Conferences & Collaborations
Research Seminars and Conferences
i. Islamic Studies
2011–2012
- Human Rights and Religion Evening Course
- Scholars at Risk Lecture Series (funded by TCD Equality Fund)
- International Conference on Law, State and Religion UCD-TCD
2009-2010
- Islam and Gender Workshop Series (funded by the TCD Equality Fund)
- Human Rights and Abrahamic Faiths, Joint workshop of TCD-Johns Hopkins-Mofid
Universities
ii. Bible, Near East and Early Judaism
2011
- Conference: The Religion of Persia and its subjects (with Sheffield University
Department of Biblical Studies)
2010
- Conference: Assessing sources for Achaemenid History (with Sheffield University
Department of Biblical Studies)
iii. Herzog Centre for Near Eastern and Jewish Studies (selected events)
Conferences and Workshops
2011
- “Re-interpreting Hellenistic Judaism in the Nineteenth through Twenty-First
Centuries.” Joint conference with the Institute for Culture and History,
University of Amsterdam
2010
- “Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial: New Perspectives,” Trinity College Dublin
(partly funded by Herzog Centre)
2009 - “Workshop on the Reception of Hellenistic Judaism from the 18th Century to the
Present,” Trinity College Dublin
2007
- Academic Colloquium in Honour of Prof. Sean Freyne,” Trinity College Dublin
2004
- “Josephus and Historical Method,” International Colloquium, Trinity College Dublin
2002
- “Jews and Muslims: Their Interaction through the Generations” (with the James
Shasha Institute
2001
- “Rabbinic Law in its Roman and Near Eastern Context” (with the Centre for
Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies). - “Representing the Shoah for the 21st Century” (with the Programme in Ethnic and
Racial Studies at Trinity College Dublin).