Pizza with a Professor

R&T social event. Come and enjoy a social with R&T academics. 1-2pm, Thu 21 March, at the Turing Tap. Further information.

Consultancy, BBC

GCSE Judaism web resources. Daniel Langton is currently advising the BBC's Bitesize in Religious Studies in the area of Judaism. Further information.

Seminar, Manchester University

Translation and Intercultural Studies. Alice Colombo (Bristol), 'Evangelising 19th Century Italy? Translation and the Transnational Migration of Cheap Religious Tracts'. Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies. 14 March 2019. Further information

Seminar, Chester University

Biblical Studies. Dr Holly Morse (Manchester), 'Biblical Bathing Beauties: Ways of Seeing Bathsheba and Susanna in 16th and 17th Century Paintings'. Chester Theological Society, 13 March 2019. Further information.

New Publication

Biblical Studies. Adrian Curtis, ‘Baal-berith and El-berith: some Issues Arising from Judges 8 and 9’ in George J. Brooke, Adrian H.W. Curtis, Muntasir al-Hamad and G. Rex Smith (eds), Near Eastern and Arabian Essays: Studies in Honour of John F. Healey (Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement 41) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 89-101. Further information.

New Publication

Christian Theology. Peter Manley Scott, A Theology of Postnatural Right (Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2019).  Further information.

Call for papers, International colloqium

Sacred Texts. This colloquium will draw together established scholars and PhD students to make progress on understanding methods for tackling issues surrounding sacred texts of Christianity and Judaism. 10.00am on Thu 2 May (Chester) - 3.30pm on Fri 3 May (Manchester). Offers of papers 30-40 minutes long are welcome from both established scholars and PhD students, and should be sent to justin.daneshmand@manchester.ac.uk

PhD Studentship: Public Theology

Doctoral studentship. As part of its partnership with Manchester Cathedral, the Lincoln Theological Institute is pleased to announce a fully funded PhD studentship on 'Evaluating the Theology of Public Engagement at Manchester Cathedral' To apply, please see further information.

Forum

Religion and the Environment. The European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment in association with the Lincoln Theological Institute is pleased to announce its sixth international conference on the topic of 'Religion, Materialism and Ecology.' To be held at The University of Manchester, UK, from Friday 15 May to Sunday 17 May 2020. Further information. 

Research Seminar

Biblical Studies. Dr Katie Edwards (Sheffield), ‘Bad Romance? Representations of David and Bathsheba in Popular Culture and the Erasure of Sexual Violence'. The Ehrhardt seminar, Centre for Biblical Studies. Date: 2pm on 28 February 2019. Venue: 2.219 University Place. Further information)

BBC ideas

Will we worship artificial intelligence in the future? Robots would make terrible gods, argues Elizabeth Oldfield from Christian think tank Theos. Further information.

Scriptural Encounters

Reading challenging sacred texts. Scriptural Encounters bring together different faiths to debate and discuss controversial topics. The second meeting of 2019 will be led by Philip Alexander and Caroline Wickens on the story of 'the Binding/Sacrifice of Isaac/Ishmael in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.The Story in Christianity.' Come along and listen or take part in the discussion. 4:00-5:30pm, Thu 28 February 2019, in A116 Samuel Alexander building, University of Manchester.  Further information.

Public lecture

German-Jewish studies. Prof Cathy Gelbin will give her inaugural lecture on “‘Citizens of nowhere’: German-Jewish Questions for the 21st Century” on Weds 27 February 5.00pm in the Lecture Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester. Further information.