Name: Dr Thea Gomelauri
Oxford Interfaith Forum
https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/people/thea-gomelauri

Events this person is speaking at:

Saturday 10 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Annual Johannes Lähnemann Interfaith Education and Peacebuilding Lecture 'Building Effective Resilience in Troubled Times: Interfaith Women Peacebuilders'
Date: 10 February 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Saturday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Professor Julian Stern (Bishop Grosseteste University), Professor Azza Karam (Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam), Professor Johannes Lähnemann (Professor Emeritus and Chair for Religious Education at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Events this person is hosting:

Thursday 12 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mary’s Ordeal: A Syriac Narrative Poem on Many and Joseph
Date: 12 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum)

Events this person is organising:

Thursday 12 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mary’s Ordeal: A Syriac Narrative Poem on Many and Joseph
Date: 12 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum)

Thursday 9 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Book Launch_Making Sense of “GOD”: What God-Talk Means and Does
Date: 9 November 2023, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Rabbi Dr Norman Solomon (OCHJS), Revd Dr John Goldingay (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Venue Details: online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 20 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Manuscript Project at the Coptic Monastery of St Paul the Hermit at the Red Sea, Egypt
Date: 20 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Dr Lisa Agaiby (University of Divinity, Australia), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 11 January 2024 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Christian and Muslim Resources for Restorative Justice
Date: 11 January 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 0th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Najeeba Syeed (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 15 January 2024 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Ephrem the Syrian and a New Beginning in Syriac Poetry
Date: 15 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 1st week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Alberto Rigolio (Durham University, UK), Prof Sebastian Brock (Retired Reader in Syriac Studies at the Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 18 January 2024 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Psalm 109: The Prayer No One Wants
Date: 18 January 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Revd Dr David Firth (Trinity College, Bristol), Revd Dr Eric Sarwar (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Venue Details: online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 29 January 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

The Talmud among Victorian Christians: Polemics and Humanism in Interfaith Encounters
Date: 29 January 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Prof Aaron Koller (Yeshiva University, USA)
Venue Details: online
Organiser: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 8 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Christian Images and Jewish Desecrators: The History of the Allegation in Manuscript Illustrations
Date: 8 February 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Katherine Aron-Beller (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Saturday 10 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Annual Johannes Lähnemann Interfaith Education and Peacebuilding Lecture 'Building Effective Resilience in Troubled Times: Interfaith Women Peacebuilders'
Date: 10 February 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Saturday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Professor Julian Stern (Bishop Grosseteste University), Professor Azza Karam (Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam), Professor Johannes Lähnemann (Professor Emeritus and Chair for Religious Education at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 19 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Setting the Stage: The Rose of Performance in Studying Late Ancient Hymnody
Date: 19 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Prof Laura Lieber (Duke Univeristy, USA)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Psalm 40 and Messiness of Prayer
Date: 22 February 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Prof Alan Cooper (Jewish Theological Seminary, USA), Prof Aaron Koller (Yeshiva University, USA)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 26 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Poetry Book Launch: So Many Things Are Yours, by Poet Admiel Kosman
Date: 26 February 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Prof Admiel Kosman (Potsdam University, Germany), Prof Adriana X Jacobs (University of Oxford), Dr Lisa Katz (Hebrew Univeristy of Jerusalem, Israel), Dr Tamar Hess (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Thursday 29 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Sounding the Silence – Contemplation as Poetic Practice; Poetry as Contemplative Practice
Date: 29 February 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Aaron Maniam (BSG, Univeristy of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 4 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Date: 4 March 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University, USA)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

The Miracle of Pilgrimage: A Coptic Journey to the Holy Land During the Ottoman Period
Date: 7 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Febe Armanious (Middlebury College, USA)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 8 April 2024 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

When Salafi Muslims Meet Evangelical Christians: A Hopeful Dispatch from the United States
Date: 8 April 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, -1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Matthew Taylor (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 April 2024 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

The Ties That Bond Us: Differences of Sacred Values in Interfaith Organizing
Date: 11 April 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, -1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Revd Dr Aaron Stauffer (Vanderbilt Divinity School), Prof Syed Atif Rizwan (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 15 April 2024 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

Book Launch: Judaism Is about Love
Date: 15 April 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 0th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Rabbi Dr Shai Held (Hadar Institute), Prof Aaron Koller (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Professor John Barton (University of Oxford), Prof Ellen Davis (Duke Divinity School), Professor Zev Harvey (Hebrew University in Jerusalem)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Wednesday 15 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Sounding the Silence–Contemplation as Poetic Practice; Poetry as Contemplative Practice
Date: 15 May 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Aaron Maniam (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Jyotveer Gill (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Tuesday 18 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Beyond Exegesis: Psalms in the Cultures of Ancient Jews and Early Christians
Date: 18 June 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Prof AJ Berkovitz (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Prof Anna Sapir Abulafia (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 24 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Who was Mary, the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God? A Byzantine hagiographical narrative by the ninth-century Monk Epiphanio
Date: 24 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Mary Cunningham (University of Nottingham), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford), Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum, AMES), Dr Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Wednesday 11 September 2024 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

BOOK TALK: Why The Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and Its Origins
Date: 11 September 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Jacob L. Wright (Emory University, Candler School of Theology), Professor John Barton (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Tuesday 24 September 2024 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Book Launch: Christian-Jewish Relations 1000-1300: Jews in the Service of Medieval Christendom
Date: 24 September 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Tuesday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Anna Sapir Abulafia (University of Oxford), Prof Aaron Koller (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Book Launch: Christian-Jewish Relations 1000-1300: Jews in the Service of Medieval Christendom
Date: 24 September 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Tuesday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: ANNA SAPIR ABULAFIA (PROFESSOR OF THE STUDY OF THE ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS, LADY MARGARET HALL), Prof Aaron Koller (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Wednesday 9 October 2024 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

BOOK TALK: God, Evil, and Suffering in Islam
Date: 9 October 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Salih Sayilgan (Georgetown University), Dr Peter Admirand (Dublin City University), Prof Syed Atif Rizwan (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)

Monday 4 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Welcoming the Stranger: Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary Implications
Date: 4 November 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Ori Soltes (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Professor Syed Atif Rizwan (Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 11 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Reimagine Resilience: Storytelling as a Portal to Prevention
Date: 11 November 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Amra Sabic-El-Rayess (Columbia University)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Thea Gomelauri (Oxford Interfaith Forum), Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)
Host: Oxford Interfaith Forum (Oxford)