Current News28 February 2021|ResearchCfP: International Conference "Judaism, Zionism, and Scepticism in the Scholarship of Richard H. Popkin"Photo: UHHThe conference committee invites four early career researchers (PhD candidates and postdocs) to participate in the conference on "Judaism, Zionism...1 February 2021|Jewish PhilosophyOnline Workshop: Mendelssohn's Commentary on QoheletPhoto: UHHMendelssohn’s commentary on Qohelet is a treatise that tackles prominent themes within natural religion such as the immortality of the soul and divine...31 January 2021|TeachingCfA: Summer School 2021Photo: UHHThe summer school "Facets of Early Modern Scepticism" is intended for MA students and PhD candidates from the humanities. 15 scholarships are...12 January 2021|Jewish PhilosophyThe Suspension of Judgment in Pyrrhonian and Cartesian ScepticismPhoto: UHH/SUB HHA Maimonides Lecture by Dr. Alexandra Zinke, Junior Professor at Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Tübingen.10 December 2020|Academic AffairsFellowships 2021–22: Call for ApplicationsPhoto: UHHThe Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies invites researchers to apply for its junior and senior fellowship programme for the academic year 1 October...1 December 2020|Jewish PhilosophyThe Voice of Written Texts and the Myth of Jewish Andalusian FreethinkingPhoto: UHH/SUB HHA Maimonides Lecture by Prof. Sarah Stroumsa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.27 October 2020|EventAnnual LecturePhoto: Stabi/SUB HHWe would like to invite you to MCAS's Annual Lecture on October 27, 2020, at 18:00. Gianni Paganini (Università del Piemonte Orientale) will give the...6 July 2020|PublicationOut in PrintPhoto: UHH/De GruyterAs scepticism has rarely been studied in the context of the Arabic culture and its Judeo-Arabic sub-culture, it is small wonder that sceptical motifs...18 June 2020|Academic AffairsAda Rapoport-AlbertPhoto: UHH/MCASThe Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies (MCAS) is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Prof. Dr. Ada Rapoport-Albert, a member of MCAS’s Board...20 May 2020|PublicationOut in Print: MCAS Yearbook 2019Photo: UHH/De GruyterThe 2019 edition of the Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies contains 12 brand new articles that exhibit significant advancement in...16 March 2020|International AffairsCoronavirusPhoto: UHHIn light of the spread of the coronavirus in Germany and abroad, the Universität Hamburg has reassessed the situation and associated precautionary...4 February 2020|Jewish PhilosophyHumour and Scepticism in Narratives in the Babylonian TalmudPhoto: UHH/StabiWe would like to invite you to a Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at 18:00. Reuven Kiperwasser will talk about "'Had It...14 January 2020|Jewish PhilosophyWorkshop: Spinoza’s Anti-Sceptical System and Its AftermathPhoto: Wikimedia CommonsWe would like to invite you to MCAS's next workshop on January 14–15, 2020.8 January 2020|Jewish PhilosophySkepticism as PhilosophyPhoto: UHH/SUB HHWe would like to invite you to a Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at 18:00. Katja Vogt (Columbia University) will talk...3 January 2020|Jewish PhilosophyCall for Applications: Postdoc PositionPhoto: UHHThe Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies invites applications for a research associate (fixed-term contract/3.5 years, salary level 14 TV-L). The...25 November 2019|Jewish PhilosophyConferencePhoto: University of HaifaWe would like to invite you to attend the conference "The Skepsis and Antipolitics of Gustav Landauer" from November 25 to November 26, 2019, in...11 November 2019|Jewish PhilosophyMaimonides on Prophecy: Synthesis and ReconciliationPhoto: Stabi/UHHWe would like to invite you to a Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism on Monday, November 11, 2019, at 18:00. FU Youde (Shandong University) will talk...29 October 2019|Jewish PhilosophyAnnual Lecture 2019Photo: Stabi/SUB HHWe would like to invite you to MCAS's Annual Lecture on October 29, 2019, at 18:00. Ada Rapoport-Albert (UCL) will talk about "Did the Elevated Status...27 October 2019|Jewish PhilosophyWorkshop: Philo of Alexandria and the Beginning of Jewish Philosophical ScepticismPhoto: Wikimedia Commons/UHHOctober 27–28, 2019 There is a paradox within Philonian scholarship. On the one hand, Philo’s thought has never drawn as much scholarly attention as...27 September 2019|PublicationOut in Print: Sceptical Paths. Enquiry and Doubt from Antiquity to the PresentPhoto: UHH/SUB HHSceptical Paths offers a fresh look at key junctions in the history of scepticism. Throughout this collection, key figures are reinterpreted, key...Show all news