PUBLIC LECTURES
2017: Peace, Trauma, and Religion in the Palestine-Israel Conflict
Sessions and speakers
4 APRIL: PEACE, TRAUMA AND RELIGION IN THE CONFLICT OF PALESTINE-ISRAEL
Insights from the Excursion of VU-Students of the Master Specialization on Peace, Trauma, and Religion
Prof. Dr Fernando Enns and Students
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Prof. Dr Fernando Enns holds the Chair for Peace Theology and Ethics at the VU University’s Faculty of Theology and is the director of the Amsterdam Centre for Religion and Peace & Justice Studies.
11 APRIL: ZIONISM AND ITS EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN ROOTS
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Dr Janneke Stegeman
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Dr Janneke Stegeman was declared Theologian of the Year in 2016. She is involved with the debate centre De Nieuwe Liefde Amsterdam. She obtained her doctorate with her dissertation Decolonizing Jeremiah: Narratives, Conflict, and Identity in Religious Tradition (2014).
18 APRIL: ECUMENICAL ACCOMPANYMENT WITH THE PEOPLES OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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Ds Han Cuperus
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Ds Han Cuperus is a pastor for the Mennonite Churches in Rotterdam and Dordrecht. He worked in Palestine-Israel with the Christian Peacemaker Teams.
2 MAY: RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF THE MIDDLE-EAST CONFLICT
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Theological and Historical Perspectives
Dr Yaser Ellethy
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Dr Yasser Ellethy teaches Quran and Hadith Studies at the VU University’s Faculty of Theology and is involved in the Center for Islamic Theology.
4 MAY: WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD?
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A Comparative Theological Reading of the Story of Jacob and Esau
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Prof. Dr Marianne Moyaert
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Prof. Dr Marianne Moyaert holds the Chair for Comparative Theology and Hermeneutics of Interreligious Dialogue at the VU University’s Faculty of Theology.
9 MAY: VIOLENCE AND NON-VIOLENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF OCCUPATION
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A Christian-Palestine Perspective
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Viola Raheb, University Assistant Mag.
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Viola Raheb works at the University of Vienna. A member of numerous organisations and committees on intercultural and interreligious dialogue, she has conducted various research projects, including the comparative study Political Awareness and Political Participation of Palestinian Women.