Current News (2019)25 November 2019|MCAS - EventsConferencePhoto: 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|MCAS - EventsMaimonides on Prophecy: Synthesis and ReconciliationPhoto: UHH/SUB HHWe 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|MCAS - EventsAnnual 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/MCAS/SUB HH/De GruyterSceptical Paths offers a fresh look at key junctions in the history of scepticism. Throughout this collection, key figures are reinterpreted, key...23 September 2019|MCAS - EventsSimone Luzzatto's Scepticism in the Context of Early Modern ThoughtPhoto: UHH/M. SchwarzThis conference aims to call attention to the sceptical thought of Rabbi Simone Luzzatto (ca. 1583–1663) and its value within seventeenth-century...20 August 2019|PublicationOut in Print: Simone Luzzatto's Discourse and SocratesPhoto: UHH/MCAS/SUB HH/De GruyterNew, freshly translated, and annotated bi-lingual editions of two key works by the pioneering seventeenth-century Venetian rabbi, offering an...19 July 2019|JobsCall for Applications: Postdoc PositionPhoto: UHH/MCASThe Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies invites applications for a research associate (fixed-term contract/four years, salary level 14 TV-L). The...9 July 2019|MCAS - EventsMaimonides Lecture on ScepticismPhoto: UHH/SUB HHWe 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...6 June 2019|JobsCall for Applications: LibrarianPhoto: UHH/MCASThe Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies and the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion invite applications for a librarian (part-time). The...1 April 2019|Jewish PhilosophyLecture SeriesPhoto: Jewish Encyclopedia/UHH/B. RoglerThe Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion organises a lecture series on "Skepsis und Toleranz. Moses Mendelssohn, Salomon Maimon und die...18 February 2019|Jewish PhilosophyCall for ApplicationsPhoto: UHH/MCAS2 Doctoral Fellowships and 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships Application Deadline: April 1, 2019 The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies (MCAS) at...1 February 2019|PublicationOut in Print: MCAS Yearbook 2018Photo: UHH/MCAS/SUB HH/De GruyterThe Yearbook mirrors the annual activities of staff and fellows of the Maimonides Centre and reports on symposia, workshops, and lectures taking place...