Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer (born June 16, 1957, in
Menziken
Menziken is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2023 the former municipality of Burg merged to form the municipality of Menziken.
History
Menziken is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Manzincho ...
,
Switzerland), is Professor of
Jewish studies at the
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...
.
Biography
After her education Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer worked as
Teacher
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''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...
at the comprehensive school
Kallern
Kallern is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
Kallern is first mentioned around 1303-08 as ''Kaltherren''. During the Late Middle Ages, the major landowners in Kallern were Muri Abbey and H ...
, at several junior high schools and at the
Kantonsschule Rämibühl Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich ...
.
She studied French and Hebrew language at Zürich,
Florence
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,
Avignon,
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...
and
Lucerne. After her studies she earned the Licentiate, the Doctorate and the Habilitation.
She continued her studies at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After these studies she worked as lecturer, adjunct professor and ''
privatdozent'' for Hebrew language,
Medieval French literature
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The ...
and
history of religions
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. She was
visiting scholar
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for Jewish studies at the
University of Jena
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The un ...
(1999-2000) and at the
University of Bern
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(2003-2004).
Since 2004 she is professor and head of department for Jewish studies at the university of Freiburg, Germany.
From 2008 to 2015 Oberhänsli-Widmer was head of the Faculty of
Oriental Studies at the university of Freiburg together with Ulrich Rebstock.
She is editor of the scientific journals ''Judaica'' of the ZIID – Zurich Institute for Interreligious Dialogue,
''Kirche und Israel'' and ''Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie (JBTh)'' and member of the managing board of the ''Jüdisch-Christliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft'' (Jewish-Christian workgroup) at Zürich.
More than 40 Articles of Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer are free for download on the FreiDok http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/.
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eurojewishstudies Oberhänsli-WidmerUniversity Freiburg Oberhänsli-Widmer
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1957 births
Living people
Judaic scholars
Swiss women academics