Category Archives: Conferences

Maritime Connections: Jews Across the Indian Ocean, Delhi

Accroding to their call, this “international conference will explore the historical evaluation of Jewish Networks and Knowledge Exchanges Along the Indian Ocean. The conference will focus on Trade, Religion, Culture, and the Development of Social and Intellectual Movements from antiquity to modernity. This conference aims to provide a comprehensive platform for scholars to examine the relationships between these communities and their pivotal roles in the cultural and economic dynamics of this crucial maritime region.” The “invite submissions of papers presenting new research on the movement and connections between Jewish communities along the coasts of the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea.”

Deadline: 15 November 2025.

Conference: »Jewish Delinquency« in Medieval Europe

Trier University, 8 – 10. September 2025

The conference aims to provide a survey of the various ways in which Jews were involved, or allegedly involved in criminal activities in medieval Europe. It provides a forum for discussing phenomena of »Jewish« delinquency in different towns, cities, regions, or from a kingdom-wide perspective, from short to long-term observations until c.1500 CE. Papers will focus on individual cases and explore their broader implications. The cases range from internal occurrences within the Jewish community to acts of »delinquency« committed by Jews against Christians. They will deal with how crimes (allegedly or not) committed by Jews were labeled, how the interpretation of certain modes of behavior as »delinquent« changed over time, or focus on certain types of (alleged) delinquency and the involvement of specific groups (Jewish women, young men, etc.) in crime.

The Materiality of Jewish-Arabic Relations, 19-21 January 2026, Munich

According to their call, “[t]he Unit for Judaic Studies at the Institute for the Near and Middle East (LMU, Munich) is inviting abstracts for a two-day conference funded by the Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR). The concluding conference of the BMFTR-funded project Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations (Munich, Halle, Heidelberg 2022-2026) will centre around the materiality of Jewish-Arab relations: How does materiality mediate, shape, or challenge Jewish-Arab relations across historical and spatial contexts? How can the physicality of our source material offer new insights into shared practices, cultural transmissions, or histories of rupture?”

HTR Winter School 2025, organised by the Austrain Academy of Sciences

According to their call, “[t]he Winter School focuses on handwritten text recognition (HTR) of medieval and early modern sources using HTR-Tools. A particular focus will be placed on the transcription of texts using digital tools such as Transkribus, with additional sessions introducing other platforms like e.g. eScriptorium. The course offers a combination of theoretical background and hands-on training.”

Conference: Beyond Digital Awe. European Jewish Studies and the Challenge of Digital Humanities

According to their call, “[t]he Centre for Eastern European Jewish History at Vilnius University and the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław invite proposals for the international conference Beyond Digital Awe. European Jewish Studies and the Challenge of Digital Humanities, which will take place at Vilnius University, 17–18 November 2025.”

Online Talks on Jewish Multilingualism (in German)

At the Conference: “Mehrsprachigkeit. Kommunikationsformen in der Stadt und am Hof (ca. 1200–1600), 14 – 16 July 2025, University Greifswald

Among others, Birgit Wiedl and Andreas Lehnertz will give lectures on Wednesday.

Wednesday 11.30 – 12.15 CET, Jüdische Geschäftspraxis und Mehrsprachigkeit im Reichsgebiet by Andreas Lehnertz (Geschichtswissenschaft/Trier)
Wednesday 12.15 – 13.00 CET, Jüdische Mehrsprachigkeit und christliche Gerichte in Österreich by Birgit Wiedl (Geschichtswissenschaft/St. Pölten)

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