SBL Events
For a list of events related to biblical scholarship, see our online calendar.
View the Calendar >>
|
Engaging the Bible is one of SBL initiatives to foster biblical scholarship in new areas.The Society has started holding educational panels, workshops and lectures for all those interested in the study of the Bible and its implications. The events are often designed for specific audiences such as religious leaders or educators.
More information >>
|
A Calendar of Events for Biblical and Religious Studies
Submit your events to Sharon Johnson.
| March 2010 |
| 3/2 - 3/3 |
The Body In Sickness and In Health: Feminist Perspectives
The Eighth Annual Phyllis Trible Lecture Series
Wake Forest School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
More information |
|
| 3/5 - 3/7 |
SBL Southeastern Regional Meeting
Atlanta Marriott Century Center, Atlanta GA
More information |
|
| 3/8 - 3/9 |
Humanities Advocacy Day
The National Humanities Alliance 2010 Annual Meeting & Humanities Advocacy Day will take place March 8-9 in Washington DC. The event is a unique meeting ground for members of the Alliance and others interested in humanities policy and advocacy, including higher education leaders, college and university faculty, teachers, students, museum professionals, librarians, and independent scholars. |
|
| 3/11-3/12 |
SBL Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
Hyatt Regency New Brunswick
More information
|
|
| 3/12 - 3/14 |
SBL Southwestern Regional Meeting
Marriott Hotel DFW North, Dallas, Texas
More information |
|
| 3/13- 3/15 |
SBL Pacific States Regional Meeting
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
More information |
|
| 3/14 - 3/18 |
Biblical Exegesis and Hebrew Lexicography
Gesenius' Hebrew Dictionary as Resource and Mirror of Old Testament Scholarship, throughout 200 Years since its first Publication. Conference at the University of Halle (Germany)
Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1842), professor for Biblical studies at the University of Halle, was the founder of modern Hebrew lexicography and grammar. His numerous works on Hebrew and on further Semitic languages were most influential, especially his "Hebraeisch-deutsches Handwoerterbuch" and the "Thesaurus philologicus criticus linguae Hebraeae et Chaldaeae Veteris Testamenti". The conference, celebrating 200 years since the first edition of the "Handwoerterbuch" was published in 1810, will deal with different aspects of the lexicographical and exegetical work of Wilhelm Gesenius, its basis and its influence, its different editions, its re-worked editions, and its translations. The central question will be how Biblical exegesis influenced the dictionary and its development during its different editions, on the one hand, and how the dictionary influenced the critical exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, on the other.
More information here and here. |
|
| 3/21-3/22 |
SBL Central States Regional Meeting
St. Louis Marriott West
More information |
|
| 3/21-3/22 |
Jerusalem in Babylonia: New Discoveries from the Exilic Period
Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia
This conference takes a special look at a collection of documents from Mesopotamia that has recently come to light. Scholars have dubbed these documents the “Al-Yahudu texts,” since many of them were written at a place by that name. The name “Al-Yahudu” means “city of the Judeans” or perhaps just “city of Judah.” One cannot help but ask the question: what was the “city of Judah” doing in Mesopotamia?
Six leading scholars on the study of ancient Israel and Mesopotamia will give presentations on these documents and on the exilic and post-exilic periods (the sixth and fifth centuries BCE) from which they come. Among those presenting are the two scholars (Dr. Laurie Pearce and Dr. Cornelia Wunsch) who are currently working on the decipherment and publication of the majority of these texts. The discovery of this cache of documents is an amazing find that promises to shed new light on the Hebrew Bible, on Mesopotamian history, and on early Jewish history.
The conference is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. If possible, though, we would like to know if you plan to attend. Please send a brief e-mail message to Dr. Bruce Wells (bwells@sju.edu), director of SJU's Ancient Studies Program. |
|
| April 2010 |
|
| 4/1 |
Registration Deadline: Invention, Rewriting, Usurpation: Discursive Fights over Religious Traditions in Antiquity
An international conference held by the research project "The Discursive Fight over Religious Texts in Antiquity," University of Aarhus, Denmark
Keynote speakers: Harold W. Attridge (Yale), Daniel Boyarin (UC Berkeley), David Brakke (Indiana University, Bloomington), Karla Pollmann (St Andrews), and Tessa Rajak (University of Reading).
|
|
| 4/6-4/9 |
Claiming Conceptual Space. Reimagining the Study of Religion and Theology: Changing Contexts and Social Discourse
Huguenot College, Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa
For further information contact Gerhard van den Heever or Naas Swart; or see the conference site
|
|
| 4/8- 4/9 |
Eastern Great Lakes Region
Quality Inn & Suites, Richfield, OH
More information |
|
| 4/9- 4/10 |
SBL Rocky Mountains-Great Plains Regional Meeting
Creighton University, Omaha, NE
More information |
|
| 4/9 - 4/10 |
SBL Upper Midwest Regional Meeting
Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN
More information |
|
| 4/7-4/9 |
Resurrection of the Dead: Biblical Traditions in Dialogue
An International Conference at the Universite´ Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Scholarly debate over the significance of Biblical traditions concerning resurrection from the dead has been lively. The current conference allows for a continuation of research and discussion on the topic. Presentations will include both invited guests (main papers) and paper proposals in response to the « Call for Papers ». Presentations will be made in English or in French. Main Papers presented byClaire Clivaz (Lausanne/Genève); Adela Yarbro Collins (Yale University); John J. Collins (Yale University); José Costa (Paris III – Sorbonne); Gerd Lüdemann (Göttingen); Odette Mainville (Montréal); Daniel Marguerat (Lausanne/Genève); Tobias Nicklas (University of Regensburg); Heikki Räisänen (Helsinki); Tom Shepherd (Andrews University, MI); Geert Van Oyen (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve); André Wénin (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve)
For more information, e-mail: Geert Van Oyen or Tom Shepherd.
|
|
| 4/15 |
Call for Applications: Jewish Culture in the Ancient World
We are happy to announce a new research program on “Jewish Culture in the Ancient World”, founded by the Humanities Fund, Yad Hanadiv and the Israel Council of Higher Education. The program will run for three years at Haifa, Tel-Aviv and Bar-Ilan Universities, starting October 2010. Students accepted to this program will enroll in one of the universities, under the supervision of one of the program members. Students will receive scholarships and participate in a rich research program.
The program offers scholarships (60,000 NIS per year, over three years) for three PhD students, one at each university. Scholarships will also be given to a limited number of MA and postdoctoral students, who are encouraged to apply. The program’s main focus, however, is on PhD-level research. Knowledge of Hebrew is required.
Program members: Prof. Albert Baumgarten (Bar-Ilan), Dr. Jonathan Ben-Dov (Haifa), Prof. Gideon Bohak (Tel-Aviv), Dr. Sylvie Honigman (Tel-Aviv), Prof. Aryeh Kofsky (Haifa), Dr. Hillel Newman (Haifa), Prof. Adiel Schremer (Bar-Ilan)
Last date for sending applications 15 April 2010
Admission will be announced by 13 May 2010
For details and registration, please visit the program website. |
|
| 4/16 |
SBL New England States Regional Meeting
Andover-Newton Theological School
More information |
| 4/16-4/18 |
Functions of Roman Memory, providing graduate students and junior faculty with an opportunity to examine the role of memory in diverse areas of Roman civilization and to test current methodologies
University of Texas at Austin.
Call for Papers Deadline January 20, 2010 More information or see the project homepage
|
|
| May 2010 |
| 5/7- 5/9 |
SBL Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
More information |
|
| 5/31-6/4 |
Invention, Rewriting, Usurpation: Discursive Fights over Religious Traditions in Antiquity
An international conference held by the research project "The Discursive Fight over Religious Texts in Antiquity," University of Aarhus, Denmark
Keynote speakers: Harold W. Attridge (Yale), Daniel Boyarin (UC Berkeley), David Brakke (Indiana University, Bloomington), Karla Pollmann (St Andrews), and Tessa Rajak (University of Reading).
|
|
| June 2010 |
|
| 6/1 - 7/26 |
2010 Online Course for Theological Faculty Teaching Online
The course is facilitated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Distance Education Certificate Program - a nationally recognized leader in instructional design for e-learning environments. By arrangement with the Wabash Center they will offer an 8 week online class for seminary faculty to learn about and experience effective practices for teaching online. For detail see2010 Online Course.
Please contact Thomas Pearson with questions: pearsont@wabash.edu |
|
| 6/4 |
Symposium on Everett Ferguson
Everett Ferguson’s Baptism in the Early Church offers an exhaustive survey of the literary and material evidence for baptismal practice in the first five centuries of Christian history. This symposium, hosted by the Christian Scholars’ Conference, brings together leading scholars to engage this magisterial work and to honor its author’s contribution to ecumenical theological scholarship.
More information |
|
| 6/6-6/12 |
Nida School for Translation Studies (NSTS), University of Murcia Murcia, Spain
More Information |
|
| 6/14-6/16 |
The Society of Asian Biblical Studies (SABS) will hold its next meeting at the Divinity School, Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong. For further information, please seewww.sabs-site.com or contact Monica Melanchthon or Tat -siong Benny Liew . SABS seeks to bring together scholars interested in and committed to Biblical Studies in various contexts of Asia/Oceania, including those in diaspora.
|
|
| 6/14 - 6/15 |
Re-Writing the Bible: Devotion, Diatribe and Dialogue
University of Glasgow. Keynote panellists include Michael Schmidt, Michael Symmons-Roberts, Kei Miller, Sara Maitland and Michelene Wandor
Please send abstracts (approx. 200 words) to rewritingbible2010@gmail.com, by no later than 19th April 2010. More information |
|
| 6/29-7/2 |
The Second Annual Australasian Christian Conference, Brisbane
The organizers of the second Annual Australasian Christian Conference invite the submission of papers for presentation via its website (www.aa-cc.org). The main speakers this year will be Professor Robert P. Gordon (Cambridge) and Professor Markus Bockmuehl (Oxford). Dr Jim Eisenbraun shall address conference participants at a "Getting Published" workshop on the morning of the 29th June. Please see conference website for further details. |
|
| July 2010 |
|
| 7/05-7/07 |
Astrology in the Ancient Near East
ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Twenty Ninth International Conference on the theme of Astrology in the Ancient Near East, with a special focus on the use of the Zodiac in the Syro-Mesopotamian arts, to held at the University of Oxford.
If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact our Oxford address:
ARAM, the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, England. Tel. ++1865-514041. Fax ++1865-516824. Email: aram@aramsociety.org
|
|
| 7/08-7/09 |
Zoroastrians
ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Thirtieth Ninth International Conference on the theme of The Zoroastrians, to held at the University of Oxford, 08-10 July 2010.
The conference aims to study Zoroastrian religion and culture, and it will start on Thursday 08 July at 9am, finishing on Saturday 10 July at 1pm. Each speaker's paper is limited to 30 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion.
If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact our Oxford address:
ARAM, the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, England. Tel. ++1865-514041. Fax ++1865-516824. Email: aram@aramsociety.org
|
|
| 7/08-7/10 |
Themes in Biblical Narrative: The Day of Atonement – International Conference at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany. Organizers: Thomas Hieke (Mainz), Tobias Nicklas (Regensburg).
See web page for more information. |
|
| 7/25- 7/29 |
SBL International Meeting, Tartu, Estonia
SBL will be meeting in conjunction with the European Association of Biblical Studies |
|
| 7/25-7/29 |
Judaism in the Mediterranean Context
Ninth European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) Congress
Ravenna, Italy
More information |
|
| 7/26-7/28 |
Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LVIV The book of Joshua and the land of Israel
University of Leuven - Belgium
More information |
|
| 7/27-7/29 |
Indonesian Biblical Scholars Meeting in Jakarta
The theme is The Development of the Wisdom's Tradition in the Bible.
For more information e-mail Yonky Karman
|
| 7/29-7/31 |
The 14th Congress of International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) will be held in Helsinki, Finland together with the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT)1-6 August 2010).
More information |
|
| August 2010 |
| 8/1-8/6 |
The 20th Congress of IOSOT (International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament) will be held in Helsinki, Finland.
There will be 15 main speakers and two panel sessions. Call for papers
Joint Congresses are International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) 29-31 July, International Organization for Masoretic Studies (IOMS) on 2 August, International Organization for Qumran Studies (IOQS) 2-4 August and International Organization for Targumic Studies (IOTS) 4-6 August.
More information |
|
| 8/2 |
Twenty-Third Congress of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies (IOMS), which will be held in conjunction with the Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) in Helsinki.
More information |
|
| 8/9 - 8/11 |
Who Do You Think You Are?
A Conference On Gender And The Transmission Of Identity In The Hebrew Bible And Dead Sea Scrolls
King's College London
For more information: deborah.rooke@kcl.ac.uk |
|
| September 2010 |
| 9/22-9/24 |
Conflict and Convergence: Jewish and Christian Approaches to the Psalms
An international conference highlighting the diverse ways of studying the Psalms.The conference is associated with the Theology Faculty at the University of Oxford and the Society for Old Testament Study and is convened by Dr Susan Gillingham and Professor John Barton.
The location will be at Worcester College, Oxford, England.
More information
|
|
| 9/30-10/2 |
Infancy Gospels: Stories and Identities
While the traditions concerning the birth of Jesus have always figured prominently in culture, art and Christian piety, the so-called ‘Infancy Gospels’ have been somewhat neglected in modern research, being viewed as they are as legendary or belonging to folk literature. The aim of this research seminar is to reconsider the canonical and apocryphal traditions on the infancy of Jesus, taking the themes of the identity embodied in the discourses and the multiple ways of reading the texts (historical, narrative, psychanalitic, feministic, artistic, liturgical readings, aso).
This research programm will be hold in three sessions in Switzerland in autumn 2010.
Session 1: University of Lausanne, 09/30/2010 - 10/02/2010, with Loveday Alexander, Philipp Alexander, Ra'anan Boustan, Claire Clivaz, Jörg Frey, Christophe Guignard, Sabrina Inowlocki Meister, Moises Mayordomo, Enrico Norelli, Francesca Pascendi, Anders Runesson, Jens Schröter
Next two sessions are listed below, in November and December.
Information: claire.clivaz@unil.ch
Information Brochure |
|
| October 2010 |
|
| 10/13-10/15 |
Contesting Religious Identities,
Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Through the development of cross-disciplinary debates and integrative approaches this conference is envisioned to articulate analyses and insights as well as new research questions and agendas for the subject area of religious identity.
The conference has its own website with a wealth of information.
Questions on the programme can be directed to Professor Anne-Marie Korte or to Professor Bob Becking. Questions regarding housing an other logistics should be sent to Karin Hens. |
|
| 10/23 |
Festschrift Conference honoring Reverend Professor Paul N. Tarazi, Little Falls, New Jersey, USA
For more information please see the flyer at (http://ocabs.org/TaraziFestschrift2010.pdf). |
|
| November 2010 |
|
| 11/5-11/6 |
Infancy Gospels: Stories and Identities
While the traditions concerning the birth of Jesus have always figured prominently in culture, art and Christian piety, the so-called ‘Infancy Gospels’ have been somewhat neglected in modern research, being viewed as they are as legendary or belonging to folk literature. The aim of this research seminar is to reconsider the canonical and apocryphal traditions on the infancy of Jesus, taking the themes of the identity embodied in the discourses and the multiple ways of reading the texts (historical, narrative, psychanalitic, feministic, artistic, liturgical readings, aso).
This research programm will be hold in three sessions in Switzerland in autumn 2010.
Session 2: University of Geneva, 11/05/2010 - 11/06/2010, with Frédéric Amsler, Jean-Claude Basset, Valentina Calzolari, Andreas Dettwiler, Adriana Destro et Mauro Pesce, Christian Grappe, François Rosset, Andrea Taschl-Erber
A previous session was held in September 2010 and the final session is listed in December.
Information: claire.clivaz@unil.ch
Information Brochure |
|
| 11/19- 11/23 |
SBL Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia |
|
|
| December 2010 |
|
| 12/3-12/4 |
Infancy Gospels: Stories and Identities
While the traditions concerning the birth of Jesus have always figured prominently in culture, art and Christian piety, the so-called ‘Infancy Gospels’ have been somewhat neglected in modern research, being viewed as they are as legendary or belonging to folk literature. The aim of this research seminar is to reconsider the canonical and apocryphal traditions on the infancy of Jesus, taking the themes of the identity embodied in the discourses and the multiple ways of reading the texts (historical, narrative, psychanalitic, feministic, artistic, liturgical readings, aso).
This research programm will be hold in three sessions in Switzerland in autumn 2010.
Session 3: University of Fribourg, 12/03/2010 - 12/04/2010, with Simon Butticaz, Elian Cuvillier, Luc Devillers, Daniel Gerber, Ursula Ulrike Kaiser, Jean-Daniel Kaestli, Isabelle Saint-Martin, Sever J. Voicu, Benedict Viviano
Information: claire.clivaz@unil.ch
Previous sessions were held in September and November 2010.
Information: claire.clivaz@unil.ch
Information Brochure |
|
|
| Future SBL Meetings: |
International Meetings
2011 London, United Kingdom – Jul 3-7
Annual Meetings
2011 San Francisco, CA - Nov 18-22
|
|
|
|
|