Professor Willem Smelik, Danielle Spera (Director of the Jewish Museum Vienna), Alois Halbmayer (Dean at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, PLUS), Bundesministerin Karoline Edtstadler, Martin Weichbold (Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, PLUS), Hanna Feingold (President of the Jewish Community of Salzburg), Professor Dietmar Winkler and Professor Kristin De Troyer.
Professor Willem Smelik, Danielle Spera (Director of the Jewish Museum Vienna), Alois Halbmayer (Dean at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, PLUS), Bundesministerin Karoline Edtstadler, Martin Weichbold (Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, PLUS), Hanna Feingold (President of the Jewish Community of Salzburg), Professor Dietmar Winkler and Professor Kristin De Troyer. Federal Minister Karoline Edtstadler, together with Vice-Rector Martin Weichbold, welcomed Professor Willem Smelik, who will be researching and teaching as a distinguished fellow at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS). The position of distinguished fellow, which was established in memory of the late President of the Jewish Community, Marko Feingold, is a joint initiative of the Federal Chancellery, the Province of Salzburg, the Archdiocese of Salzburg and the St. Peter's Archabbey. Over the next five years, five renowned scientists will take on this role at the PLUS. "Here at the Department of Biblical Studies and Church History at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS), we believe that such a position will help to keep the memory of a Holocaust survivor, our Marko Feingold, alive," emphasises biblical scholar Kristin De Troyer. The first distinguished fellow has just started his research work at the PLUS. Willem Smelik, from University College London (UK), is a professor of Hebrew and Aramaic literature and will give guest lectures at the PLUS, contribute to the course "Introduction to Judaism" and exchange ideas with members of the Jewish Community Salzburg.
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