Past Fall Colloquia
The Kieval Institute sponsors annual colloquia, open to all who are interested in a frank and stimulating discussion of academic issues pertinent to Jewish-Christian studies. The colloquia attract participants from throughout the region, with interested clergy and laity from New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts joining residents of the Capital District, as well as Siena faculty and students, in these discussions. From the beginning, these discussions have been both ecumenical and interfaith--not only have the colloquia featured the finest Jewish and Christian scholars, but the audience participants as well have come from the entire range of the community.
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ST. JOSEPH UNIVERSITY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021
Thirty-first annual colloquium
October 30-31, 2016
Writing the Sacred: Scribes in Christianity and Judaism
Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell University
Rabbi Linda Motzkin, Temple Sinai
Kieval Institute Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate (Fall 2015)
On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 3:00 p.m., the Kieval Institute joined the Interfaith groups of the Capital Region in commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican II Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions. The event, which replaced the Fall Colloquium this year, took place at the Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary at the College of St. Rose.
Thirtieth annual colloquium
November 2, 2014
Imagining Sacred Space
Joan Branham, Providence College
Steven Fine, Yeshiva University
Brochure: Imagining Sacred Space
Twenty-ninth annual colloquium
October 27-28, 2013
The Jewish Jesus
Dr. Zev Garber, Los Angeles Valley College
Dr. Pheme Perkins, Boston College
Twenty-eighth annual colloquium
November 4-5, 2012
Behind the Scenes at Vatican II
Judi Banki, Tannenbaum Center
Philip Cunningham, St. Joseph University
Brochure: Behind the Scenes at Vatican II
Twenty-seventh annual colloquium
October 16-17, 2011
They Will Teach You: A Conversation about the Book of Job
Robert Alter
Michael B. Dick
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard
Twenty-fifth annual colloquium
December 6-7, 2009
Reassessing Josephus
Tal Ilan, Free University of Berlin
Steve Mason, York University
Brochure: Reassessing Josephus
Twenty-fourth annual colloquium
November 2-3, 2008
The Lure of the Apocryphal
Martha Himmelfarb, Princeton University
John J. Collins, Yale University
Brochure: The Lure of the Apocryphal
Twenty-third annual colloquium
October 28-29, 2007
Dabru Emet and A Sacred Obligation. Can We Talk Seriously to Each Other About God?
Ruth Langer, Boston College
Elena Procario-Foley, Iona College
Brochure: Dabru Emet and A Sacred Obligation
Twenty-second annual colloquium
October 29-30, 2006
What We Learn When We Teach
Sarah Tanzer, McCormick Theological Seminary
Ted Hiebert, McCormick Theological Seminary
Brochure: What We Learn When We Teach
Twenty-first annual colloquium
October 30-31, 2005
What Jewish Studies can Teach Catholic Studies
Robert Goldenburg, Stony Brook University
W. T. Dickens, Siena College
Brochure: What Jewish Studies can Teach Catholic Studies
Twentieth annual colloquium
October 24, 2004
(held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Council of Centers of Jewish-Christian Relations)
I, Thou, and ? (Nostra Aetate Approaches 40)
William McConville, OFM, Raleigh, NC
Paul Mendes-Flohr, The University of Chicago
Past Spring Colloquia
- On March 11, 2015, Dr. Tal Ilan of the Free University of Berlin delivered the ninth annual Town of Colonie Jewish Association Lecture. She spoke on "New Discoveries in Elijah's Cave."
- On May 1, 2014, Fr. Dennis Tamburello, O.F.M., Professor of Religious Studies at Siena College, delivered the eighth annual Town of Colonie Jewish Association Lecture. He spoke on the topic "Interfaith Adventures in Israel."
- On April 25, 2013, Rabbi Eugene Korn delivered the the seventh annual Town of Colonie Jewish Association Lecture. Rabbi Korn spoke on "The Holocaust and the Covenant: Reflecting on Our Future."
- On April 26, 2012, Dr. Daniel Grossberg, Associate Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies at SUNY Albany, delivered the sixth annual Town of Colonie Jewish Association Lecture. He spoke on "Israel in Her Poetry: Ambivalent and Conflicted."