This conference aims to explore commonalities and differences in patterns of Jewish-Christian contacts in Germany and Sweden. It also focuses on changes over time with a special emphasis on the period from the 1870s to the present. Although the conference as a whole has a comparative theme, we also welcome papers and sessions that deal with either Germany or Sweden specifically.
Participants can submit abstracts for individual papers (20 minutes) or for whole sessions consisting of three papers. Abstracts for individual papers should be no more than 250 words, for sessions no more than 750 words.
Themes covered in the conference will be for instance:
- Coexistence and confrontation between Jews and Christians
- Jewish-Christian dialogue
- Jewish migration and subsequent Jewish-Christian contacts
- Family and individual biographies
- Jewish-Christian networks and contacts in business
- German-Swedish cultural transfer
- Antisemitism in Germany and Sweden
- Conversions
- Academic contacts in the emerging fields of Wissenschaft des Judentums and Religionswissenschaft, as well as in other academic fields
- Feminist theology
- Churches and their relations to the State of Israel
Key note speakers:
- Dr. Carl Henrik Carlsson, Uppsala University
- Prof. Cordelia Heβ, University of Greifswald
- Prof. Christhard Hoffman, University of Bergen
- Prof. em. Julius H. Schoeps, University of Potsdam/Moses Mendelssohn Stiftung, Berlin