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Dear friends and colleagues,

next week, our KFG invites you to participate in a number of events. On Wednesday there is our colloquium, this time we welcome our guest Aysun Güneş from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. On 11 and 12 May our workshop “Beyond Secularity: Neutral Zones and How to Find them in Premodern Sources” will take place, organized by Brian Catlos from the University of Colorado Boulder and our directors Monika Wohlrab-Sahr and Christoph Kleine.

We would also like to remind you of our Screening Religion Film Series on Wednesday evening: this time we will be showing the film “H2: The Occupation Lab” and look forward to an introduction and subsequent discussion with the director Noam Sheizaf and our colleague Lydia Ginzburg.

In this Wednesday Weekly we also have information for you about the Honorary Doctorate of one of our KFG Members, an Inaugural Lecture at Leipzig University as well as a Call for Applications.

And, on Saturday the annual Museums Night in Leipzig and Halle will take place with numerous exhibitions, guided tours, concerts and other events.

Enjoy and have a good week!

Anja & Lucy

Next week’s Colloquium: Aysun Güneş on “The Secular Lifestyle of Urban Alevi Citizens: The cultural patterns and lifestyle of urban Alevi citizens in the formation of a secular way of life in Ankara after 2000s in Turkey”, 10 May

Next Wednesday, we are happy to welcome our guest Aysun Güneş from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara to our colloquium. She will give a presentation on “The Secular Lifestyle of Urban Alevi Citizens: The cultural patterns and lifestyle of urban Alevi citizens in the formation of a secular way of life in Ankara after 2000s in Turkey”.

Our Associate Member Markus Dreßler will comment on Aysun’s presentation.

The colloquium will take place in a hybrid format (on-site and online). In the Member Area you will find more information including preparatory reading and the zoom connection data.

10 May | 9.15–11.45 am (CET)

Strohsack, Room 4.55 and online via zoom

KFG-Workshop “Beyond Secularity: Neutral Zones and How to Find them in Premodern Sources”, 11–12 May

Next week on 11 and 12 May, our KFG will be hosting a workshop on “Beyond Secularity: Neutral Zones and How to Find them in Premodern Sources”, convened by Brian Catlos from the University of Colorado Boulder, and our Directors Monika Wohlrab-Sahr and Christoph Kleine.

The workshop explores the contexts of so called “neutral zones” – that is circumstances, arenas or venues in which people, ideas, practices, or objects were approached without regard to their communal provenance or identity or were at least left untouched by the control of the dominant religious group.

The workshop will be held in a hybrid format. You are welcome to register as a listener by sending us an e-mail indicating the type of participation (on-site or online). We will then send you the zoom connection data in good time prior to the workshop.  

11–12 May

Strohsack, Room 4.55 and online via zoom

Screening Religion: “H2: The Occupation Lab”, 10 May at naTo

We would like to remind you of our next film in our Screening Religion series: On 10 May, we will be showing the film “H2: The Occupation Lab”, directed by Idit Avrahami and Noam Sheizaf. It tells the story of H2, the eastern part of Hebron – a place that is both a microcosm of the entire conflict and a test site for the methods of control Israel is implementing throughout the West Bank.

After the film, there will be a discussion with one of the directors Noam Sheizaf and our Associate Member Lydia Ginzburg from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The film will be shown at the Cinémathèque Leipzig at naTo in Hebrew with English subtitles.

10 May | 7.30 pm (CET)

Cinémathèque Leipzig at naTo, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 46, 04275 Leipzig

Free entry, donations welcome

“Jacob & Esau, Catastrophe, and Jewish European History”. Inaugural Lecture by Leibniz Professor Malachi H. Hacohen, 8 May

We would like to draw your attention to the inaugural lecture by Malachi H. Hacohen, Professor at Duke University, and Leibniz Professor at Leipzig University this summer semester. His inaugural lecture uses the biblical story of the rival twins, Jacob and Esau, and its subsequent retelling by Christians and Jews through the ages as lens through which to illuminate changing Jewish responses to catastrophe.

The welcoming address will be given by the director of The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture–Simon Dubnow, Yfaat Weiss. The laudation will be delivered by Alexander Deeg, Professor of Practical Theology at Leipzig University.

8 May | 6–8 pm (CET)

Bibliotheca Albertina, Lecture Hall, Beethovenstraße 6, 04107 Leipzig

Job Opportunity: PostDoc Position at The Center for Religion and Modernity at University of Münster

The Center for Religion and Modernity at University of Münster is seeking to fill a PostDoc Position at the earliest possible date. It is a full-time position for a period of 5 years and offers the opportunity for independent academic work and serves further qualification (habilitation).

For further information please contact Arnulf von Scheliha. You can send your application including CV, certificates, etc. via e-mail.

Application deadline: 19 May

Event: Museums Night in Halle and Leipzig on 6 May

This Saturday, the Museums Night in Leipzig and Halle will take place again. According to the motto “Once around the world”, 85 museums, galleries and collections will take you to distant countries and unknown worlds on 6 May. More than 400 events are offered including special exhibitions, guided tours, concerts, hands-on activities, films and much more. Many institutions offer a special program for children and young people.

That night, your entrance ticket provides access to a huge number of museums and collections between 6 pm and 12 midnight. Moreover, special buses will be available in Halle and Leipzig free of charge.

6 May | 6–12 pm (CET)

If you have any content that you think suits the purpose of the weekly, please feel free to send it to us at multiple-secularities@uni-leipzig.de.