EXEGETICAL DAYS

On October 4–5, the Swedish Exegetical Society arranges exegetical days. The theme for this year is "The Bible in politics" and invited speakers are drs. Athalya Brenner-Idan (Tel Aviv University), Andrew Mein (St Andrews University) and Karin Berber Neutel (Umeå University). The meeting will be held in Universitetshuset sal 8, Uppsala university. The lectures from the first day are public and will be streamed via zoom on the following link: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/66198340728

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Monday 4/10

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9:30 Welcome

9:45 Annual meeting for Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.

10.45 Coffee

11:15 Prof. Athalya Brenner-Idan, "Bible, theology and politics in times of pandemics". Respondent: Dr. Sebastian Selvén, Dalarnas museum, Falun.

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Dr. Andrew Mein, "British Biblical Scholarship and Political Propaganda During the First World War". Respondent: Dr. Valérie Nicolet, Institut Protéstant de Théologie, Paris.

15:15 Coffee

15:45 Dr. Karin Berber Neutel, "The Bible in Anti-Migration Politics in Northern Europe". Respondent: Dr. Hanna Stenström, Enskilda högskolan i Stockholm.

19.00 Dinner, restaurant Feiroz.

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Tuesday 5/10

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09.20 Welcome

09.30 Mikael Larsson och Hanna Liljefors, Uppsala University, "Att undervisa om bibel och politik - fallgropar och möjligheter? Erfarenheter från undervisning på kursen 'Bibeln i samtidskulturen'".

10.30 Coffee

11.00 Karin Berber Neutel "Negotiating Gender Politics in the Classroom: Implications of Conflicting Perspectives”.

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Håkan Bengtsson, Uppsala University, "Reflektion över dagen: Vad innebär det 'bibliska' kulturarvets nya synlighet i den politiska debatten för oss som lärare?"

14.00 Concluding discussion

14.30 Coffee