CONFERENCE ‘Interpreting Rituals: Historiographical Perspectives and Pluralistic Contexts’ Leiden University, 29-31 October 2018 Table of Contents Venues .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Program .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Monday 29 October ............................................................................................................................. 6 Tuesday 30 October ............................................................................................................................. 7 Wednesday 31 October ..................................................................................................................... 12 Keynote Speakers ................................................................................................................................ 16 Prof. Aaron W. Hughes ..................................................................................................................... 16 Leo Samama ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Prof. Nurit Stadler ............................................................................................................................. 17 Session 1 ‘Jewish Life Cycle’ .............................................................................................................. 18 Belin Benezra Yensarfati MA ........................................................................................................... 18 Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah MA ............................................................................................................. 18 Dr Hizky Shoham .............................................................................................................................. 19 Session 2 ‘Rituals of Violence and the Jews’ ..................................................................................... 20 Prof. Jan Bremmer ............................................................................................................................. 20 Prof. Jan Willem van Henten ............................................................................................................ 20 Rebecca Sebbagh MA ....................................................................................................................... 21 Session 3 ‘Ritual in Narrative’ ........................................................................................................... 22 Dr Jacqueline Borsje ......................................................................................................................... 22 Dr Reuven Kiperwasser ..................................................................................................................... 22 Dr Markéta Kabůrková ...................................................................................................................... 23 Session 4 ‘Ritual and Modern Identity 1’ .......................................................................................... 24 Adi Sherzer MA ................................................................................................................................ 24 Dr Paul Michael Kurtz ...................................................................................................................... 24 Dr Davide Mano ................................................................................................................................ 25 Session 5 ‘Ritual and Modern Identity 2’ .......................................................................................... 26 Bram Colijn MA ................................................................................................................................ 26 Prof. Gerard Wiegers ......................................................................................................................... 26 Martijn Stoutjesdijk MA ................................................................................................................... 27 Session 6 ‘Ritual Theory 1’ ................................................................................................................. 28 Dr William Arfman ........................................................................................................................... 28 Prof. Ab de Jong ................................................................................................................................ 28 1 Dr Nathal Dessing ............................................................................................................................. 29 Session 7 ‘Art/Drama 1’ ...................................................................................................................... 30 Elza Kuyk MA................................................................................................................................... 30 Levi Weinstein MA ........................................................................................................................... 30 Hadas Reshef MA ............................................................................................................................. 31 Session 8 ‘Ritual Model, Ritual Disruption and the Beginning of Christianity’ ........................... 32 Dr Thomas Blanton ........................................................................................................................... 32 Dr Karin Neutel ................................................................................................................................. 32 Session 9 ‘Ritual Theory 2’ ................................................................................................................. 33 Dr Tamás Biró ................................................................................................................................... 33 Thommy Cowan MA ......................................................................................................................... 33 Mark Beumer MA ............................................................................................................................. 34 Session 10 ‘Art/Drama 2’ .................................................................................................................... 35 Dr Megan Blocksom ......................................................................................................................... 35 Dr Francesco Trentini ........................................................................................................................ 35 Dr Miriam Sklarz............................................................................................................................... 36 Session 11 ‘Rituals in Antiquity’ ........................................................................................................ 37 Dr Maureen Attali ............................................................................................................................. 37 Prof. Peter-Ben Smit .......................................................................................................................... 37 Kristel Henquet.................................................................................................................................. 38 Session 12 ‘Transformation of Ritual’ ............................................................................................... 39 Agata Rejowska-Pasek MA ............................................................................................................... 39 Prof. Wouter van Beek ...................................................................................................................... 40 Dr Leon Mock ................................................................................................................................... 40 Session 13 ‘Liturgy 1’ .......................................................................................................................... 41 Prof. Benedikt Kranemann ................................................................................................................ 41 Prof. Gerard Rouwhorst .................................................................................................................... 41 Prof. Judith Frishman ........................................................................................................................ 41 Session 14 ‘Hinduism 1: Asia’ ............................................................................................................ 42 Dr Tineke Nugteren ........................................................................................................................... 42 Dr Catrien Notermans ....................................................................................................................... 42 Deborah de Koning MA .................................................................................................................... 43 Session 15 ‘Spatial Arrangements and Foci of Ritual in Antiquity’ ............................................... 43 Prof. Jürgen K. Zangenberg .............................................................................................................