Monthly Archives: November 2014

Workshop “Apotheosis of the North” (Berlin, Finnland-Institut, 16 – 17 December 2014)

This workshop hosted by the subproject A 15, part of the SFB 644 “Transformations of Antiquity”, invites international scholars from various disciplines to trace the phenomenon of Goticism beyond Olof Rudbeck the Elder. Publishing his “Atlantica” between 1679 and 1702, … Continue reading

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Workshop “Studying God’s Languages – Scholars of Hebrew and Arabic in Early Modern Europe” (The Warburg Institute, London, 29 May 2015)

This one-day workshop is organised by Joanna Weinberg (Oxford) and  Jan Loop (Kent, The Warburg Institute) and will be held on 29 May 2015. The workshop will look at the two faces of scholars of Hebrew and Arabic, trying to examine … Continue reading

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Colloquium “Sharing the Holy Land. Perceptions of Shared Sacred Space in the Medieval and Early Modern Eastern Mediterranean” (The Warburg Institute, London, 12 – 13 June 2015)

This colloquium is organised by Jan Vandeburie and Jan Loop and it seeks to address how both Western pilgrims, and the indigenous Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Levantine populations, perceived the sharing of religious shrines with other faiths. In particular, scholars … Continue reading

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International Conference “Ludolf and Wansleben. Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa 1650-1700” (Gotha, 11 – 13 May 2015)

The conference is organised by Martin Mulsow, Asaph Ben-Tov and Jan Loop and it is part of the HERA-project ‘Encounters with the Orient in Early Modern Europe’. It has the title “Ludolf and Wansleben. It will take place at the Forschungszentrum … Continue reading

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Postdoctoral Researcher in the HERA-Project ‘Encounters with the Orient’

The Amsterdam School for Culture and History (ASCH) and the Department of History, European Studies and Religious Studies are looking for a postdoctoral researcher in the History Arabic and Islamic Studies as part of the collaborative research project ‘Encounters with … Continue reading

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