Category Archives: Events

The Value of the Digital. #DHJewish Conference and Hackathon, 10–11 April 2024, Potsdam

Organized by the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies together with the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH); generously supported by the European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) Conference Grant Programme in European Jewish Studies. The Hackathon is co-organized by the Network Digital Humanities, Potsdam.

Online Event: Rashi and Troyes Memory and Place in 21st Century Europe


March 14, 2024, 18:00 – 19:30

For 1,000 years, the teachings of the Jewish scholar and innovative commentator Rashi of Troyes have shaped our humanist, moral and legal values. There is now an initiative to have Rashi and the wider region where he was active in France recognized by the European Heritage Label.

A Public Interest Group has been constituted by the State, the City of Troyes, the Department of Aube, the Region Grand-Est and the Central Consistoire of France to prepare the candidacy for the European Heritage Label designation. The originality of this project to connect the local and regional level where the lack of material artefacts has favored artistic creation and the development of new educational resources and environmentally sustainable tourist networks, with national and international initiatives.

Delphine Yagüe, the Director, and Professor Josef Konvitz, coordinator of the scientific advisory committee for the GIP project, will describe some of the current and planned innovative activities which highlight the European dimension of the site, attracting youth, contributing to the fight against antisemitism, and connecting with the activities of other European Heritage Label sites.

The Girona International Research Workshop on the Kabbalah of Catalonia, 6–8 May 2024

The Instituto de Estudios Judíos Barcelona (EJB), in collaboration with the Universitat de Girona  (Catedra Ferrater Mora de pensament Contemporani), Institut d`Estudis Nahmànides, and Paideia (European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden),  is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Girona International Research Workshop on the Kabbalah of Catalonia, scheduled to take place from May 6 to May 8, 2024.

Continue reading The Girona International Research Workshop on the Kabbalah of Catalonia, 6–8 May 2024

Ringvorlesung “Die Vertreibung der Kölner jüdischen Gemeinde 1423/1424 im europäischen Kontext” (German)

This series of lectures is now online. You can watch all talks, including the following speakers: Carla Meyer-Schlenkrich, Dorothea Weltecke, Georg Jostkleigrewe, Jörg Müller, Christiane Twiehaus, Tanja Potthoff, Michael Wiehen, Martha Keil, Sophia Schmitt, David Schnur, Christoph Cluse, Wolfram Drews, Rainer Josef Barzen, and Jan-Hendryk de Boer.

Online Talk by Amir Ashur about „The Indian Ocean trade as reflected in the Cairo Geniza“

Take part in this online talk by Dr. Amir Ashur (Haifa/Tel Aviv/Princeton) about „The Indian Ocean trade as reflected in the Cairo Geniza“ at the Arye Maimon Institute, Trier University, on 7 February 2024, 18:15 CEST. The talk is organised by TRANSMARE Institute.

To do so, please register with Dr. Christoph Cluse cluse@uni-trier.de or Dr. Jörg Müller muellerj@uni-trier.de for the Zoom link.