Sunday, July 5th, 2026
- 19.00 Dinner at kosher restaurant Hoffy's (for those already present)
Monday, July 6th, 2026 [City campus University of Antwerp]
- 09.30-10.30 Greetings & orientation
Vivian Liska, Steven Weitzman, Aaron Segal - 10.30-11.00 Break
UNIT 1: Jews on the Edge of Transcendence
- 11.00-12.30 Omer Michaelis
By Night in al-Andalus: Nocturnal Liturgy among Jews and Muslims in Medieval Spain - 12.30-13.15 Lunch
- 13.15-14.45 Steven Weitzman
Reimagining the Bible in an Age of Catastrophe - 14.45-17.00 Guided visit through the Jewish neighborhood of Antwerp
- 18.00 Public lecture: “Stained Glass: A Reflective History of Antisemitism”
Flora Cassen (Brandeis University) in conversation with Theodor Dunkelgrün (University of Antwerp) - Free night
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 [Kazerne Dossin, Mechelen]
- 09.00-10.30 Aaron Segal
Suffering as a Religious Problem: Up Close, Sub specie aeternitatis, and On (the) Edge
- 10.30-10.45 Break
- 10.45-11.15 Student-led discussion on Unit 1
- 11.15-12.45 Guided visit to Kazerne Dossin
- 12.45-13.45 Lunch
UNIT 2: Scholarship on the Edge
- 13.45-15.15 Andrea Schatz
Early Modern Historians at the Edge: Rupture and Continuation in Exile - 15.15-15.30 Break
- 15.30-16.30 Professionalization #1 - Itamar Ben Ami
Note-Taking and Writing - Free night
Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 [City Campus University of Antwerp]
- 08.30-10.00 Theodor Dunkelgrün
On the Edge of Jewish Studies - 10.00-10.30 Break
- 10.30-12.30 Visit Plantin-Moretus Museum
- 12.30-13.45 Lunch
- 13.45-15.15 Michael Miller
What troubles you, Hagar?" Academia and Apologia in Hungarian Jewish Studies. A never-ending story - 15.15-15.45 Break
- 15.45-16.30 Student-led discussion on Unit 2
- Free night
Thursday, July 9th, 2026 [City Campus University of Antwerp]
UNIT 3: Jewish Thought and Culture on the Edge
- 08.30-10.00 Mira Wasserman
Unshackling Interpretation: Rereading Slavery in the Talmud - 10.00-10.30 Break
- 10.30-12.00 Vivian Liska
Decision and Deferral: German-Jewish Thought and Carl Schmitt - 12.00-13.00 Lunch
- 13.00-14.30 Itamar Ben Ami
Jewish Visibility and Post-War Jewish Formations in Europe - 14.30-15.15 Student-led discussion on Unit 3
- 15.15-15.45 Break
- 15.45-16.45 Professionalization #2 - Michael Miller
Publication Strategies - 18.30-20.00 Festive dinner
Friday, July 10th, 2026 [City Campus University of Antwerp]
- 09.00-10.30 Students presentations
- 10.00-10.30 Break
- 10.30-11.30 Professionalization #3 - Faculty panel
Academic Life: Challenges and Pathways - 11.30-12.00 Final discussion and conclusions