University of Antwerp
Thursday 12 May 2022
09h30 - 17h30
Followed by an evening lecture (in Dutch) by Dorien Styven & Veerle Vanden Daelen at 20h.
Venue: City Campus University of Antwerp
Contact day morning sessions:
room E.207, Grote Kauwenberg 2
Contact day afternoon sessions:
room C.102, Grote Kauwenberg 2
Evening lecture: room R.007, Rodestraat 14
The Institute of Jewish Studies organizes for the 14th time an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Antwerp concerning Jewish Studies on the Low Countries. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate contacts between researchers working within this area of study. We especially encourage young researchers to participate in the workshop. We also hope for contributions from more established researchers, in order to establish a positive exchange between different research generations. This year the contact day will be followed by an evening lecture (in Dutch) by Dorien Styven & Veerle Vanden Daelen (Kazerne Dossin) on little known stories about the persecution of the Antwerp Jews.
Contact day in English, evening lecture in Dutch - free entrance.
Registration required: ijs@uantwerpen.be.
Program
Morning sessions: room E.207, Grote Kauwenberg 2 , 2000 Antwerp
- 9:30 Welcome and introduction (Vivian Liska, Karin Hofmeester & Veerle Vanden Daelen)
- 9:45 – 10:45 Panel 1 Jews In Early Modern Amsterdam (Chair: Jessica Roitman)
- Samantha Sint-Nicolaas: Policing Jews in Early Modern Amsterdam
- Rachel Kupferman: Kehilot Moshe: The Illustrated Bibles of 1720s Amsterdam
- 10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
- 11:00 – 12:00 Panel 2 Jewish Perceptions and Identities (Chair: Veerle Vanden Daelen)
- Aalt Smienk: Framing Jews in Dutch Newspapers Between 1890-1910
- Senske de Vries: Jewish Identity: A Never-Ending Quest
- 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch with book presentation by Daniël Metz
Afternoon sessions: room C.102, Grote Kauwenberg 2 , 2000 Antwerp
- 13:30 – 15:00 Panel 3 Jews and Economy in the Low Countries (Chair: Karin Hofmeester)
- Huibert Schijf: Jewish Bankers: From Germany to Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels and Paris
- Marleen van den Berg & Meta Huijsmans: Typical Trade: Exploring Trade Networks in Pre-War Rotterdam and Zwolle
- Joris Kok: Jews, Diamonds, and Occupational Mobility: The Amsterdam Diamond Industry, 1873-1940
- 15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
- 15:15 – 17:15 Panel 4 Jewish Life Stories (1900-1945) (Chair: Barbara Dickschen)
- Adina Babeş -Fruchter: The Jewish Refugees in Brussels: A Socio-Demographic Portrait
- Jan Dewilde: Jewish Musicians and Composers at the Antwerp Conservatoire During the Interwar Period and the Second World War
- Marc Verschooris: Martha’s Labyrinth
- 17:15 – 17:30 Concluding remarks (Karin Hofmeester & Veerle Vanden Daelen)
- Informal dinner (speakers only)
20.00 – 21.30 Public evening lecture
Room R.007, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerpen
Dorien Styven & Veerle Vanden Daelen: Left Behind: Weinig bekende verhalen over de vervolging van de Antwerpse Joden
Abstracts
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Institute of Jewish Studies - University of Antwerp
Thursday 12 May 2022
The Institute of Jewish Studies organizes for the fourteenth time an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Antwerp concerning Jewish Studies on the Low Countries. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate contacts between researchers working within this area of study. We especially encourage young researchers to participate in the workshop. We also hope for contributions from more established researchers, in order to create a positive exchange between different research generations. We particularly invite papers and/or sessions that are explicitly comparative in character, and welcome themes and disciplines within Jewish Studies concerning the Low Countries. Proposals need not be limited to a specific historical period and presentations may include work in progress. Both individual and panel proposals are possible. The conference language is English. Please note that the conference organizers cannot provide financial support to cover travel and accommodation of presenters or participants. Please submit an abstract of maximally 400 words and a short CV by 15 January 2022.
For further information please contact:
Karin Hofmeester: kho@iisg.nl
Veerle Vanden Daelen: veerle.vandendaelen@kazernedossin.eu