Institute of Jewish Studies - University of Tübingen

02/08/2026

Morgen startet die ERC Projekt QaSLA Konferenz "Early Islam and Late Antique Judaism" an der Harvard University.

The final conference of the ERC funded project QaSLA will take place 3-4 August at Harvard, co-organized by Holger Zellentin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Shari Lowin (Stonehill College), and Goudarzi (Harvard Divinity School)

Early Islam and Late Antique Judaism International ConferenceTo be held at the Harvard Divinity School, August 3–4, 2026 A conference exploring the connections between early Islam and Late Antique Judaism, featuring scholars working at the intersection of rabbinic Judaism, the Qur’an, and early ...

01/07/2026

This workshop, a co-hosted event with the Department of Ancient History at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen will take place tomorrow at the Castle/Schloss Hohentübingen!
Our very own Lennart Lehmhaus will share his research on rabbinic medical discourse and late antique knowledge production the topic of the research network Between Encyclopaedia and Epitome - Talmudic Knowledge Making in Context

01/07/2026

Heute Abend hält unser lieber Kollege Harald Samuel seine Antrittsvorlesung!
Happening tonight at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen : the inaugural lecture of our esteemed colleague Harald Samuel

01/07/2026

Theologicum at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in the bright sun (and temperatures well above 100 Fahrenheit.

09/06/2026

Heute Diskussionsrunde zu Religionswissenschaft und globaler Ethik.
Moderation von Prof. Holger Zellentin

This will happen later today, a roundtable with international fellows and moderated by our very own Holger Zellentin, director of the Institute for Jewish Studies and Co-Director of the Center for Religion, Culture and Society (CRCS).

03/06/2026

The research network of our institute's very own Lennart Lehmhaus has organized a lecture on Kabbalah and knowledge production which will take place tomorrow, Thursday, June 4, at 7pm (CET), 6pm (GMT), 11am (EST).

Please join the lecture that is free and online accessible (after registration).

The Afterlife of a Kabbalistic Manuscript: Reconstructing a Lost Anthology, Thu 4 Jun 2026 - Lecture by  Professor Emma Abate.  Held jointly with the RFE-research network “Between Encyclopaedia and Epitome"

22/05/2026

Professor Zellentin's ERC funded project QaSLA (The Quran as a Source for Late Antiquity) at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen has organized a joint workshop with the project LAESSIE directed by Prof. Jens Scheiner at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

Please join the meeting of scholars next week!

QASLA AND LAESSI WORKING GROUP MEETING: “TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE QURAN”To be held in Tübingen, 26–27 May, 2026 This joint meeting of the QaSLA and LAESSI working groups invites scholars to explore the intricate transitions and cultural continuities that define th...

08/05/2026

Jiddische Sprache und Literatur, auch jenseits von Krimis und Alltagswissen - gibt es auch jedes Semester bei uns in Kursen bei Dr. Evi Michels (wie immer auf unserer Homepage und aus ALMA)

08/05/2026

Ein wichtiger Beitrag im Ancient Jew Review, der die Bedeutung von Archäologie und des material turn für die Jüdischen Studien aufzeigt.
Great piece that stresses the centrality of material approaches to Jewish history in our field, by the amazing Karen Stern (CUNY)

“This volume, it seems, substantively demonstrates how it is possible to study Jewish culture s (to borrow David Biale’s preferred terminology) as a plurality, while allowing readers to consider—in their own analyses—what might be the unified or unifying elements that draw Jews from differen...

12/04/2026

Das Institut wünscht allen, die es feiern, ein fröhliches orthodoxes Osterfest!
Happy (Orthodox) Easter to all those celebrating!
праздник Пасхи bzw. Христос воскресе! /Христос васкрсе!
Καλό Πάσχα! Bzw. Χριστός Ανέστη!