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Distinguished Oxford Don’s lecture date at Durham

(3 November 2004)

A leading Oxford academic is giving the second annual Leo Beack Lecture at the University of Durham next Sunday (7th November).

Dr. Joanna Weinberg, James Mew Lecturer in Rabbinical Literature at the University of Oxford, will be delivering a paper entitled “The Victim in Rabbinical Literature” in the Old Library at Grey College, South Road, Durham.

The lecture, which has now become and established annual event, is being organised by the Department of Theology and Religion which is delighted to have secured such a distinguished scholar of Jewish literature.

Entry is free and the lecture, which starts at 4.00 p.m. (Sunday 7th November), is open to the public.

For further information contact: Professor Robert Hayward, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Durham. Telephone: 0191 334 3950

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Notes to Editors:

1. Durham's Department of Theology and Religion boasts a number of distinguished research centres and projects.
2. The Centre for Jewish Studies represents an informal network of scholars, students, and individuals and groups outside the Department who are keen to encourage the further development of Jewish studies at Durham and in the North East of England.
3. As well as the annual Leo Baeck Lecture the Centre's activities include the long established research Seminar for the Study of Judaism in Late Antiquity, Jewish Studies Prize for undergraduates and a Fellowship in Jewish Studies.
4. The Leo Baeck Institute was founded in 1955 and is named after Leo Baeck, who was the last public representative of the Jews in Nazi Germany.
5. The Institute’s aim is to put on record the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry throughout Central Europe, from Prague to Alsace, whose contribution to their countries of origin was immense. Its historical publications and educational work are acknowledged throughout the world.
6. The University of Durham’s Grey College is named after the second Earl Grey, who was the Prime Minister who passed the Act of Parliament which founded the University in 1832.
7. The College is set in landscaped gardens and looks out over Durham boasting the most impressive view of the City's Norman Cathedral.