Jewish-Muslim Research Network events 2019-2020

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Jewish-Muslim Research Network Events 2019-2020

Dear Colleagues, 

We are pleased to announce the Jewish-Muslim Research Network’s calendar of events for the coming academic year (see below). All events take place in Manchester, UK. Do share widely with interested colleagues, students, and friends. Please check our website for more details. We look forward to meeting you very soon!

Best wishes,

Adi & Katharine

Jewish-Muslim Research Network Events 2019-2020 

Sep 18 2019

4-6pm

Brahim El Guabli, Williams College, USA

Moroccan Literature Remembers Moroccan Jews: Memory and the Promise of a New Polity

Room 4.211, University Place

Sponsored by North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership

 

Oct 14 2019

2-4pm

Esra Özyürek, London School of Economics

Subcontracting Guilt: Holocaust Memory, Culture and Immigrant Integration in Germany

Room G35, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building

Co-sponsored by German Studies and artsmethods@manchester

 

Nov 7 2019

4-6pm

Aaron W. Hughes, Rochester University, USA

“The Shī‘a are the Jews of Our Umma”: Rethinking Alterity in Medieval Islam

Room 2.217, University Place

Sponsored by Religions & Theology

 

Dec 12 2019

10am-6pm

Symposium: Gender and Sexuality in/around Islam and Judaism

Conference Room (C1.18), Graduate School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Ellen Wilkinson Building

Sponsored by artsmethods@manchester

 

May 19-20 2020

10am-6pm

Conference: Beyond ‘Jewish-Muslim Relations’

Graduate School of Arts, Languages and Cultures,

Ellen Wilkinson Building

In collaboration with the Centre for Jewish Studies Sherman Conversations

 

The Jewish-Muslim Research Network (JMRN) is an interdisciplinary and international initiative bringing together researchers studying Jews, Muslims, Judaism, and Islam in various time periods and regions. JMRN aims to be a collaborative forum which stimulates productive discussion on a wide range of topics regarding Jews, Muslims, and their relations/interactions.

Jewish-Muslim Research Network (JMRN)
w: https://jmrn.co.uk/
t: https://twitter.com/jewishmuslimRN
e: jewish.muslim@manchester.ac.uk

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