Autumn Lecture: Prof. Juliana Claasens
You are warmly invited to the public lecture “Your Wound is Mortal” (Nah 3:19): Ecofeminist Perspectives on the Book of Nahum by prof. Juliana Claassens, on Wednesday 16 December 2026.
Juliana Claassens is professor in Old Testament with a focus on human dignity at the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University (South Africa). In her work, she studies the Hebrew Bible from (eco-)feminist and postcolonial perspectives. Among her books are Claiming Her Dignity: Female Resistance in the Old Testament (Liturgical Press 2016); Writing and Reading to Survive: Biblical and Contemporary Trauma Narratives in Conversation (Sheffield Phoenix Press 2020), and, most recently, Jonah: A Commentary (Westminster John Knox press, 2024), reflecting her interest in the (minor) prophets.
The lecture takes place at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Maria Montessorigebouw, room 02.650. You are welcome to join for a tea or coffee at 19:30 h. The lecture starts at 19:45 h. The program ends at 21:15 h. The lecture will be in English. You can register here.
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REGENN connects scholars in religious studies and theology who are based in the Netherlands and whose research focuses on issues relating to religion and gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, age, class, etc. It is a platform for exchange of ideas, as well as a welcoming community that offers mutual support for junior and senior scholars who work from a feminist, queer, postcolonial, critical race and/or intersectional perspective.
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