We have a wonderful new blog post online, a deep dive into the life and scholarship of Lawrence Marwick/Eleazar Szadzunski by Maurizio Boehm: www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/scarcer-than...

#CfP Conference: "The Materiality of Jewish-Arabic Relations" (BMFTR-project "Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations) - deadline: 15 September 2025.

Over at @invisibleeast.bsky.social our member Teresa Bernheimer contributed a "Document of the Month" with her piece on "Scribal Building Blocks and Funerary Inscriptions in 9th-Century Egypt". Check it out:

Over at @invisibleeast.bsky.social our member Teresa Bernheimer contributed a "Document of the Month" with her piece on "Scribal Building Blocks and Funerary Inscriptions in 9th-Century Egypt". Check it out:

We congratulate our member Teresa Bernheimer (2nd from left) who has been awarded LMU's Therese von Bayern Prize 2025. She was joined in the celebrations by the head of our Centre, Ronny Vollandt (2nd from right), and fellow members Sophia Schmitt and Gregor Schwarb. @lmumuenchen.bsky.social

#CfP Conference: "The Materiality of Jewish-Arabic Relations" (BMFTR-project "Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations) - deadline: 15 September 2025.

JAC Newsletter #5 is out now! Lots of exciting news, calls, blogs, publications, events and more! Check it out: shorturl.at/gUWbe

It was an exceptionally wonderful lecture. More information can be found in the new JAC newsletter 👇

Since 2023, I put a lot of love and passion into our biannual newsletter. We want to give you an idea of what we do and showcase the Centre's diverse projects and people. I'd really appreciate if you could take a quick look and (if you haven't yet) consider subscribing 🫶

JAC Newsletter #5 is out now! Lots of exciting news, calls, blogs, publications, events and more! Check it out: shorturl.at/gUWbe

Inspiring "Gershom Scholem Lecture 2025" @historischeskolleg.bsky.social by Prof. Saverio Campanini about the centrality of the city of Munich for #Scholem's intellectual biography @jacculturelmu.bsky.social. naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...

We have a wonderful new blog post online, a deep dive into the life and scholarship of Lawrence Marwick/Eleazar Szadzunski by Maurizio Boehm: www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/scarcer-than...

A conference soon in Munich (8-10 July)☺️☺️ Once, We Were Here: Traces of Mobility across the Ottoman Empire. All are welcome: those who are close to Munich and those who can journey toward it. Please share this with anyone who might be interested. Here is the program ⬇️⬇️

This exciting conference starts tomorrow in Munich!

Here, our colleague Nadia Vidro reads a translation of the #letter — offering a rare glimpse into the everyday life of Jewish communities in medieval Afghanistan: #medievalsky #digitalhumanities

Hear a Jewish merchant in Ghazna (modern-day #Afghanistan), writing over 1,000 years ago — torn between his work and his family. Explore this document on the @invisibleeast.bsky.social #digitalcorpus, where four more newly published #Judeo-Persian texts have been added... 🧵

Next Wednesday, Gennady Estraikh (NYU) will deliver the annual Scholem Alejchem Lecture in #Yiddish @lmumuenchen.bsky.social. There will be a livestream as well. www.jgk.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/te...

#NewBlogPost Our member Ella Christina Ayyoub writes about "The Portrayal of Jews in Syrian Television Drama Series" - read her blogpost here: www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-portraya...

#NewBlogPost Our member Ella Christina Ayyoub writes about "The Portrayal of Jews in Syrian Television Drama Series" - read her blogpost here: www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-portraya...

Happening today!

Our member Maximilian de Molière has a short appearance in this German radio programme about the forger Simonides, talking about his recent research on Tischendorf's manuscript purchases (link to publication ⬇️).

#NewPublication austriaca.at?arp=0x004029dd

#NewPublication #OpenAccess Maximilian de Molière "Turning Straw into Gold: Constantin von Tischendorf's Jewish Manuscript Collections", JSQ 32 no. (2025): 137-163. www.mohrsiebeck.com/artikel/turn...

Happening tomorrow!

#UpcomingEvent 29 July 2025, 18:00, Historisches Kolleg Munich “Wenn Dich von hier tut der Angelus vertreiben“ (2nd Gershom Scholem Lecture) Prof. Dr. Saverio Campanini (Universität Bologna) www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...

#UpcomingEvent 20 May 2025, 18:00, LMU Munich 'Pergament oder Papier? Jüdischer Buchhandel im islamischen Raum der Vormoderne' Fabio Ioppolo, MA (Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures)

#Event | Dr. Diana Matut über sie 'vernakularen Liedkulturen jüdischer Frauen' 📆 9. April 2025, 18:00 c. t. LMU München

Zum Tag der #Provenienzforschung am 9. April laden das Jüdische Museum München und das @mucstadtmuseum.bsky.social zu einem gemeinsamen #Workshop ein: 📅 Mi., 9. April 2025, 15.00–17.30 Uhr 📍 Jüdisches Museum München Teilnahme kostenfrei Anmeldung: www.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/kalender/det...

Vormerken: Am 6. Mai startet "Der Jüdische Buchklub", eine neue Veranstaltungsreihe von Dana von Suffrin und mir @lithaus.bsky.social www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/veranstaltun...

Upcoming Event: 25 May 2025 'Pergament oder Papier? Jüdischer Buchhandel im islamischen Raum der Vormoderne' Fabio Ioppolo, MA (LMU Munich)

Upcoming Event: 8 April 2025 '"…Und dies ist das Grab von Khadija Tochter des Muhammad Sohn des Ahmad…": Grabsteine aus dem früh-islamischen Ägypten in Münchner Sammlungen' Lecture with Dr Teresa Bernheimer (LMU) www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...

Upcoming Event: 9 April 2025 'Her:Voice. Die vernakularen Liedkulturen jüdischer Frauen' Lecture with Dr Diana Matut (Alte Synagoge - Haus der jüdischen Kultur in Essen) www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/news/vortrag...

Upcoming Event: 4 April 2025 'Slavery and Jewish-Muslim Entanglement in Medieval Egypt, 11th-13th c.' Lunch-Time Lecture with Prof Dr Craig Perry (Emory University) www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/news/lunch-t...

We are so excited for the #DavidPattersonLecture of our President, Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, & Library Director, César Merchán-Hamann! They'll be discussing their edited volume, 'Jewish Languages & Book Culture'. Join online or in person! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #JewishLanguages #BookCulture

lots of fascinating #openaccess titles here - www.openbookpublishers.com/categories/c...

This massive "Festschrift" in two volumes with almost 2,000 pages honours the exceptional and pioneering scholarship of Geoffrey Khan. Some of our former and current members have also contributed articles (#OpenAccess): ⬇️

Here's the passage in the actual manuscript (BL Or. 2402, f. 189v):

Neuerscheinung: Singer, Julia (2024): arabisch.digital: über Open Educational Resources (OER) zu einer Kultur der digitalen Lehre. Dissertation, LMU München: Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften doi.org/10.5282/edoc...

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JAC Newsletter #4 is out! We have a whole host of events, blogs, publications, and presentations of people and resources for you. Check out the browser version here: 359214.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/15846003/5...

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JAC Newsletter #4 is out! We have a whole host of events, blogs, publications, and presentations of people and resources for you. Check out the browser version here: 359214.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/15846003/5...

In his research, my friend and colleague Max de Molière sheds new light on the well-known manuscript hunter Tischendorf and his lesser known involvement in the trade in Jewish manuscripts from Egypt:

We have a new blogpost online! Maximilian de Molière writes about 'Leipzig’s Role in the Early Exploration of Qaraite Literature': www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/leipzigs-rol...

Delighted to welcome a new editor, Teresa Bernheimer of @jacculturelmu.bsky.social, to The Islamicate East series published by @edinburghup.bsky.social! #history #skystorians #medievalsky

Call for papers: submit your abstract on #Semitic reading traditions (like #Hebrew, #Arabic, #Aramaic including #Syriac and #Mandaic) for our panel at the 35th Deutscher Orientalistentag (8-12 September, Erlangen) by 23 February. If you please. www.academia.edu/127430195/Cf...

Such a pleasure to be hosted by @petertarras.bsky.social on his wonderful blog Membra Dispersa Sinaitica (MEDISI) 👇👇🙏