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SUMMARY:Volkswagen Momentum Workshop "Rethinking Jewish Cultures Beyond Europe"
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is organized within the framework of the Volkswagen Momentum Fellowship Programme “From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies\,” which seeks to bridge the traditionally segmented fields of pre-modern and modern Jewish history in the Near East through an integrated\, interdisciplinary approach. By encouraging the study of Jewish histories across temporal boundaries\, the programme highlights the mutual entanglement of pre-modern developments and modern contexts. \nIn this spirit\, the workshop brings together scholars working across different media\, geographies\, and methodological approaches to explore how Jewish pasts beyond Europe are narrated\, mediated\, and transformed into cultural heritage. Particular attention is given to challenging Eurocentric and Ashkenazi-centered paradigms in Judaic Studies by foregrounding Jewish cultural production in Arabic-speaking and other non-European contexts. \nMoving from textual and historical analysis to sound archives\, visual practices\, and participatory methods\, the program examines how meanings of the past are negotiated in relation to present-day political\, social\, and cultural contexts. Cultural production\, historical narratives\, and heritage practices emerge here as key sites in which competing understandings of the past are articulated and contested. \nThe workshop is structured in three parts. The opening day introduces different modes of narrating the past across media and disciplines\, framing key questions about authority\, representation\, and cultural translation. The following two-day masterclass led by Rudy Kisler focuses on the politics and semiotics of cultural heritage\, combining theoretical reflection with participatory methods such as photovoice. The final day turns to contemporary artistic practices in the exhibition “Yalla: Arab-Jewish Encounters” at the Jewish Museum Munich\, where participants reflect on how these questions are negotiated in curatorial and visual form. \n  \nProgram\nJune 9\, 2026\n9:30 Registration\n9:45 – 10:00 Introduction with Ronny Vollandt (LMU) and Marina Shcherbakova (LMU) \n10:00 – 12:30 Narrating the Past Across Media \nClaire Leibovich (Durham University)\nJacqueline Kahanoff’s Haggadah: Political Imagination and the Retelling of Biblical Stories in the Twentieth-Century Levant \nAlexandra Birch (Columbia University)\n“Let this be our Renaissance!”: Reconsidering Holocaust Evacuation to Soviet Central Asia in Jewish Intellectual History \nChristopher Silver (McGill University)\nSongs of the Land: Recording Trials and Tribulations in Arabophone Israel \n12:30 – 13:30 Lunch \n13:30 – 15:00 Discussion “From Narrative to Heritage: Scales\, Media\, and Authority”. Moderated by Joshua Krug (Independent Scholar) \nHow do cultural narratives become recognized as heritage? Which actors\, media\, and infrastructures shape this transition? And what forms of authority\, inclusion\, or exclusion emerge in the process? \n16:00 Lecture with Avner Ofrath (LMU) \nJudeo-Arabic Writing and the Question of Vernacular Modernity \n\nJune 10\, 2026\nMasterclass with Rudy Kisler (LMU)\nPast Values: Heritage\, Power\, and Ethics\nRead the full masterclass description \n10:00 – 13:00 Masterclass I: Concepts and Approaches \n13:00 – 14:00 Lunch \n14:00 – 16:00 Masterclass II: Photovoice and Participatory Methods \n  \nJune 11\, 2026\n10:00 – 13:00 Masterclass III: Imagining a New Jewish Heritage \n13:00 – 14:00 Lunch \n  \n16:00 Lecture with Rudy Kisler (LMU)\nIntersecting Heritages: The case of the Bir’am/Bar’am in Israel/Palestine \n  \nJune 12\, 2026\n10:00 – 11:00 Guided tour through the exhibition “Yalla: Arab-Jewish Encounters” at the Jewish Museum Munich with Fabio Ioppolo (LMU) \n11:30 – 12:30 Discussion with the curator Sapir van Abel (Jewish Museum Munich) \n  \nRegistration open till June 6\, 2026\, m.shcherbakova@lmu.de.
URL:https://www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/news/volkswagen-momentum-workshop-rethinking-jewish-cultures-beyond-borders/
LOCATION:Room 2.33\, Herzogliches Georgianum\, Professor-Huber-Platz 1\, Professor-Huber-Platz 1\, Munich\, Bavaria\, 80539\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Masterclass,Public Lecture,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Marina Shcherbakova":MAILTO:M.Shcherbakova@lmu.de
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SUMMARY:Volkswagen Momentum Masterclass with Dr. Rudy Kisler "Past Values: Heritage\, Power\, and Ethics"
DESCRIPTION:The Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures at LMU is pleased to invite you to a two-day masterclass with Dr. Rudy Kisler. The masterclass will take place as part of the Volkswagen Momentum Workshop “Rethinking Jewish Cultures Beyond Europe” (June 9–12\, 2026). \nIn recent years\, heritage sites have increasingly become arenas of social conflict. From the toppling of monuments tied to colonial histories to contested repatriation claims concerning cultural artifacts held in European museums\, and the strategic use of archaeological sites to legitimize territorial claims\, such conflicts prompt us to ask: what place and meaning does the past hold in our communities today? \nIn this masterclass\, we will explore the relationship between representations of the past\, contemporary cultural politics\, and the present-day social norms and behaviors they promote. Drawing on his research on Jewish-Zionist heritage-making in contemporary Israel\, Dr. Kisler will examine both state-sanctioned heritage policies designed to convey national mythologies and local heritage-making practices. In this context\, he will present insights from his ongoing Volkswagen Momentum project on the cultural landscape of Bar’am/Bir’am. \nLocated near the Lebanese border\, the Bar’am/Bir’am landscape encompasses several distinct heritage performances. One prominent feature is the impressive remains of a Galilean-style synagogue from the Talmudic era. Another is an active Maronite Christian church alongside the remains of the depopulated village of Bir’am. A third consists of several Jewish saints’ burial sites that form part of a longstanding pilgrimage tradition. Taken together\, these sites allow us to examine the dynamics of meaning-making across different and at times competing heritage narratives. \nThe workshop is structured in three parts. In the first part\, participants will be introduced to the concept of cultural heritage and its theorization in contemporary societies. We will discuss\, among other approaches\, the semiotics of heritage\, material culture\, and heritage politics. In the second part\, we will engage in a participatory photovoice session. Through this activity\, participants will experiment with photographing surrounding landscapes and objects and collaboratively reflect on the meanings and interpretations that emerge. In the third and final part of the masterclass\, we will work on the creation of a potential alternative “Jewish heritage list.” Based on participants’ expertise and experiences\, we will collaboratively develop this list and imagine new ways of thinking about Jewish chronology and historiography through the democratization of knowledge. \nDr. Kisler is a research fellow in the Volkswagen Momentum Program “From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies” at the Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures. His current project examines how various groups in Israel interpret and narrate their cultural heritage beyond official Zionist heritage discourses. Using a rights-based qualitative case study approach\, he centers the voices of marginalized communities through interviews\, observation\, and participatory photovoice methods. His work seeks to develop more inclusive models of heritage representation\, education\, and policy applicable in Israel-Palestine and other contested heritage contexts. \nDr. Kisler holds a PhD from McGill University’s Department of Integrated Studies in Education. He is the recipient of the Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship and multiple FRQSC Doctoral Research Scholarships. \nImage: Ruins of a synagogue at Bir’am. Taken from Van de Velde\, 1857\, Le Pays d’Israel
URL:https://www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/news/volkswagen-momentum-masterclass-with-dr-rudy-kisler-past-values-heritage-power-and-ethics/
LOCATION:Room 2.33\, Herzogliches Georgianum\, Professor-Huber-Platz 1\, Professor-Huber-Platz 1\, Munich\, Bavaria\, 80539\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Masterclass
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ORGANIZER;CN="Marina Shcherbakova":MAILTO:M.Shcherbakova@lmu.de
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SUMMARY:Gershom Scholem Lecture 2026: "Visualisierungen des Göttlichen". Ein Festvortrag von Prof. Dr. Katrin Kogman-Appel (Universität Münster)
DESCRIPTION:Die jüdische Kunst kennt keine anthropomorphe Gottesdarstellung\, also keine Darstellung Gottes in menschlicher Gestalt. Wie der jüdische Gelehrte Maimonides im 12. Jahrhundert klar formulierte\, gilt bereits die Vorstellung eines anthropomorphen Gottes als schwere Sünde. Vor dem Hintergrund seiner streng rationalistischen Weltanschauung konnte sich Maimonides nicht vorstellen\, dass jüdische Gelehrte jemals in solchen anthropomorphen Kategorien über Gott denken würden. Die jüngere Forschung hat jedoch wiederholt gezeigt\, dass sich auch in rabbinischen Texten durchaus Ansätze von Anthropomorphismus finden lassen. In der jüdischen Mystik des Mittelalters wird schließlich häufig mit anthropomorphen Vorstellungen gearbeitet\, wenn es um Beschreibungen des Göttlichen geht. \nDer Vortrag widmet sich der Frage\, wie sich diese unterschiedlichen Diskurse auf die Darstellung des Göttlichen in der jüdischen bildenden Kunst ausgewirkt haben. Zunächst wird erläutert\, wie das biblische Bilderverbot zu verstehen ist und wie es in der mittelalterlichen Exegese interpretiert wurde. Demnach kann das Göttliche selbst nicht visualisiert werden. Göttliches Eingreifen hingegen wurde in künstlerischen Darstellungen immer wieder anschaulich gemacht: von der besonders in der spätantiken jüdischen Kunst häufig gezeigten Hand Gottes über göttliche Lichtstrahlen\, die das Schöpfungswerk bewirken\, bis hin zu Umschreibungen des Gottesnamens\, die in künstlerische Kompositionen integriert wurden. Auch die im Hohelied allegorisch beschriebene göttliche Liebe fand bildliche Ausdrucksformen. Anhand ausgewählter Beispiele werden diese Konzepte vorgestellt und in ihrem jeweiligen historischen und theologischen Kontext analysiert. \nDie Vortragsreihe erinnert an Gershom Scholem\, der in der Geschichte der Judaistik in München eine herausragende Rolle spielt. Er wurde 1922 an der LMU promoviert. Nach seiner Emigration nach Palästina wurde er Professor an der Hebräischen Universität in Jerusalem sowie Präsident der Israelischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Scholem gilt als Wiederentdecker der Kabbala und führte die akademische Erforschung der jüdischen Mystik in die moderne Wissenschaft ein. Mit seinen zahlreichen Veröffentlichungen zu diesem Thema gilt er heute als einer der bedeutendsten Judaisten deutsch-jüdischer Herkunft. \nDie Veranstaltung soll die Münchener Judaistik einem allgemeinen Publikum zugänglich machen und an deren bedeutende Geschichte mit einem Festvortrag erinnern. \n  \nProgramm\nBegrüßung\nProf. Dr. Carola Metzner-Nebelsick\nVizepräsidentin für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität\, München \nEinführung\nProf. Dr. Ronny Vollandt\nProfessor für Judaistik\, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität\, München \nVerleihung Steinschneider-Preis 2026 \nFestvortrag\nProf. Dr. Katrin Kogman-Appel\nProfessorin für Jüdische Studien\, Universität Münster \n  \nIm Anschluss an den Festvortrag lädt die Abteilung für Judaistik zu einem Empfang ein. \nUm Anmeldung wird gebeten bis 02.07.2026 an jac@culture.lmu.de \n  \n 
URL:https://www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/news/gershom-scholem-lecture-2026-visualisierungen-des-gottlichen-ein-festvortrag-von-prof-dr-katrin-kogman-appel-universitat-munster/
LOCATION:Historisches Kolleg\, Kaulbachstraße 15\, Munich\, Bavaria\, 80539\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Scholem Lecture
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