Judith M. Damian Mag. theol.
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Research Assistant
BMBF project “Educational game Joseph Süß Oppenheimer” at the Chair for the History of the Jewish People
BMBF project “Educational game Joseph Süß Oppenheimer” at the Chair for the History of the Jewish People
Judith M. Damian Mag. theol.
Dissertation project and research focus
Dissertation project
"Jewish 'salonières' and their confrontation with religious identity around 1800" (working title)
Main research areas and interests
- Jewish-Christian relations
- Women and Judaism
- Anti-Judaism/anti-Semitism
- Judaism in contemporary discourses
Awards and scholarships
- 08/2017-07/2018 PROMOS (German Academic Exchange Service): Funding for language courses and study visit to Jerusalem
- 11/2021 Prize of the "Karl-Julius-Mayer-Stiftung" for the systematic-theological seminar paper "Effective anti-Judaism? Schleiermacher's theological view of Judaism, taking into account his understanding of religion in the speeches and the doctrine of faith", supervised by Prof. Dr. Friederike Nüssel, University of Heidelberg
Offices and memberships
- Study in Israel e.V.
Summer semester 2024: Member of the Library Committee of Faculty 01 (Catholic and Protestant Theology) at the University of Mainz
Teaching experience
At the University of Mainz:
- Summer semester 2024: Proseminar: "Judaism in the Age of Enlightenment"; Exercise: "Judaism from A-Z"
- Winter semester 2023/24: Exercise: "Important women in Judaism"
- Summer semester 2023: Seminar: "Jewish festivals and holidays"
Lectures
- 11/2023 Moderation of the event "Israel at War" at the JGU Mainz (https://cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/fb01-ev-theologie/wp-content/uploads/sites/278/2024/07/Matheoz-WiSe-23-24.pdf)
- 02/2024 Lecture "Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793). Courageous pioneer against legal discrimination against women as a role model in the educational game" as part of the interdisciplinary forum "Jewish History and Culture in the Early Modern Period" on the topic: "Digital in the Jewish Early Modern Period")
Publications
- “Gespräch über Israel im Krieg”. Mainzer Evangelisch- Theologische Zeitschrift WiSe 2023/24 (2024): 14-15: https://cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/fb01-ev-theologie/wp-content/uploads/sites/278/2024/07/Matheoz-WiSe-23-24.pdf