TCM board members visit Tübingen

NEWS FROM TÜBINGEN   
by Birgit Hallmann
Institute:

The past month has seen a flurry of activity in our work in Tübingen. The German-English Colloquium in New Testament has become a truly international forum of scholars and participants. In the most recent session we had a presentations from Prof. Markus Lau, Würzburg about “Numismatic palimpsests. The narrative materiality of Jewish uprising coins against the background of the Roman Judaea Capta coinage“, J. Hirschberger,Tübingen: „Wittenberg Hebrew Studies using the example of Philipp Melanchthon“ , Dimitris Kazakidis (Greek): „The Ascension of Moses: A Reconstruction of an Ancient Text“ and Dr. Ron Herms (new Director of the Institute): “The spirit of Abel: an exploration of petitionary prayer in 1 Enoch 22”.
This month we were also pleased to welcome Dr. Tony Twist, President of the EES and TCM, along with Vice President Christian Witzmann, for a brief visit to Tübingen.
They also met with Birgit Hallmann and the new director Ron Herms and his wife Kathy, who were in Tübingen for a few days, for Ron's lecture at the EGC f. NT and to prepare for their move in autumn. With great luck, they found a nice apartment on the third day of the visit and were accepted as tenants. What a blessing!

University:
Dr. Leopold Lucas-Prize 2026 awarded to Amy Gutmann
In other news, this year's Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize was awarded to the diplomat and political scientist Amy Gutmann.
The prize of the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Tübingen honors Gutmann's commitment to pluralistic democracy and international dialogue. The award ceremony took place on May 15 in the University's New Aula. At the same time, the Dr. Leopold Lucas Young Scientist Prize, which is awarded for an outstanding dissertation at the University of Tübingen, was awarded to Joel Klenk, a former participant of the EGC f. NT.