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6 July 2020|Publication

Out in Print

Judah Halevi’s Fideistic Scepticism in the Kuzar
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As 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...
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18 June 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Ada Rapoport-Albert

A. Rapoport-Albert
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The 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...

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20 May 2020|Publication

Out in Print: MCAS Yearbook 2019

MCAS Yearbook 2019
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The 2019 edition of the Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies contains 12 brand new articles that exhibit significant advancement in...
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16 March 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Coronavirus

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In light of the spread of the coronavirus in Germany and abroad, the Universität Hamburg has reassessed the situation and associated precautionary...

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4 February 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Humour and Scepticism in Narratives in the Babylonian Talmud

Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism 2020
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We 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...
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15 January 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Fellowships 2020–21: Call for Applications

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The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies would like to invite researchers to apply for its junior and senior fellowship programme for the academic...
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14 January 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Workshop: Spinoza’s Anti-Sceptical System and Its Aftermath

Workshop: Spinoza's Anti-Sceptical System
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We would like to invite you to MCAS's next workshop on January 14–15, 2020.
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8 January 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Skepticism as Philosophy

Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism 2020
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We 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...
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3 January 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Call for Applications: Postdoc Position

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The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies invites applications for a research associate (fixed-term contract/3.5 years, salary level 14 TV-L). The...
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25 November 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Conference

Landauer Conference 2019
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We would like to invite you to attend the conference "The Skepsis and Antipolitics of Gustav Landauer" from November 25 to November 26, 2019, in...
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11 November 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Maimonides on Prophecy: Synthesis and Reconciliation

Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism 2019
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We 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...
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29 October 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Annual Lecture 2019

Annual Lecture 2019
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We 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...
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27 October 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Workshop: Philo of Alexandria and the Beginning of Jewish Philosophical Scepticism

Workshop: Philo of Alexandria
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October 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...

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27 September 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Out in Print: Sceptical Paths. Enquiry and Doubt from Antiquity to the Present

Studies and Texts in Scepticism (STIS)
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Sceptical Paths offers a fresh look at key junctions in the history of scepticism. Throughout this collection, key figures are reinterpreted, key...
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23 September 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Simone Luzzatto's Scepticism in the Context of Early Modern Thought

Luzzatto Conference
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This conference aims to call attention to the sceptical thought of Rabbi Simone Luzzatto (ca. 1583–1663) and its value within seventeenth-century...
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20 August 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Out in Print: Simone Luzzatto's Discourse and Socrates

Studies and Texts in Scepticism (STIS)
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New, freshly translated, and annotated bi-lingual editions of two key works by the pioneering seventeenth-century Venetian rabbi, offering an...
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19 July 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Call for Applications: Postdoc Position

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The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies invites applications for a research associate (fixed-term contract/four years, salary level 14 TV-L). The...
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9 July 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism

Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism 2019
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We would like to invite you to a Maimonides Lecture on Scepticism on July 9, 2019, at 18:00. Nadja El Kassar (ETH Zürich) will talk about "How to Deal...
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6 June 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Call for Applications: Librarian

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The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies and the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion invite applications for a librarian (part-time). The...
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1 April 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Lecture Series

Vorlesung "Toleranz und Skepsis"
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The Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion organises a lecture series on "Skepsis und Toleranz. Moses Mendelssohn, Salomon Maimon und die...
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