Lecture program fall 2024
Overview lectures 1st semester year 2024-2025 (PDF, 63Kb)
Program fall 2024 (PDF, 1.3Mb)
Upcoming lecture: "After the After: (Re)imagining Holocaust Testimonies as Poetry", Prof. Dr. Piotr Florczyk (University of Washington, Seattle), Thursday 14 November 2024 at 20h, room R.013, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerp.
Upcoming lecture: "Literaturgeschichte(n) der Freundschaft", Prof. Andree Michaelis-König (University of Antwerp), Tuesday 19 November 2024 at 19h, room R.013, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerp.
Call for Papers: 17th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries.
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Welcome at the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp.
The Institute focuses on the academic study of Judaism from a variety of cultural disciplines, including history, philology, literary theory, religious studies, law, philosophy and sociology. The Institute is active in academic research, university education and educational services for a general public.
Each academic year, the Institute organizes more than twenty lectures by national and international experts. These Thursday evening lectures are aimed at a broad audience and are freely accessible. The Institute organizes language courses Yiddish and modern Hebrew, as well as reading groups.
The Institute also organizes academic conferences, seminars and workshops, often in cooperation with Belgian and international academic and cultural institutions.
The Institute is fully integrated into the University of Antwerp and is supported by the Ministry of Education of the Flemish Community. It was established in the autumn of 2001.
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