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Professors
Active professors
Photo: Privat
Heisenberg-Professor for Judaic Studies
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-4740
Office hours
- by arrangement
Key aspects of activity
- Jewish Moralistic Writings (musar)
- Kabbalah
- Jewish Ethics
- History of Hebrew Printing and Bibliography
- Early Modern Jewish Intellectual History
- Mysticism and Spirituality in the Abrahamic Traditions
Photo: UHH/Mentz
Chair for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-9792
Junior professors
Photo: Zeev Strauss
Juniorprofessur für Jüdische Religion
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Jewish Hellenism, its Philosophy of Religion, and its links to rabbinic literature
- Haskalah and Wissenschaft des Judentums
- Jewish Neoplatonism
- History of Jewish Religion and Theology
- Jewish Pedagogics
- Jewish sources of German Idealism
Research associates
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Research Associate
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Jewish horror and the history of emotions
- Jewish moralistic literature (Musar)
- Sephardic Judaism (Ladino Literature)
- Rabbinic Literature
Photo: F. Dunklau
Research Associate (PESHAT)
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Room: B 212
Tel: +49 40 42838-6961
Key aspects of activity
- Jewish Philosophy of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- History of Jewish life in Schleswig-Holstein (until 1945)
- Pentecoastalism and Christian Esoteric movements
Photo: UHH/Mentz
Research Associate (PESHAT)
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-9833
Office hours
nach Vereinbarung
Key aspects of activity
- Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Philosophy
- Medieval and Renaissance Latin Scholasticism
Scientific Coordinator
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11
20355 Hamburg
Room: B205
Tel: +49 40 428388605
Key aspects of activity
- Continental Philosophy
- Aesthetics
- Modern Jewish Thought
Photo: H.Gentili
HEPMASITE Research Associate
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2. Stock)
20355 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Philosophy
- Interaction between philosophy and mysticism (15th-16th centuries)
- History of reading and learning practices
- History of the Hebrew book
Photo: Foto: K. Fritze
Lecturer for Hebrew
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-9841
Key aspects of activity
- Hebrew Linguistics
- Jewish Mysticism of Late Antiquity/ Hekhalot Literature
Photo: meyrav
Research Associate
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-9835
Key aspects of activity
- Medieval Hebrew Philosophy
- Manuscript Studies
- Arabic-into-Hebrew translations
- History of Metaphysics
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HEPMASITE Research Associate
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11
20355 Hamburg
Room: C208
Tel: +49 40 42838-9909
Key aspects of activity
- Medieval Jewish and Islamic Philosophy
- Jewish Theology
- Metaphysics
- Interreligious Dialogue
Photo: h. paulman
HEPMASITE Research Associate
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11
20355 Hamburg
Room: C211
Key aspects of activity
- History of Hylomorphism
- Ancient and Medieval Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy
- Aristotelian Psychology
Photo: Chiara Rover
MCAS Co-Director, MCAS Research Associate
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11
20355 Hamburg
Room: C218
Tel: +49 40 42838-9911
Key aspects of activity
- History of Ancient Philosophy
- Ancient Scepticism
- Roman Epicureanism
- Ancient Roman Religion
Photo: A. Stulin
Research Associate (Musar)
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Jewish Moralistic Literature (Musar)
- Christian Kabbalah in the Modern Period
- Hebrew Paleography and Codicology of the Middle Ages
Photo: S. Wobick-Segev
Research Associate
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-9834
Key aspects of activity
- Modern European Jewish History
- Gender and Judaism
- Cultural History of European Jews
Privatdozenten and contract university teachers
Photo: M. Torbidoni
Interim Professor
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Office hours
by arrangement
Key aspects of activity
- Jewish Philosophy of the Early Modern Period
- 17th century Italian Rabbinic Literature
- Philosophy of Religion
- Spinoza’s Reception in Italy and France in the 20th Century Philosophy
Technical, administrative and library staff
Photo: K. Berends
Project Assistant (IJPR & MCAS)
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-9767
Office hours
- Monday–Friday: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Photo: V. Frenssen
Project Assistant (MCAS)
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-9579
Photo: S. Schaeper
Librarian
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-9767
Office hours
- Use of the library by appointment (Tue - Thu)
Key aspects of activity
- International cooperation in Hebraica cataloguing (Standards, Rare books, Provenance research, Digital resources)
- History of the Hebrew book
- Hebrew Bibliography & Typography
- Library history
- History of Jews in Germany (Modern era)
Photo: UHH/Mentz
MCAS Academic Coordinator
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11 (2nd floor)
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-8605
Student assistants
Photo: C. Lehan
Key aspects of activity
- Carolina Lehan is a sculptor and painter whose artistic practice delves into the realms of space, everyday life, and the environment. With a deep appreciation for the wisdom and memory of natural materials, she skillfully develops site-specific sculptures and installations by exploring a range of contemporary and ancient craft techniques.
Photo: Vlasova
Student Assistant
Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Jungiusstraße 11
20355 Hamburg
Room: C211