Sunday, July 5th, 2026
- 19.00 Dinner at kosher restaurant Hoffy's (for those already present)
Monday, July 6th, 2026 [City campus University of Antwerp]
- 09.30-10.30 Greetings & orientation
Vivian Liska, Steven Weitzman, Aaron Segal - 10.30-11.00 Break
UNIT 1: Jews on the Edge of Transcendence
- 11.00-12.30 Omer Michaelis
By Night in al-Andalus: Nocturnal Liturgy among Jews and Muslims in Medieval Spain - 12.30-13.15 Lunch
- 13.15-14.45 Steven Weitzman
Reimagining the Bible in an Age of Catastrophe - 14.45-17.00 Guided visit through the Jewish neighborhood of Antwerp
- 18.00 Public lecture: “Stained Glass: A Reflective History of Antisemitism”
Flora Cassen (Brandeis University) in conversation with Theodor Dunkelgrün (University of Antwerp)
With welcoming words by Arthur Cools (Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Antwerp) - Free night
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 [Kazerne Dossin, Mechelen]
- 09.00-10.30 Aaron Segal
Suffering as a Religious Problem: Up Close, Sub specie aeternitatis, and On (the) Edge
- 10.30-10.45 Break
- 10.45-11.15 Student-led discussion on Unit 1
- 11.15-12.45 Guided visit to Kazerne Dossin
- 12.45-13.45 Lunch
UNIT 2: Scholarship on the Edge
- 13.45-15.15 Andrea Schatz
Early Modern Historians at the Edge: Rupture and Continuation in Exile - 15.15-15.30 Break
- 15.30-16.30 Professionalization #1 - Itamar Ben Ami
Note-Taking and Writing - Free night
Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 [City Campus University of Antwerp]
- 08.30-10.00 Theodor Dunkelgrün
On the Edge of Jewish Studies - 10.00-10.30 Break
- 10.30-12.30 Visit Plantin-Moretus Museum
- 12.30-13.45 Lunch
- 13.45-15.15 Michael Miller
What troubles you, Hagar?" Academia and Apologia in Hungarian Jewish Studies. A never-ending story - 15.15-15.45 Break
- 15.45-16.30 Student-led discussion on Unit 2
- Free night
Thursday, July 9th, 2026 [City Campus University of Antwerp]
UNIT 3: Jewish Thought and Culture on the Edge
- 08.30-10.00 Mira Wasserman
Unshackling Interpretation: Rereading Slavery in the Talmud - 10.00-10.30 Break
- 10.30-12.00 Vivian Liska
Decision and Deferral: German-Jewish Thought in the Face of Crisis - 12.00-13.00 Lunch
- 13.00-14.30 Itamar Ben Ami
Jewish Visibility and Post-War Jewish Formations in Europe - 14.30-15.15 Student-led discussion on Unit 3
- 15.15-15.45 Break
- 15.45-16.45 Professionalization #2 - Michael Miller
Publication Strategies - 18.30-20.00 Festive dinner
Friday, July 10th, 2026 [City Campus University of Antwerp]
- 09.00-10.30 Students presentations
- 10.00-10.30 Break
- 10.30-11.30 Professionalization #3 - Faculty panel
Academic Life: Challenges and Pathways - 11.30-12.00 Final discussion and conclusions