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Stemming from its aspiration to increase academic activity in the realm of
religious studies in Israel, the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies
awards start-up grants every year to Haifa University research fellows, to
support research that focuses on various topics pertaining to religious
studies.
religious studies in Israel, the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies
awards start-up grants every year to Haifa University research fellows, to
support research that focuses on various topics pertaining to religious
studies.
An Open Call is published every year during the autumn
The startup grants for the year 2023-24: Religion and Social Change
The startup grants for the year 2022-23: Religions and the Abraham
Accords Links for further reading:
1.
Modest Fashion of Jewish and Muslim Women
The research of Prof. Amalia Sa’ar from the Department of Anthropology
at Haifa University, and Dr. Dalit Simchai from the Department of Human
Services and the Multidisciplinary Department at Tel Hai Academic College
The research of Prof. Amalia Sa’ar from the Department of Anthropology
at Haifa University, and Dr. Dalit Simchai from the Department of Human
Services and the Multidisciplinary Department at Tel Hai Academic College
will deal with modest fashion among Jewish and Muslim women in
Israel/Palestine, on its diverse manifestations in the digital and physical
spaces, including the aesthetic preferences of women, activity patterns
and meanings associated with buying clothes, wearing them, producing
them, and marketing them.
spaces, including the aesthetic preferences of women, activity patterns
and meanings associated with buying clothes, wearing them, producing
them, and marketing them.
It is a thriving cultural production realm,
which is closely intertwined with the global and regional modest fashion
industry, and characterized by multidimensional border-crossing, and a
proliferation of seemingly contradictory discourse on pleasure, morality,
self-expression, modesty and openness, community and individuality. The
proposed project shall focus on three interfaces: The flourishing women’s
fashion in conservative communities that historically perceive fashion
consumption as immoral; the closeness and direct communication that
develops between women whose communities are politically hostile; and
the complex effect of the increased participation of religious women in the
digital arena.
which is closely intertwined with the global and regional modest fashion
industry, and characterized by multidimensional border-crossing, and a
proliferation of seemingly contradictory discourse on pleasure, morality,
self-expression, modesty and openness, community and individuality. The
proposed project shall focus on three interfaces: The flourishing women’s
fashion in conservative communities that historically perceive fashion
consumption as immoral; the closeness and direct communication that
develops between women whose communities are politically hostile; and
the complex effect of the increased participation of religious women in the
digital arena.
One of the fascinating – and unusual – locations where we
are interested in testing these issues is the Dubai Fashion Week.
2.
The Dialogue in Question: The Ethics of Communication and
the Politics of Hospitality
The study of Prof. Annabel Herzog from the School of Political Science at
Haifa University deals with the connection between dialogue and religious
identity. Disagreements and conflicts between religions arise not only
because of incompatible beliefs, but also because the epistemic
frameworks through which these beliefs are communicated are not
necessarily compatible with each other.
the Politics of Hospitality
The study of Prof. Annabel Herzog from the School of Political Science at
Haifa University deals with the connection between dialogue and religious
identity. Disagreements and conflicts between religions arise not only
because of incompatible beliefs, but also because the epistemic
frameworks through which these beliefs are communicated are not
necessarily compatible with each other.
Thus, the same word can be
understood in many ways. Against this backdrop, the proposed project
aims to investigate how dialogue is challenged in interfaith, inter-cultural,
inter-ethnic and international encounters. The philosophical-theological
research focuses on interfaith dialogues between Judaism, Christianity and
Islam, conducted in Israel and in the countries that signed the Abraham
Accords.
understood in many ways. Against this backdrop, the proposed project
aims to investigate how dialogue is challenged in interfaith, inter-cultural,
inter-ethnic and international encounters. The philosophical-theological
research focuses on interfaith dialogues between Judaism, Christianity and
Islam, conducted in Israel and in the countries that signed the Abraham
Accords.
These religions coexisted and competed with each other for
hundreds of years, thus defined their identities vis-a-vis the other
religions. It was done through mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion,
detachment and conjunction. The dialogue with the other always raises
questions of belonging and self-positioning at the threshold between the
self and the other. The study’s objective is to re-evaluate the role of
dialogue in resolving socio-political disputes and resolving conflicts.
hundreds of years, thus defined their identities vis-a-vis the other
religions. It was done through mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion,
detachment and conjunction. The dialogue with the other always raises
questions of belonging and self-positioning at the threshold between the
self and the other. The study’s objective is to re-evaluate the role of
dialogue in resolving socio-political disputes and resolving conflicts.
