About a week ago, I participated in a conference, the venue – and most participants – being about 9000km away. Nothing new, one might rightfully say. Of course, I participated through electronic means. Welcome to the future, Alexander G. Bell, you might say. The uniqueness, at least from my perspective, was the medium through which [...]
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On following a conference from afar – a twitter user’s perspective
Posted in Conferences, tagged missiology, SAMS, twitter on April 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Darker Side of God (and reading the Bible)
Posted in Conferences, Old Testament - General, tagged Bible, Job, theodicy, violence on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I had the great privilege of attending a mini-conference on the 6th commandment last Friday & Saturday. (“Thou shalt not kill … ” ) Although I found all the papers read quite brilliant, one that really stood out for me was a paper read by Prof Ed Noort of Groningen University. (Now, I’m not sure [...]
Goodbye, Dortmund!
Posted in Conferences, Germany, tagged books, cycling, Germany, Münster on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a short while, I’ll leave for Münster – and will have to wave Dortmund, my home for the past four months, goodbye. How fast everything has blurred past! I can’t even begin to recap. So, what to tell? The first thing that springs to mind is the multitude of people that I met while [...]
Why attend academic conferences? (New Orleans SBL highlights)
Posted in Conferences, NT Textual Criticism on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A lot has been written on the New Orleans SBL conference – especially since I’m so late in reporting my attendance. (In fact, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything!) Summaries of papers abound, which is quite easy to find – thanks to Google! Nevertheless, I thought I’d post some of my highlights – [...]
Taking a breather – between Stellenbosch and Rome
Posted in Conferences on June 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Things went well in Stellenbosch. Although my papers weren’t completely written out – due to time constraints – my presentations went well. At least, I convinced myself that I was on to something! I spent the past two days driving back from Stellenbosch to Pretoria with a professor and three fellow students. I’m taking a [...]
