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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures
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The Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures brings together projects of junior and senior researchers relating to Jewish-Arabic cultures.

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NEW BLOG online: Our recent VW-fellow Lipika Pelham writes about "The Vamp of Baghdad: How Jewish actresses shaped early 20th century Indian cinema"
www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-vamp-of-...
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Diese Woche eröffnete die Ausstellung "Jüdisches Leben in der arabischen Welt: Fotografische Erinnerungen an eine vergangene Zeit" unter Mitarbeit und Kuration der Forschungsstelle in der Seidlvilla. Hier kann sie online erkundet werden:
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October 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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#CfA: "From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies" (Volkswagen Momentum Fellowship Programme), deadline: 3 November 2025, more infos 👇
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October 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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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.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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#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.
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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JAC Newsletter #5 is out now! Lots of exciting news, calls, blogs, publications, events and more! Check it out:
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July 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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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...
July 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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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...
Shabbat celebrated at al-Firanǧ synagogue, scene from Ṭāliʿ al-Fiḍḍa, episode 2 [00:34]. Source: YouTube, channel: FLARE Arts & Media, uploaded: 10 October 2016, URL = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D89cFUF9dXI.
May 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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#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)
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April 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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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)
April 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Upcoming Event:
25 May 2025
'Pergament oder Papier? Jüdischer Buchhandel im islamischen Raum der Vormoderne'
Fabio Ioppolo, MA (LMU Munich)
March 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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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)
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March 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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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...
March 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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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...
March 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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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): ⬇️
March 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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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:
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February 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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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...
February 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The finale of the lecture series commemorating the forgotten Jewish LMU professor Karl Süßheim, a teacher of Gershom Scholem, featured a discussion and the presentation of a memorial plaque to Süßheim, now installed at the Institute for the Near and Middle East.
Presenting Süßheim's memorial plaque (left to right): Prof Philipp Lenhard, Süßheim's biographer Dr Kristina Milz, Prof Ronny Vollandt, Eri Alfandari, Prof Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu.
January 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Our member Friederike Schmidt will be teaching a two-day online workshop on Classical Judeo-Arabic manuscripts at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies (5 and 12 March, 6:30-8pm, UK time). The deadline for application is 12 February: forms.office.com/e/JFDy6MixZ1.
January 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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We have a new blogpost online! Marijn van Putten @phdnix.bsky.social writes about 'The "Oral Turn" in Qaraite and Quranic Manuscripts in the 11th Century':
www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-oral-tur...
January 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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The lecture series "Jewish Life between Germany and Türkiye’ in honour of the Jewish Turkologist Karl Süßheim comes to an end with a final discussion on 29 January (image © Margot Suesheim and family, New York):
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January 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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We have a new Biblia Arabica blog online! Miriam L. Hjälm shares her favourite finds and some of the challenges of cataloguing the British Library's Christian Arabic Bible manuscripts: biblia-arabica.com/a-new-catalo...
November 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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We are delighted that Monika Amsler (@monikaamsler.bsky.social) will be speaking at our invitation on 3 December as part of the lecture series "Basiswissen Islam" on information management by authors of encyclopaedic works in late antiquity. If you are in Munich, come along!
November 19, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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We are excited about the upcoming conference "Auctor - Auctoritas - Authorship: Claiming Authorial Agency in Rabbinic Literature and Medieval Midrash". Check out the programme here: www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/news/auctor-...
November 18, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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We welcome our many new followers! We want to help build a constructive, polite, and network-orientated community here. Let us introduce our mission and work in this thread: 1/7
November 18, 2024 at 10:04 AM