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28 February 2021|Research

CfP: International Conference "Judaism, Zionism, and Scepticism in the Scholarship of Richard H. Popkin"

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The conference committee invites four early career researchers (PhD candidates and postdocs) to participate in the conference on "Judaism, Zionism...

1 February 2021|Jewish Philosophy

Online Workshop: Mendelssohn's Commentary on Qohelet

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Mendelssohn’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|Teaching

CfA: Summer School 2021

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The 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 Philosophy

The Suspension of Judgment in Pyrrhonian and Cartesian Scepticism

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A Maimonides Lecture by Dr. Alexandra Zinke, Junior Professor at Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Tübingen.

10 December 2020|Academic Affairs

Fellowships 2021–22: Call for Applications

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The 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 Philosophy

The Voice of Written Texts and the Myth of Jewish Andalusian Freethinking

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A Maimonides Lecture by Prof. Sarah Stroumsa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

27 October 2020|Event

Annual Lecture

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We 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|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...

18 June 2020|Academic Affairs

Ada 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...

20 May 2020|Publication

Out in Print: 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...

16 March 2020|International Affairs

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...

4 February 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Humour and Scepticism in Narratives in the Babylonian Talmud

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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...

14 January 2020|Jewish Philosophy

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

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We would like to invite you to MCAS's next workshop on January 14–15, 2020.

8 January 2020|Jewish Philosophy

Skepticism as Philosophy

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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...

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...

25 November 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Conference

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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...

11 November 2019|Jewish Philosophy

Maimonides on Prophecy: Synthesis and Reconciliation

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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...

29 October 2019|Jewish Philosophy

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...

27 October 2019|Jewish Philosophy

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

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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...

27 September 2019|Publication

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

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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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