Colloquium

Colloquium Schedule for the Academic Year 2024/25

 

Wednesdays, 18:30-20:00, Room 42605

 

30.10.2024

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Opening session

H.E. Steffen Seibert, Ambassador of Germany to Israel

 

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Perspectives from Germany on Contemporary Issues

13.11.2024

 

Prof. Jonathan Kaplan, University of Haifa

 

 

Socialist Anti-Zionism – The GDR and the State of Israel

27.11.2024

 

Prof. Christian Baden, Department of Communication and Journalism & the Smart Institute, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

 

Beyond Information Warfare: European Propaganda in Socio-Cultural Context

11.12.2024

 

Dr. Katya Assaf, European Forum at the Hebrew University & the Faculty of Law

 

 

When Billboards Talk – An Experiment in Berlin

 

01.01.2025

 

Roundtable discussion about Europe and Israel

 

 

Roundtable Discussion: The State of Relations between Israel and the EU in the midst of Two Wars

15.01.2025

 

H.E. Dr. Simon Geissenbühler, Ambassador of Switzerland to Israel

 

 

On Democracy in Switzerland and Elsewhere

29.01.2025

 

Zilk-Lecture

Prof. Elizabeth Strom, University of South Florida

 

 

Planning the Livable City: Vienna in the Twenty-First Century

Spring semester sessions:

 

02.04.2025

 

 

Prof. Simon Wolfgang Fuchs

 

  The “Discovery” of Modern Islam in East Germany after 1979: Iran, the Resurgence of Religion, and the Future Crisis of Dependent Capitalism

09.04.2025

 

 

Prof. Lior Herman, Prof. Gadi Heimann

 

  Book launch: "Diplomatic Odyssey, The birth of the special relationship with Europe 1957-1970."

07.05.2025

 

 

Roundtable discussion

 

 

Roundtable discussion in the framework of our conference: "Populism, European Integration, and Transatlantic Cooperation: Quo Vadis?" 

14.05.2025

 

 

Presentations by the European Forum research scholarship recipients

 

Margarita Lerman, PhD candidate, recipient of the Menczer research scholarship: “In Loopholes and Gray Areas. A Cross-Border History of Delinquent Jewish Networks, 1820s–1914”.

Amit Leibson, PhD candidate, recipient of the Center for German Studies research scholarship: “Beyond Words: Unraveling the Dynamics of Language Proficiency in Immigrant Integration”.

Uri Kidron, PhD candidate and Gaya Mashiach, MA student, recipients of the Center for German Studies research scholarship: “‘Special Relations’ Beyond October 7th – Israeli-German Narratives”.

28.05.2025

 

 

H.E. Thomas Winkler, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to the State of Israel

 

  The Kingdom of Denmark and the new world order: the act of balanced diplomacy – with an edge

18.06.2025

 

 

Roundtable discussion

 

Northern Europe and Israel: new connections

25.06.2025

 

 

End of year student's presentations