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CFA: Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary
Judaism - July 2017 - Application Extension - European-based
Scholars
Discussion published by Adam Ferziger on Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
in collaboration with the Berman Center, Lehigh University
Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary Judaism:
Modern Judaism, Technology, and Authority: Historical, Social Scientific and
Theological Perspectives
3 July to 10 July 2017
Application Extension - European-Based Scholars
The Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary Judaism (OSI-MCJ) is an advanced
academic seminar that is intended to raise innovative and challenging perspectives regarding modern
and contemporary Judaism. A combination of outstanding senior scholars of Jewish religion and
culture from around the globe join with a select group of early career European Jewish studies
scholars for eight days of rigorous study and intellectual exchange. Each participant must commit to
preparing an original paper that is relevant to the theme, which will be distributed exclusively to the
other OSI-MCJ scholars in advance and examined collectively at the seminar itself.
The fourth annual OSI-MCJ will address: 'Modern Judaism, Technology, and Authority: Historical,
Social Scientific and Theological Perspectives.' The interface between Judaism and technology has
been recorded since ancient times. No doubt, navigating these interactions has long presented
religious authorities with critical challenges. Nonetheless, the breakneck pace with which novel
forms of communication, transportation, production, armaments, and medicine have emerged, and
especially more recent advances in computerization and "virtualization," have placed technology at
the center of contemporary existence. Indeed, western society has framed technology and the
scientists who generate it as authoritarian sources for wisdom in a manner that was previously
generally reserved for theologians and philosophers. For some "defenders of the faith," technology is
oppositional to religion, while others have laboured to articulate a discourse that acknowledges the
power and benefits of technological change, without undermining the viability of religion and
religious interpretation.
OSI-MCJ 2017 will be dedicated to exploring the multiple ways in which modern and contemporary
Jewish life, thought, and practice have been nourished, experienced, and responded to a broad range
of innovations. The multi- and inter-disciplinary approach of the seminar is designed to bring into
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conversation distinctive fields of study and attract a diverse range of specialists.
The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies invites applications for a few remaining
slots that are reserved for early career European scholars in the field.
The Centre will cover international travel and accommodation costs.
To apply, please send a curriculum vitae, a research proposal relating to topic of OSI-MCJ 2017, and
two academic references to Martine Smith-Huvers ([email protected]). The extended closing
date for completed applications is: March 15, 2017.
Citation: Adam Ferziger. CFA: Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary Judaism - July 2017 - Application Extension European-based Scholars. H-Judaic. 02-22-2017. https://networks.h-net.org/node/28655/discussions/168217/cfa-oxford-sumer-institute-modern-and-contemporary-judaism-july
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