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Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilisation - Upcoming Events

Winter School 2008 - Amy-Jill Levine and Jay Geller

9th July - 3rd August 2008

Each year, the ACJC invites one or more leading international academics to be scholars-in-residence during the month of July. The scholars present a series of lectures and short courses that are open to the community. In 2007, the scholar was Dr Zohar Raviv. This year's Winter School scholars-residence are Professor Amy-Jill Levine and Jay Geller.

Amy-Jill Levine won a loyal following at Limmud Oz in Sydney last year, where she thrilled audiences with her erudition and humour. A Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University, Levine will present lectures on:

Jay Geller, also of Vanderbilt University, has previously taught at Princeton University, and has been a Fulbright/Sigmund Freud Society Visiting Scholar in Psychoanalysis at the Sigmund Freud House in Vienna. He will present lectures on:

For a full program and registration form, download the Winter School brochure. Alternatively, to request a hard copy to be sent to you in the mail, please phone (03) 9902 0771 or email acjc@arts.monash.edu.au.

Please note that places in the short courses are strictly limited. Early bookings are strongly advised.

Winter School 2008 is proudly presented in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Australia and the Council of Christians and Jews Vic. Inc.

Spiritual Journeys: Mysticism across Religions

The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation and the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, present a public seminar exploring mystical experience across religious traditions: Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu and Buddhist .

The seminar is free but bookings essential

Panellists: Isobel Crombie (Shiva Ashram), Ken & Elizabeth Mellor (Biame Network), Padmasiri de Silva

Speakers at this public seminar will present mystical aspects of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and then elicit responses from recognized authorities on mysticism from a range of Eastern and contemporary practices, Hindu and Buddhist. It will help people to understand the various ways in which the spiritual journey has been formulated in different religions. Subsequent seminars will present other religious traditions, in order to explore awareness of and respect for the diversity of mystical wisdom present in our culture.

With music by NEFES, director Peter Daverington. NEFES comprises members of diverse cultural backgrounds, who perform the music of the Ottoman Empire, using the ney, kudum and kanun and modern orchestral instruments.

Isobel Crombie
Dr Crombie has been a practitioner of yoga and meditation since 1995 under the guidance of her teacher, Swami Shankarananda, at the Shiva School of Meditation. She is Chairperson of the Shiva Yoga Board of Management and Co-Director of the Shiva Yoga Interfaith Committee. Dr Crombie is a member of the advisory board at the World Parliament of Religions and a member of their Arts and Culture Committee. She has a long-standing career as a curator, writer and lecturer in the arts and has been employed as Senior Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Victoria since 1988.

Speakers

Constant Mews, Claire Renkin (YTU), Nathan Wolski and Salih Yucel

Nathan Wolski
Dr Nathan Wolski is a lecturer with the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University where he teaches Bible and Jewish mysticism. His major research interest is the Zohar, the Book of Radiance, the major work of the medieval Kabbalah.

Salih Yucel
Dr. Salih Yucel is a lecturer at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University. He teaches Islam, principles and Civilization, and Islamic thought in the Modern world. He completed his doctoral research in the field of Islam and medicine. His current research field is history of Muslims in Australia.

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