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Workshop on Religion & Politics

20 December 2018

In December, Ruth Jackson and Hanna Weibye organised a stimulating workshop on politics and religion across the Germanies in the 19th century. Entitled "Togetherness: Theological, Social and Political Ways of Understanding Human Co-Existence in the Age of the French Revolution," the program drew together a number of papers...

Talk at the Woolf Institute

20 December 2018

In November, Paul gave a talk on his project for the 20th Anniversary of the Woolf Institute, in Cambridge. Information on the Research Day, including the program, can be found here .

Paper at Leiden University

20 December 2018

In October, Paul presented his latest research at Leiden University, for the conference Interpreting Rituals: Historiographical Perspectives and Pluralistic Contexts . Entitled "Jewish or Jew-ish? Bernays, Freudenthal, and Hellenophone Judaism in Antiquity," his paper examined the historiographical criteria for...

First book published

26 September 2018

Paul's new book examines the historiography of ancient Israel in Germany circa 1900, focusing on Julius Wellhausen and Hermann Gunkel. See the Mohr Siebeck website for more details.

CRASSH Summer School on religion and the modern university

27 June 2018

As part of a Mellon-funded project, CRASSH will be hosting a two-week Summer School in July on critical issues in the history of the modern university, which will engage questions of secularism and religion. Paul will be workshopping some of his latest research on the historiography of ancient Judaism by Protestant...

A conversation with PhD students

25 May 2018

"A Foot in the Door: From PhD to Post-Doc" On Wednesday, Paul gave a talk to PhD students on postdoctoral life. Here's the abstract: All graduate students are warmly invited to an informal conversation with Dr Paul Michael Kurtz, a Marie Curie Fellow in the Faculty of Divinity and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at...

Talk at University of Oxford

23 April 2018

Presentation at Oxford History Seminar On May 14th, Paul will be giving a talk as part of the Oxford History Seminar "Themes in the Modern History of Religion." Entitled "Athens, not Jerusalem: marginalising Jewish history in nineteenth-century German classics," the paper will consider the national and political currents...

CRASSH Seminar on 19th-Century Historiography

3 March 2018

This coming week, CRASSH will be sponsoring a seminar on 19th-century historiography – the third of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation-funded project Religious Diversity and the Secular University . For more details, see the official announcement . Day One: Thursday 8 March 2018 10:30 - 11:00 Registration Tea and Coffee...

Seminar on Biblical Scholarship and Theology in the Nineteenth Century at CRASSH

7 February 2018

Next week, CRASSH will be hosting a seminar on 19th-century biblical scholarship and theology – the second of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation-funded project Religious Diversity and the Secular University . For more details, see the official announcement . The Program Thursday 15 February 2018 09:45 - 10:15 Registration Tea...

Paper at the Old Testament Senior Seminar in Cambridge

15 January 2018

On January 24th, Paul will be speaking on some of his latest research in the Old Testament Senior Seminar at the Faculty of Divinity. The paper, titled "Disappearing Jews: The Peripheralization of Judaism by Ancient Historians in 19th-Century Germany," considers why the Jewish past suddenly seemed to fall out of favor as...

Workshop on Religion & Politics

Talk at the Woolf Institute

Paper at Leiden University

First book published

CRASSH Summer School on religion and the modern university

A conversation with PhD students

Talk at University of Oxford

CRASSH Seminar on 19th-Century Historiography

Seminar on Biblical Scholarship and Theology in the Nineteenth Century at CRASSH

Paper at the Old Testament Senior Seminar in Cambridge

Relevant Cambridge Institutes

Study at Cambridge

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