Lecture: The Belfer Oration in the History of Jewish Philosophy

The Notre Dame Centre for the History of Philosophy together with The Great Synagogue Sydney cordially invite you to attend The John and Anna Belfer Oration in the History of Jewish Philosophy. 

The inaugural lecture in this new annual series, generously endowed by the Belanna Trust, will be delivered by Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton on the topic ‘The First Rabbinic Philosopher: Saadia Gaon (882-942)’.

The John and Anna Belfer Oration will be launched by Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales, and will feature a special performance by the Choir of The Great Synagogue conducted by Daniel Rojas.

When: Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM — 7:30 PM (doors open at 5:30pm)
Where: The Great Synagogue, 187A Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW
Register here: https://events.nd.edu.au/belfer-oration

Workshop: Something About Marys – Analysing the Reception of the New Testament Marys

This workshop, hosted by the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry (ACU), seeks to investigate the ongoing and transforming cultural resonance of the varied New Testament Marys, in global Christian culture from the early Christian era to the present, including their evolving (and sometimes conflated) identities and characteristics, their theological and personal meaning for individuals and societies, and their changing visual forms and material presence. Contributors will demonstrate the Marys’ significance in shaping religio-cultural identities for cohorts ranging from small communities of women to whole nations. This workshop brings together theologians and historians whose different methodologies complement one another in tracing these women’s historic legacies as both exemplars of religious and gendered virtue and as active heavenly protectors.

This is a hybrid workshop, via Zoom or in person.

Room Location: IRCI Meeting Room, Level 4, 250 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy

Please RSVP to susan.broomhall@acu.edu.au to be added to the Zoom meeting, stating which day(s) you will attend and whether you will be joining us in person or online.

See below for programme details.

ACU IRCI Workshop 2025- Something about MarysDownload

Conference: Ghosts in Britain and Ireland, 1500-1950

For much of the past five hundred years, ghosts have dominated the supernatural landscape. The ways in which the dead have been perceived by the living has changed significantly over time, both in terms of their various guises and the contexts in which they appear. Despite this they still remain understudied, and the potential ghosts have to shed light on key historical moments. 

This conference will explore representations of the revenant dead in the Irish and British Isles in historical context. Taking a broad chronological scope we will shed light on how representations of ghosts changed over time, and how they can illuminate specific historical moments. We will place ghost beliefs and accounts of sightings of, or engagements with, the dead within their historical context, and consider how these stories were shaped by ideas about religion, community, neighbourhood, gender, space and place, emotion, and the supernatural more broadly. 

  • When: 25 – 27 June, 2025
  • Where: Rooms G10 and 202, Foundation Building, MIC Limerick Campus

Conference registration is now open.

For further details, email Charlotte Millar.

Alice Griffin Lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literatures in Auckland, New Zealand

University of Auckland wish to appoint an Alice Griffin Lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literatures for a three-year term commencing before Semester 1, 2026.

The successful candidate will teach courses in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literatures, as well as a unit in one or both of our Stage One survey courses. They will also have the opportunity to develop a Stage 2/3 course in their area of specialty and supervise students in English and/or Drama at the BA (Hons) and MA levels.

The workload split is negotiable; a possible distribution would be 50% teaching, 10% service, and 40% research.

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), fixed term position.

The closing date for applications is 13 June 2025. For further details, please see the below link.

https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversityOfAuckland/744000061147056-alice-griffin-lecturer-in-shakespeare-and-early-modern-literatures

Internship Opportunity: Curating the ANZAMEMS Archive

The Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies is offering a unique internship opportunity for students interested in archival research, historical records, and digital humanities. We invite expressions of interest from currently enrolled doctoral students whose academic background and interests align with ANZAMEMS’ mission and this specific project.

For further details about the project, see the flyer below.

ANZAMEMS internship – Call for EOI FINAL – 230525Download

Middle English Texts Series (METS), Support Needed

Since 1989, METS has expanded the boundaries of our understanding of medieval literary traditions and cultures through its ever-growing collection of open access and affordable texts. The new website and digital reader, launched in November 2024, has enhanced long-standing goals to support groundbreaking scholarship, ensure access, and enable teaching and learning.

This work has been enabled through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, whose grants were the source of funding for METS staff salaries. However, METS has experience a recent and sudden funding loss due to NEH grant terminations and, as such, its work is in jeopardy.

METS is now seeking donations to support their continued work. If every person who used its website site donated just $10, METS would be well on its way to being fully self-supported. Every dollar will go directly toward staff salaries, and will help METS ensure that these texts remain accessible to readers around the world.

Forrest Postdoctoral Fellowships, University of Notre Dame Australia (Perth)

The Centre for the History of Philosophy (CHOP) at the University of Notre Dame Australia invites expressions of interest from prospective applicants to the Forrest Postdoctoral Fellowship program: 

https://mailchi.mp/ca09c9dcfdb7/welcome-to-our-first-fnf-newsletter-10356248

Fellowships

CHOP welcomes projects in any area of the history of philosophy. We especially welcome projects aligned with the research expertise of CHOP faculty: history of philosophy in the Abrahamic faith traditions, ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, medieval philosophy, early modern philosophy, history of philosophy of nature, history of philosophy of science, history of ethics, the intersection of science and religion.

For more information about CHOP see: 

https://www.notredame.edu.au/research/institutes-and-initiatives/centre-for-the-history-of-philosophy

Key information:

Applications open 15 May and close 30 June (AWST). To submit an expression of interest, email chop@nd.edu.au with (1) a 100-500 word project description and (2) a current CV.

Seminar – Defining boundaries: changing attitudes to animals from the pre-modern to the modern

The next seminar in ACU’s 2025 series, ‘Premodern Beliefs and their Reception’, will take place at 1pm (AEDT) on Monday 19 May via Teams.

The speaker will be Lindsay Tanner, speaking on the subject ‘Defining boundaries: changing attitudes to animals from the pre-modern to the modern’. See below flyer for further details.

Lindsay Tanner flyer – Premodern Belief seminar series 19.5.2025Download

CFP: AMPHORAE XIX, University of Adelaide

The Classics and Ancient History postgraduate cohort at the University of Adelaide, Australia invites submissions to the 19th Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Hellenic or Roman Antiquity and Egyptology (AMPHORAE) Conference for 2025. 

AMPHORAE XIX gives postgraduate students across Australasia from Honours to PhD level a platform to explore their research alongside their peers in a supportive and welcoming environment.

AMPHORAE XIX will be in hybrid mode at the University of Adelaide from the 25th to the 29th August 2025 (pre-conference workshops and gallery tours on Monday, papers on Tuesday-Thursday, and a post-conference social event Friday). Submissions on a wide range of research interests within Ancient World Studies are welcomed. Please see the submission link below for a comprehensive list of topics. 

Papers will be 20 minutes long with 10 minutes allocated for questions. Abstracts are to be a maximum of 250 words. For Panel submissions please contact the committee with proposals.

Please submit your abstract and biography via the link below, and please indicate whether you intend to present in person or online.

Submit Abstracts Here: https://forms.office.com/r/jffbB6RZXp 

Submissions are due by 31/05/2025 11:59PM ACST.

For more information, contact the conference organisers at amphoraexix@gmail.com, or visit their website at  https://amphorae-conference.weebly.com