Conference 12-14 September 2022: Jewish-Christian Contacts, Past and Present. Sweden and Germany Compared

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.

Key note speakers:

Prof. em. Julius H. Schoeps, University of Potsdam/Moses Mendelssohn Stiftung, Berlin

Dr. Carl Henrik Carlsson, Uppsala University

Prof. Cordelia Heβ, University of Greifswald

Prof. Christhard Hoffman, University of Bergen

Although Germany and Sweden are at the centre of the conference, presentations may expand the theme to also include other German-speaking areas of Europe as well as the other Nordic countries.

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. Please submit your abstract using one of the links below.

Themes covered in the conference will for instance be:

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
Contacts between Jews and Christian minorities
Judaism and Esotericism
Music as a field of Jewish-Christian contacts

The organising committee also welcome presentations and sessions on other topics related to the overall theme.

A conference volume is planned, but the organisers also welcome plans for publishing the presentations from certain sessions as special issues of suitable scholarly journals.

The conference is free of charge but travel and lodging costs must be covered by the participants themselves.