Research Seminar in Religious Studies Easter Term 2025-2026
Meetings will be held on Tuesdays
Faculty of Divinity, Room 3, at 2:15 pm-4 pm
Except Guest Lecture, Runcie Room, Monday 11 May Noon-13:30
5 May Dr Lindsay Simmonds (London School of Jewish Studies) The Politics of Intimacy: Women’s Friendships and the Implications for Peacebuilding
Lecture: On the Road to Jericho:
The Talmud's Walk Between Christian Ethics and the Common Law
This lecture examines how the Gospels, Talmud, and the common law tradition each grapple with a central question of collective life: when can one person lay claim on the time and resources of another to come to their aid? In examining how these divergent traditions answer, we find insight not only into the nature and scope of obligation but into the role of law and legal discourse in moral character formation.
Professor Chaim Saiman is the Chair in Jewish Law and Professor of Law at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. He is also a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and serves as a dayan (rabbinic judge) of the Beth Din of America.
19 May Dr Marc Michaels (Memorial Scrolls Trust, London) Secrets of Sefer Tagin
2 June Dr Katja Stuerzenhofecker (Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester) Traditional Prayers, Returning Voices: Orthodox Jewish Women and Girls’ Singing in Communal Prayer
Convenor: Lindsey Taylor-Gurthartz lat50@cam.ac.uk
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