Trauma and Coping with Trauma in World Religions: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
CSoC’s Annual International Conference | Monday 26 May – Tuesday 27 May, 2025 | Room 301, Helen Diller Building #74 BGU Marcus Campus, Be’er Sheva, Israel
Monday 26.5.25
09:30-10:00 Conference Registration, Refreshments
10:30-12:00 Session 1: Historiography of Medieval Traumas
Chair: Michal Bar-Asher Siegal (Dept. of Jewish Thought and Vice President for Global Engagement, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
12:00-12:30 Refreshments, Break
12:30-14:00 Session 2: Traumatic Experience and Religious Identity:
Chair + Greetings: Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby (Dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
14:00-15:00 Lunch at "Capiyot"
15:00-16:30 Session 3: Responses to Trauma
Chair + Greetings: Chaim Hames (Rector, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
16:30-17:00 Refreshments, Break
17:00-18:00 Session 4: Trauma and Religious Nationalism
Chair: Effie Shoham-Steiner (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
18:00-20:00 Dinner at "Little India"
(walking distance from campus)
Tuesday 27.5.25
08:15-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-10:00 Session 5: Inflicting Trauma in the Name of Faith
Chair: Cana Werman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
10:00-10:15 Refreshments, break
10:15-11:45 Session 6: Means of Reconciliation and Healing
Chair: Yoni Mendel (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
11:45-12:15 Concluding Remarks
Jocelyne Cesari (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Georgetown University)
