Conference Series KCID

Similarly to the previous work of the institutional predecessor of our research center, the research unit Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses (KCID), BaFID organizes conferences with internationally renowned scholars three times a year. Each conference consists of two parts that focus on two essential, related concepts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Selected reports and recordings of these conferences are published online.

 

These KCID conferences are scheduled for 2022 and 2023:

June 22-24, 2022: The Concept of Emotion and the Concept of Morality in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Lectures

• Emotion:
  Prof. Dr. Joel Hecker, Professor of Jewish Mysticism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Wyncote, PA/USA, on Judaism
  Prof. Dr. John Corrigan, Florida State University/USA, on Christianity
  Prof. Dr. Paul Heck, Georgetown University/USA, on Islam
• Morality:
  Prof. Dr. Alan Mittleman, Jewish Theological Seminary/USA, on Judaism
  Prof. Dr. Marianne Heimbach-Steins, University of Munster, on Christianity
  Prof. Dr. Mutaz Al-Khatib, Hamad Bin Khalifa University/QA, on Islam

 

September 21-23, 2022: The Concept of Mysticism and the Concept of Divine-Human Communication in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Lectures

• Mysticism:
  Prof. em. Moshe Idel, Hebrew University Jerusalem/IL, on Judaism
  Prof. Dr. Ann Astell, University of Notre Dame/USA, on Christianity
  Prof. Dr. Erdal Toprakyaran, University of Tübingen, on Islam
• Divine-Human Communication:
  Prof. Dr. Aaron Hughes, Indiana University Bloomington/USA, on Judaism
  Prof. Dr. Porphyrios Georgi, University of Balamand/LBN, on Christianity
  Dr. Ghassan El Masri, BaFID/FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, on Islam

 

February 15-17, 2023: The Concept of Religion and the Concept of Rationality in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Lectures

• Religion:
  Prof. Dr. Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky/USA, on Judaism
  Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gregor-Maria Hoff, University of Salzburg, on Christianity
  Prof. Dr. Moncef Ben Abdeljelil, University of Sousse/TUN, on Islam
• Rationality:
  Prof. Dr. Yitzhak Melamed, Johns Hopkins University/USA, on Judaism
  Dr. Dr. Martin Breul, University of Erfurt, on Christianity
  Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rudolph, University of Zurich, on Islam

 

June 21-23, 2023: The Concept of Authority and the Concept of Modernity  in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Lectures

• Authority:
  Prof. Dr. Lawrence Kaplan, McGill University/CA, on Judaism
  Prof. Dr. Christoph Seibert, University of Hamburg, on Christianity
  Prof. Dr. Vincent Cornell, Emory University/USA, on Islam
• Modernity:
  Prof. Dr. Allan Arkush, Binghamton University/USA, on Judaism
  Prof. Dr. Vasilios N. Makrides, University of Erfurt, on Christianity
  Prof. Dr. Armina Omerika, University of Frankfurt/Main, on Islam

 

October 11-13, 2023: The Concept of Suffering and the Concept of Happiness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Lectures

• Suffering:
  Prof. Dr. Robert Gibbs, University of Toronto/CA, on Judaism
  Prof. Dr. Christopher Southgate, University of Exeter/UK, on Christianity
  Prof. Dr. Mohammed Ghaly, Hamad bin Khalifa University/QAT, on Islam
• Happiness:
  Prof. em. Dr. Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University/USA, on Judaism
  Prof. em. Dr. Paul J. Wadell, St. Norbert College/USA, on Christianity
  Dr. Raid al-Daghistani, University of Munster, on Islam

The last conferences were held from February 16^th to 17^th, 2022 on “The Concept of Protology/Cosmology and the Concept of Eschatology in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” (Program), from October 6^th to 7^th, 2021 on “The Concept of Education and the Concept of Family in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” (Program), from June 23^th to 24^th, 2021 on “The Concept of Sin and the Concept of Redemption in Judaism, Christianity and Islam“ (Program) and from February 17^th to 18^th, 2021 on “The Concept of Will and the Concept of Predestination in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” (Program).