Workshop Introducing: Jewish Horror, University of Hamburg

The Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Hamburg invites proposals for the workshop "Introducing: Jewish Horror".

The workshop intends to fill the gap on the study and conceptualization of Jewish horror, while inaugurating an intersection between the fields of Jewish studies and horror studies. Contributions shall focus on both ‘horror’ and ‘Jewish culture’ as heuristic categories: ‘horror’ extends beyond the label of genre, encompassing any cultural manifestation relating to fear and its cognate emotions, whereas ‘Jewish culture’ embraces any linguistic and historical phenomenon from the Bible to nowadays.

The workshop will be held on March 16–17, 2026, at the Institute for Jewish Studies of the University of Hamburg in the framework of the project "Horror and Manifestations of Fear in Early Modern Judaism", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Deadline for proposals: September 1, 2025 | DETAILS