Lecture program fall 2025
Overview lectures 1st semester year 2025-2026 (PDF, 83Kb)
Brochure fall 2025 (PDF, 6Mb)
Upcoming online lecture: "A Conversation about David Ruderman's The Making of an Anglo-Jewish Scholar: The Unconventional Life and Thought of Solomon Yom Tov Bennett (1767–1838)", online lecture with Prof. David Ruderman, Associate Prof. Francesca Bregoli, Prof. François Guesnet, and Asst. Prof. Theodor Dunkelgrün, Thursday 18 December 2025 at 20h CET.
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Welcome at the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp.
The Institute focuses on the academic study of Judaism from a variety of cultural disciplines, including history, philology, literary theory, religious studies, law, philosophy and sociology. The Institute is active in academic research, university education and educational services for a general public.
Each academic year, the Institute organizes more than twenty lectures by national and international experts. These Thursday evening lectures are aimed at a broad audience and are freely accessible. The Institute organizes language courses Yiddish and modern Hebrew, as well as reading groups.
The Institute also organizes academic conferences, seminars and workshops, often in cooperation with Belgian and international academic and cultural institutions.
The Institute is fully integrated into the University of Antwerp and is supported by the Ministry of Education of the Flemish Community. It was established in the autumn of 2001.
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