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Events

In order to explore the different manifestations of scepticism in different contexts, the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies organises different events on a regular basis: external events (conferences, workshops, summer schools, and lectures) and internal events (internal workshops, reading/dialectical mornings).

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Workshops/Sceptical Ateliers

Workshops

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Workshops and sceptical ateliers are formal meetings between fellows and team members of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies, as well as invited researchers from Germany and abroad. The topics of the workshops and the ateliers reflect the broad variety of the research programme. Workshops and scepticial ateliers are open to the public.

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Lectures

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Annual Lectures

The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies offers an annual public lecture on forms and developments in sceptical thought. It opens the next academic year.

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Maimonides Lectures on Scepticism

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Maimonides Lectures on Scepticism

Maimonides Lectures on Scepticism are scheduled three to five times every academic year. Eminent scholars focusing on various aspects of scepticism are invited to present and discuss their research in an evening lecture.

Lecture: Feminism and Scepticism

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Feminism and Scepticism

MCAS established a lecture series which focuses on feminist approaches to and perspectives on scepticism. It invites researchers to give a public lecture on this topic, and—following this lecture—to meet with the female fellows in an informal setting in order to share their experiences and career paths in their academic systems.

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Lecture Series "Reason and Revelation"

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Reason and Revelation

The lectures introduced Jewish thought to the interested public and exposed the relationship between reason and revelation in specific Jewish writings.

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Scepticism and Anti-Scepticism Lecture Series

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Scepticism and Anti-Scepticism in Medieval Jewish Thought

The lecture series “Scepticism and Anti-Scepticism in Medieval Jewish Thought” focussed on sceptical questions, methods, strategies, and approaches raised by Jewish thinkers in the Middle Ages.

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Summer Schools

MCAS’s summer schools are interdisciplinary by design. They are open to advanced students and graduates. The duration is six days, during which lecturers and participants present and discuss diverse approaches to the topic of Jewish scepticism and jointly study primary sources.

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Exhibition

Exhibition Visual Scepticism

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In 2018, the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies organised an exhibition about "Visual Scepticism in Public Spaces—Dealing with "Loaded" Memorials." It was curated by Margit Kern (Universität Hamburg).

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Internal Events

The dialectical morning is an informal meeting every four weeks (in fortnightly rotation with the reading morning) for discussions and readings, which is designed to promote dialectical culture and sceptical thought within the research unit. Fellows and team members of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies as well as occasional guests convene to challenge, doubt, and explore theses in various subject areas.

The reading morning is an informal meeting every four weeks (in fortnightly rotation with the dialectical morning). Fellows and team members read and discuss primary texts that are specifically relevant to their respective projects. Each meeting, one fellow or team member selects and presents a text of particular importance for the research programme. In reading together, the group benefits from the expertise of the individual researcher.

In order to learn from the work of the fellows and team members of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies and to facilitate intellectual exchange, internal workshops are held. These two-day events take place twice per semester, once at the beginning and once at the end. During these sessions, fellows and staff members briefly present their MCAS research projects.