CFP: International Conference #DHJewish – Jewish Studies in the Digital Age

University of Luxembourg (12-13 January 2021)

International Conference “#DHJewish – Jewish Studies in the Digital Age”, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), University of Luxembourg, 12-13 January 2021.

In all humanities disciplines, scholars find themselves confronted with the rapidly increasing availability of digital resources (data), new technologies to interrogate and analyze them (tools), and the question of how to engage with these developments. The field of Jewish Studies is no exception.

Even if applications of computing in the humanities go back at least 60 years, the digitisation boom of the last ten to fifteen years, and the rapid advancement of digital tools to analyse data in myriad ways, have opened up new avenues for humanities research, including Jewish Studies. How can these digital developments be harnessed to address specific questions and problems in our field? And what is the current state of the art?

To probe these, and other, questions, the international conference #DHJewish – Jewish Studies in the Digital Age will bring together scholars and heritage practitioners to discuss how the digital turn affects the field of Jewish Studies.

We welcome submissions that discuss and demonstrate specific projects and approaches, as well as those that address broader methodological and epistemological issues pertaining to the intersection of Jewish Studies and Digital Humanities, in any of the following formats:

• Long papers (abstracts of 1000 words maximum, paper presentation 20 mins + 10 mins for discussion) are suitable for presenting empirical work, methodological and epistemological reflections. The research presented in a long paper should be completed or in the final stages of development.
• Short papers (abstracts of 500 words, paper presentation 10 mins + 5 mins for discussion) are suited for project presentations, and reporting on early stage and ongoing research.
• Round tables (abstracts of 1000 words) which bring together a group of practitioners/ researchers (ideally both) to discuss particular methodological and/or epistemological challenges.
• Posters (abstracts of 500 words) are particularly suited for detailed technical explanations and clarifications, and for the show and tell of projects and research alike.
  Demonstrations (abstracts of 500 words) of projects, tools, datasets, digital publications and so forth.
• Abstracts should clearly state the title and name and affiliation of the author(s) and indicate for which format the proposal is submitted. You can upload your abstract through the Easychair conference management system (see instructions here).

The conference is organised on occasion of the launch of the #DHJewish website, which is currently being developed at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), and which will offer a variety of different types of information on the intersection of Jewish Studies & Digital Humanities, including a news and events section, a registry of projects, blogs & forums, as well as a Zotero bibliography.

A limited number of travel grants is available for PhD students and early career scholars, especially those from outside Europe, North America or Israel (please contact the organisers if you wish to be considered).

Following the conference, we plan to publish an edited volume with selected papers with DeGruyter in the C²DH Digital History and Hermeneutics book series.

The conference and website are made possible thanks to a Digital Humanities Resource Development and Enhancement grant from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.

Confirmed keynote speaker: Prof. dr. Jeffrey Shandler (Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University): Digitizing Holocaust Memories.

Important dates:

15 May 2020: Deadline for abstracts
10 July: Notification of acceptance
11 December 2020: Deadline for full papers (if interested in possible publication in the edited volume)
12-13 January 2021: Conference

Program committee:

Dr. Gerben Zaagsma (Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History – C²DH)

Prof. Dr. Irene Zwiep (University of Amsterdam)
Prof. Dr. Daniel Stoekl Ben Ezra (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris; Digital Forum, European Association for Jewish Studies)
Prof. Dr. Miriam Rürup (Institut für die Geschichte der Deutschen Juden, Hamburg)
Michelle Chesner (Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies, Columbia University; Association of Jewish Libraries)
Dr. Gabor Kadar (Yerusha Project; Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe)
Dr. Avi Shmidman (Bar-Ilan University)
Dov Winer (Judaica Europeana)
Prof. Dr. Karin Hofmeester (International Institute for Social History)
Dr. Sinai Rusinek (Haifa University)
Dr. Amalia S. Levi (HeritEdge Connection)
Dr. Rachel Deblinger (Modern Endangered Archives Program, University of California Los Angeles Library)

Contact: For any questions, please contact the organisers at: dhjewish2021[at]gmail.com 

International Doctoral Conference in Religious Studies
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Resistance to Order and Authority in Religion
June 25-27, 2020 / Budapest, Hungary
Organized by

Centre for the Study of Religion
Eötvös Loránd University
http://vallastudomany.elte.hu
Department for the Study of Religions
Masaryk University (MUNI), Brno
https://religionistika.phil.muni.cz
Center for Religious Studies
Central European University
http://religion.ceu.edu

Religion has served to legitimize political power, but it has also been a basis for resistance against order and authority. Be it the Maccabean revolt, Gandhi's practice of non-violence resistance, contemporary neo-pagan religions, or the counter-system movements portrayed by Mark Juergensmeyer in his 2001 book Terror in the Mind of God, religious beliefs have motivated people to reject social order that they deem as unjust, and possibly rise against it. Even in today’s secularized societies, religion has served as the ground for social movements and manifestations addressing pressing socio-economic threats such as climate change, social inequality, authoritarian governments and minority discrimination. These observations have encouraged new trends in scholarly debate, especially regarding the emergence of alternative religious ideas and rituals in modern societies. How have old and new religious convictions legitimized various resistance movements among different communities? Which causes have influenced violent mobilizations against established social order, non-violent struggle, or the establishment of alternative community frameworks? What can these movements and ideas tell us about the role that religion plays today both in secularized and nonsecularized societies? The conference invites contributions studying the conceptualization, management and instrumentalization of religious ideas and beliefs with regard to past and contemporary resistance movements.

PLEASE FIND ATTACHED BELOW THE CALL FOR PAPERS
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For further information
Please address the student organizers Juan Manuel Rubio Arevalo, Krisztina Bodzásné Csényi-Nagy, and Jan Trtílek
by e-mail at
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Call for Papers_PhD Con 2020

Інститут філософії імені Г.С. Сковороди НАН України
Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка (Філософський факультет),

Інститут української археографії та джерелознавства ім. М.С. Грушевського НАН України,

Науковий часопис «Ucrainica Mediaevalia»,

Журнал «Наука і суспільство»

5 червня 2020 року

проводять XІІІ міжнародну конференцію пам’яті
Вілена Сергійовича Горського:

COLLOQUIUM MEDIAEVALE: ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛЬНА ІСТОРІЯ УКРАЇНИ ТА ЄВРОПИ СЕРЕДНЬОВІЧНОЇ Й РАННЬОМОДЕРНОЇ ДОБИ

Планується обговорення доповідей, що стосуються:
- методології історії України та історії української філософії;
- аналізу творчої спадщини видатних учених, котрі працювали у галузі досліджень середньовічної та ранньомодерної доби;
- дослідження філософських та історичних надбань середньовічного і ранньомодерного періоду;
- рецепції середньовічних та ранньомодерних першоджерел у культурі наступних періодів;
- дослідження писемних середньовічних пам’яток, як історичного, філософського, правового, сакрального плану, так і красного письменства;
- дослідження просторово-часових уявлень середньовічної та ранньомодерної людини та вітчизняної сакральної географії;
- комплексного вивчення середньовічної та ранньомодерної ідейної спадщини у межах філософії, історії, культурології, мистецтвознавства, філологічних дисциплін тощо.

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