11th Enoch Seminar Meeting – Apocalypticism: History, Method, and Reception
University of Munich (LMU) (23-27 May, 2021)
Chairs: Chairs: Loren Stuckenbruck, Gabriele Boccaccini, Kelley Coblentz Bautch
Organizing Committee:
- Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University Montreal, Canada (acting Vice-Director)
- Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales Lampeter, Wales
- Deborah Forger, Dartmouth University, USA
- Gabriella Gelardini, Nord University, Norway
- Matthias Henze, Rice University, USA
- Liv Ingeborg Lied, Norwegian School of Theology, Norway
- Isaac Oliver de Oliveira, Bradley University, USA
- Benjamin E. Reynolds, Tyndale University, Canada
- Cecilia Wassen, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Archie T. Wright, Regent University, USA
- Jason M. Zurawski, University of Groningen, Netherlands (General Manager)
Advisory Board:
- Daniel Assefa, Capuchin Franciscan Institute Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
- Albert Baumgarten, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- Esther Chazon, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
- John Collins, Yale University, USA
- Paula Fredriksen, Boston University, USA
- Ida Fröhlich, Catholic University Budapest, Hungary
- Lester Grabbe, University of Hull, England
- Annette Reed, New York University, USA
- Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Benjamin Wright, Lehigh University, USA
Secretaries:
- Joshua Scott
- Ted Erho
Register here: (Registration will open soon!)
Schedule
Times listed in Eastern Standard Time
The symposium is organized around seven special areas or clusters (called “Groups” in the schedule further below):
(1) Apocalypses, Method, and Reception
Keynote: Hindy Najman – Apocalypse in broader humanities
(2) Apocalypses in the Ancient Mediterranean Context
Keynote: Jan Bremmer – Vergil and Jewish Apocalyptic
(3) Ancient Israel
Keynote: Martti Nissinen – Specialist on prophecy
(4) Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins
Keynote: Annette Yoshiko Reed
(5) Christianity in Late Antiquity
Keynote: Lorenzo DiTommaso
(6) Judaism in Late Antiquity
Keynote: Ra’anan Boustan
(7) Islam in Late Antiquity
Keynote: Carlos Segovia
In addition to the Keynote Lectures, Seminar Papers, and Responses, there will be:
- (1) a moderated panel with Senior Scholars on the legacy of the Uppsala Conference
- (2) a moderated panel on the contemporary developments in the field
- (3) a moderated panel with younger scholars on future perspectives in the field.