Short vita since 2011: Lecturer at the Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Halle-Wittenberg September 2021: Mare-Balticum Fellow of the University of Rostock 2019-2020 Polonsky
A Life Between Art, Exile, and Memory
Research Christopher Decker My research focuses on analyzing the representation of the Roman emperors - especially in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD - and their communication and interaction with the
During the 2026–27 winter semester, the meetings of the Examination Committee and the Doctoral Committee will take place on the following dates: 1st Meeting: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Jewish Art is a sub-subject of Jewish Studies. As part of the B. A and M. A. degree programs, the subject is offered in the advanced module and in the specialization modules/intensive modules. A
Hebrew Linguistics is divided diachronically (from ancient to modern) and diatopically (regionally specific). The basis for studying Hebrew Linguistics, as well as for other subjects at the HfJS,
Regular submission deadline Term papers (proseminar, seminar and advanced seminar papers) and other written assignments must be submitted to the course instructor by the end of the respective
The subject "Talmud, Codices and Rabbinical Literature" deals with rabbinical Judaism across all eras. One focus is on classical rabbinical Judaism. Particular emphasis is placed on halakhic
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The Chair teaches Jewish literatures, above all Yiddish, Hebrew, German-Jewish and American-Jewish literature on the basis of central works that are read in translation and/or in the original.
