome.grosclaude@uca.fr"

New Publication

Biblical Studies. CBS Hon. Research Fellow Siobhán Jolley has published "Asking for it? Lessons from Mary Magdalene in a Culture of Sexual Violence" in Map or Compass? The Bible on Violence, edited by Michael Spalione and Helen Paynter. Further information.

Research Seminar Paper

Biblical Studies. CBS Hon. Research Fellow Siobhán Jolley presented at the King's College London theology seminar on 29th November. The paper was “Killing Adam’s Eve: Thinking Theologically with BBC America’s Killing Eve” and Siobhán discussed how reading biblical themes in a secular TV show can act as a provocation for wider theological discussion.

Book Review

Theological Studies. Dr Eve Parker's recent book Trust in Theological Education: Deconstructing ‘Trustworthiness’ for a Pedagogy of Liberation (London: SCM, 2022) has been reviewed in Practical Theology.  Victoria Turner writes: "The integrity, sensitivity, and determination of Parker makes this book an intoxicating rally-cry for change". Further information.

New Publication

Dead Sea Scrolls. CBS Hon. Research Fellow Helen R. Jacobus has published "How 4QAstronomical Enocha–b (4Q208–209) Transformed Elements of Late Babylonian Magical Hemerological Texts into a Synchronistic Calendar," in Science in Qumran Aramaic Texts, ed. Ida Fröhlich (ASK 1; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022) 83-109. Further information.

BBC Radio 4

Japanese Religion. Erica Baffelli (Japanese Studies) was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme a couple of weeks ago about recent developments in Japan regarding Unification Church. Listen here from about minute 12.

Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies

Biblical Studies. 15th December, Stephen Barton (University of Manchester and Durham University) ‘The Devil as ‘the Father of Lies’ in the Fourth Gospel’ at 2.00-3.30pm. The seminar will take place both in Mansfield Cooper 4.08 and on Zoom. To register to attend online, please email lev.eakins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. 

Lunchtime seminar

Religious history. The lunchtime seminar ran by the PhD students at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine recently hosted Alex Hibberts (Durham University) speaking about 'Culverting Divine Power: Drainage Systems, Water, and the Monastic Imagination, c.1350-1550'. Further information.

Research Seminar Paper

New Testament Studies. On 19 October 2022 Todd Klutz gave a seminar presentation at the University of Gloucester called ‘Judas and Association (Dis)order in John 6-13’.

R&T Xmas Party TODAY

The Religions and Theology Christmas Party. Please join the R&T lecturers for festive canapes, drinks, and good company! Weds 7th Dec, 5–7pm, R&T Common Room, Samuel Alexander Building S1.11.

Bernard Jackson Prize 2022

Postgraduate Jewish Studies prize. This prize of £100 is awarded annually to the student with 'the highest grade for a master's dissertation in Jewish Studies' at the University of Manchester. It honours the Centre's second co-director Bernard Jackson. For 2022 it was awarded to Kerry McCall (MA in History) for a thesis on 'Negotiating Antisemitism and Philosemitism in Victorian Britain: Case studies in wider literature and the press' (supervisor: Daniel Langton)

Limmund Festival 2022

Jewish Studies. The University of Manchester is well represented at Limmud Festival 2022, the volunteer-run Jewish learning event running from 23 – 28 December. Katja Stuerzenhofecker will participate in the panel discussion ‘The UK Jewish community in the age of Covid: What changed and what didn't?.' Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz will lead several sessions including a presentation of her recent research as CJS Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Also presenting are CJS and R&T alumni/ae Ariel Abel and Sarah McCulloch, and SALC colleague Noelle Dückmann Gallagher.