Dr. Leopold Lucas-Prize 2024 awarded to Prof. D. Nirenberg (Princeton University)
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Updates from Tübingen
by Dennis Lindsay
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 presentation via Zoom Dr. Edward Wong on the topic: 'The Samaritan Woman as a Perpetual Foreigner: An East Asian Immigrant Reading of John 4." Dr. Wong is a Chinese scholar who recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Colloquium participants included individuals from Germany, South Korea, South Africa, USA, Austria, and India (online participant).
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. Normally an annual event, this was their first opportunity to visit the Institute since the disruption of the COVID pandemic—and thus the first time that they had seen the new physical location of the Institute. We were able to have a productive meeting also with Frau Prof. Dr. Weyel, the Dean of the Protestant Faculty, ensuring an ongoing strong relationship and partnership with the University of Tübingen. We have already planned the date for their next annual visit and meeting with the Dean in May 2025.
University:
Dr. Leopold Lucas-Prize 2024 awarded to Prof. David Nirenberg (Princeton University)
In other news, this year's Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize was awarded to Princeton University historian Dr. David Nirenberg. The Protestant Faculty of the University thus honored his research on the relationship between Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Middle Ages and the present day. Dennis attended the award ceremony on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in the Festsaal of the University, where Dr. Nirenberg gave the keynote speech on the topic: “What theology and history can offer each other when thinking about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.”