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Herzog Centre Research
The Herzog Centre aims to develop the interdisciplinary field of Jewish Studies both at Trinity College Dublin and nationally. Our research committee is comprised of scholars from across the Humanities at Trinity. There is also a vibrant research community in the Department of Religions & Theology and we have a growing number of research students in the areas of Jewish, Biblical and Near Eastern Studies. The Herzog Centre, often in conjunction with the Centre for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, supports research students by organizing research seminars and conferences as well as supplementing our library collection.
Research Committee
Dr Balázs Apor Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
Dr Anne Fitzpatrick, School of World Religions and Theology
Dr Katerina Garcia, Department of Hispanic Studies
Dr Caitriona Leahy, Department of Germanic Studies
Dr Zuleika Rodgers, School of Religions and Theology
Graduate Students
Our Graduate Students are working in diverse areas. Below are some of the topics currently being researched:
- Philip Crowe: Second Temple Economy (supervised by Dr Anne Fitzpatrick McKinley)
- Heidi O'Rourke: The Temple at Elephantine (supervised by Anne Fitzpatrick McKinley)
- Natalie Wynn: Jewish Activism and Inter-communal Relations (1840-1913) (supervised by Dr Zuleika Rodgers).
- Stephen Murray: Irish Responses to Zionism (supervised by Dr Zuleika Rodgers).
- Emily Parker: Philo of Alexandria (supervised by Dr Zuleika Rodgers).
- David Simmonds: Limerick Boycott (supervised by Dr Zuleika Rodgers).
- Paul Perry: Pilgrimage in Early Judaism and Christianity (supervised by Dr Zuleika Rodgers).
Graduate Students: Recently Completed
- Lidia Matassa: A Reevaluation of the Pre-70 CE Synagogues in the Land of Israel and the Graeco-Roman Diaspora (Supervised by Professor Catherine Hezser)
- Aleksander Michalak: YHWH as Warrior (supervised by DrAnne Fitzpatrick McKinley)
- Jason Silverman: The Influences on Jewish Apocalyptic (supervised by Anne Fitzpatrick McKinley)
- Murray Watson: Translation for Transformation: Andre Chouraqui and his Translation of the Four Gospels (supervised by Dr Zuleika Rodgers)
Seminars
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Recent seminars hosted by the Centre have included papers by Prof. Erich Gruen, University of California at Berkeley, pictured below with Dr Anne Fitzpatrick McKinkey, Prof. Daniel Boyarin (University of California at Berkeley), Prof. Gohei Hata (Tama University, Tokyo), and Prof. Hanan Eshel, Bar Ilan University, pictured below with Prof. Esther Eshel and Dr Zuleika Rodgers.
Conferences
The Herzog Centre, in cooperation with a number of other research units and programmes, has also organised a number of international conferences during the last years. These collaborations have resulted in a number of volumes.
Workshop on the Reception of Hellenistic Judaism from the 18th Century to the Present (in cooperation with the Programme in Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies).
Rabbinic Law in its Roman and Near Eastern Context (in cooperation with the Programme in Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies).
The International Josephus Colloquium (in cooperation with the Programme in Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, and the Project for Ancient Cultural Engagement, York University, Toronto)
Representing the Shoah for the 21st Century (in cooperation with the Programme in Ethnic and Racial Studies at Trinity College, Dublin).
Jews and Muslims: Their Interaction through the Generations (in cooperation with the James Shasha Institute of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem).
Contact: jwelch@tcd.ie | Last updated: Sep 19 2011 | Back to top