MILLENNIAL PURSUITS: EXPECTATIONS OF THE END IN THE MIDDLE
AGES
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
29 - 31 May 2001
The Conference will be hosted by the group on
"Millennial Pursuits - Apocalyptic Traditions and Expectations of the End
among Medieval Jews and Their Neighbours"
which is in session at
The Institute for Advanced Studies
October 2000 - June 2001
The lectures will take place in Room 130 at
The Institute for Advanced Studies
Feldman Building, Givat Ram Campus
Tuesday, 29 May
15:30 Reception
16:30-19:00 Session I
Chair: Jeremy Cohen (Tel Aviv University)
Greetings:
Menachem Ben-Sasson, Rector,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alexander Levitzki,
Director, The Institute for Advanced
Studies
Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago)
"The Phenomenon of Female Prophecy in Christian
History"
Moshe Idel (The Hebrew University)
"Sabbatianism and Prophecy"
Wednesday, 30 May
09:30-12:30 Session II
Chair: Chaim Hames (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Roberto Rusconi (University of L'Aquila)
"James Palladini of Teramo, Bishop of Florence:
Curialism and Millenarianism in the Early 15th Century"
Coffee
Felicitas Schmieder (University of Frankfurt)
"Mongol Aspects of Medieval Eschatology"
14:00-16:30 Session III
Chair: Ora Limor (Open University of Israel)
Patricia Crone (Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton)
"Messianism and the End of the World in Early Islam"
Aviad Kleinberg (Tel Aviv University)
"Private Conversion and Universal Redemption:
St. Francis of Assisi as Second Christ"
Coffee
17:00-19:00 Round Table Discussion:
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the End: Gauging
Cross-Cultural Influence
Moderator: Steven Wasserstrom (Reed College);
Participants: Elliott Horowitz (Bar Ilan
University); Bianca Kühnel (Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Alexander Patschovsky (University
of Constance), Israel Yuval (The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem).
Thursday, 31 May
Excursion to Crusader Sites (by invitation only)
For information call: 02 6584518 or 02 6584735
or contact: michap@mscc.huji.ac.il