The University of Chicago Press awarded the Gordon J. Laing Prize to Prof. David Nirenberg for Neighboring Faiths, his examination of the interactions of Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages that provides new insight into how the faiths relate today.
One author and his argument structure: Approaches to David Nirenberg's Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition
Students of the Technical University of Braunschweig, under the tutelage of Professor Daniel Ute, have spent a semester studying Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, (released in German, 2015) and have produced a companion guide that explores the text by chapter. With support from the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the project has been posted as an online publication to L.I.S.A., the Foundation's science web portal and can be found here.
The German edition's title translates to Anti-Judaism: Another History of Western Thought, a variation from the the US edition, released two years earlier in 2013.
WATCH >> David Nirenberg explains his research in "Mangeur d'aubergines!"
David Nirenberg explains his work in an audio slideshow for the French web site, histoires-courtes.fr.
"...even if something's a vegetable like the eggplant, it can become a complex marker of cultural difference."
WATCH >> Harper Lecture with David Nirenberg: Religion and Violence
Recorded on April 23, 2015 in Washington, DC.
The prominent place of religion in today’s geopolitics raises many questions: Does religion reduce violence or cause it? Are some religions more peaceful than others? How should we understand the role of religion in contemporary conflicts? In this lecture, David Nirenberg focuses on how the Qur’an, Torah, and New Testament have been read at different moments in history—including our own—in order to explore religion’s place in the politics of conflict and community.
https://youtu.be/wPYzt6RkYoI?list=PLuGHfVNSITJe_6p9QbKSw1YyqXCg3qPe_
WATCH >> C-SPAN Book Discussion at the 2013 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, Illinois.
David Nirenberg talked about his book, Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition.
This event took place in the University Center’s Lake Room at the 2013 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, Illinois.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?313185-8/book-discussion-antijudaism