Gisela Dachs teaches at the DAAD Center for German Studies and at the European Forum at the Hebrew University. She holds a PHD from the Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University, on news media consumption and belonging among migrants. Her media expertise is also based on her long career as a professional journalist, having worked exclusively for more than twenty years for the renowned German weekly DIE ZEIT, first as a political editor in Hamburg and then as its correspondent in Israel. Prior to that, she had begun her career as a journalist for the French daily Libération in Paris, covering among others, the fall of the Berlin wall and its aftermath. She was co-host of the talkshow Transit for the German-French TV channel ARTE.Today, she writes for the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag, the HAUPTSTADTBRIEF, Berlin, and has a monthly column in Wina, Austria.
She is the author of several books about Israel and the Middle East, and lectures frequently about these topics in Europe. She has taught at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzlyia (IDC) on ´Cross-Border-Journalism or How to be a Foreign Correspondent´, and at the Tel Aviv University on "Media and Migration". Since 2001, she has been the editor-in-chief of the “Jüdischer Almanach” of the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem.
Research Interests:
1983-1985 |
The Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III, France, Diplômes d´Etudes Universitaires Générales (D.E.U.G.). |
1985-1986 |
The Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III, France, Licence (B.A.) in Modern French Literature. |
1986-1988 |
The Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III, France, Maîtrise (M.A.) in Multimedia, |
2009-2011 |
Lecturer, Department of Communication, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. |
2012 | Research grant for outstanding students at Tel Aviv University. |
2016 |
PHD, Tel Aviv University, Department of Communications. |
2017-2018 | Senior Lecturer at the Tel Aviv University at the interdisciplinary Master’s program in Global Migration and Policy. |
2016-2020 | Senior lecturer at the DAAD Center for German Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
2020-2023 | Associate Professor at the DAAD Center for German Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
Since 2023 | Full Professor at the DAAD Center for German Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
Convenor of International Conferences | |
May 2016 | Germany and the Refugee Crisis - Opportunities and Challenges, DAAD Center for German Studies, Hebrew University Jerusalem. |
January 2018 | The Future of the German-French Relations, DAAD Center for German Studies, Hebrew University Jerusalem. |
June 2018 | Migration and Media (in cooperation with Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann), DAAD Center for German Studies, Hebrew University Jerusalem. |
May 2019 | Fake News and Disinformation in/about Europe and the EU, DAAD Center for German Studies, Hebrew University Jerusalem. |
November 2019 XXX | Migrations to Berlin, in cooperation with CIERA, Paris. |
December 2020 | Urban World(s) Spaces, People, Ideas, DAAD Centers Conference, Berlin (postponed), Member of Advisory Board. |
March 2022 | Presentation of the Barometer of the European Forum at the Hebrew University: Israeli's Perceptions of Germany/Europe and German's Perception of Israel. |
December 2022 | Germany and Europe in the World: Insider and Outsider Perspectives. DAAD Centers Conference, Jerusalem & Haifa, Member of Advisory Board. |
Other activities: |
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Since 1994 | Member of the Foreign Press Association in Israel. |
Since 2003 |
Member of the Israeli-European Policy Network (IEPN). |
2002-2004 | Member of the Board of the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem. |
Since 2017 | Member of the Israeli Association for the Study of European Integration. |
Since 2019 | Member of the German Studies Association. |
September 2021 | Election Observer Trip for Internation Experts on Germany. |
Since 2021 | Member of the Interdisciplinary Seminar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Migration. |
Since 2021 | Barometer of the European Forum at the Hebrew University: Surveys on Israeli's Perceptions of Germany/Europe and German and European perceptions of Israel. |
European Forum’s Colloquium
Media and Society in Contemporary Germany
Israel and Europe: What You See from Here, You Don’t See from There
The Core of Europe: History and Challenges of the Franco-German Friendship
Media and Migration
Digital Media
Germany and France: From Wars to Reconciliation and Beyond, Study Trip to Berlin and Paris
New Challenges for Liberalism in the Old Continent, Study Excursion to Western Europe
Noa Samuel
Emma Golinker
Assaf Uni
Shlomo Shaul
The Barometer of the European Forum at the Hebrew University examines the juncture of multi-directional relations between Israel and Europe by gathering data on mutual perceptions in a systematic and continuous way.
For more information, visit the project´s website.
Selected publications
Israel’s relations with Germany (1973 through to the present day), in: J. Peters and R. Pinfold (eds) the Routledge Handbook on Israel’s Foreign Relations, (upcoming 2023)
Uraltes Repertoire: Antisemitismus in den Medien, in: Anita Haviv-Horiner (ed.) In Europa nichts Neues? Israelische Blicke auf Antisemitismus, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn, (upcoming 2022)
After Auschwitz: The Difficult Legacies of the GDR, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, book review, (November 2021) DOI: 10.1080/23739770.2021.1992739
Challenges and Threats to the Functioning and Legitimicy of the European Union from an Israeli Perspective, Hanns Seidel Academy (2021),
Conclusion: Antisemites are the Others. On Recent Difficulties of Surverying the Problem of Antisemitism in Europe, in: A. Haviv-Horiner (ed.), Antisimitism - Nothing New in Europe? Israelis Look at Antisemitism, Berghahn (2021).
Transferability of the Franco-German Model in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, with Cecile Cohen-Blaser, in: N. Colin and C. Desmesmay (eds.), Franco-German Relations seen from Abroad: Post-war Reconciliation in International Perspectives, pp.121-134, Springer: Heidelberg. (2021).
Germany and Israel: Whitewashing and Statebuilding and West Germany and Israel: Foreign Relations, Domestic Politics, and the Cold War, 1965-1974 (Book Review), in: Israeli Journal of Foreign Affairs, (December 2020) Jerusalem.
Time for a Re-Set: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: New approaches to an enduring conflict (Policy Paper), Eight Germany-Israel Strategic Forum 2020, Online Conference: Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik; Forum of Strategic Dialogue, ELNET, HSS. (December 2020)
Virtual Belonging(s): Transnational Media Practices among German and Austrian immigrants in Israel, German Studies Review (GSR), pp. 553-570, John Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. (October 2020). doi:10.1353/gsr.2020.0082.
Becoming Madame Chancellor, Angela Merkel and the Berlin Republic (Book Review(, in: Israeli Journal of Foreign Affairs, (September 2018) Jerusalem.
The Challenge of Cultural Activity – About the Work of the Goethe-Institut in Tel Aviv, 2018, in: Die dritte Säule: Beiträge zur auswärtigen Kultur und Bildungspolitik, Deutscher Kulturrat, Berlin.
Erinnert: Zum 70.Jahrestag der Gründung des Staates Israel, in: Die politische Meinung, KAS, Berlin, March/April 2018.
Schmelztiegel oder Mosaik? Israelische Gesellschaft, in: Informationen zur politischen Bildung, (336) 2018. Federal Agency for Civil Education, Bonn.
What is the meaning of the statement: Israel’s security is part of Germany´s raison d'être? In: Loyal, Das Magazin für Sicherheitspolitik, Sept. 2018, Bonn.
Virtuelle Heimat – Transnationale Mediennutzung und Zugehörigkeit bei deutschen Einwanderern in Israel, Spiegelungen, pp 59-70, Dezember 2017, Zeitschrift für deutsche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas, Institut für deutsche Geschichte und Kultur an der Ludwig-Maximilian Universität, München.
Projektionsfläche Israel – Europäische Wahrnehmung, Entfremdung und Annäherung. 2017, Schwäbische Gesellschaft, Schriftenreihe 79, 2017.
Games of Mirrors: News Media Consumption and Identity Negotiation amnong Jewish Immigrants in Israel. Tel Aviv University, 2016
Alltag in Israel, in: G. Dachs (ed.), Länderbericht Israel, 2016, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn.
Der israelisch-palästinensische Konflikt, in: G. Dachs (ed.), Länderbericht Israel, 2016, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn.
Games of Mirrors, Identity negotiations and news consumptions among Olim in Israel (in Hebrew), Hod, the Ulpan Hachadash, 2015, Vol. 103, Winter.
Deutschland und Israel - Fünfzig Jahre deutsch-israelische Beziehungen. in: G. Dachs (ed.), Jüdischer Almanach - Begegnungen, 2014, Suhrkamp, Berlin.
Zu den kulturpolitischen Beziehungen zwischen Israel und Deutschland. in: Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache, pp.145-154, Der Sprachdienst, Juli/Oktober 2013, Jahrgang 57, Wiesbaden.
Wo gemeinsam Neues entsteht? in: Deutscher Kulturrat, Die Welt lesbarer machen, 2013, Goethe-Institut München, Berlin.
Kindheit und Jugend in Israel heute, in: Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg, Laupheimer Gespräche 2011, 2012, Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg.
Die Kunst des Alterns in Israel. Vom Älterwerden und Alter (nicht nur) im Judentum. in: Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg, Laupheimer Gespräche 2012, 2013, Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg.
Documenting Change, in: A. Nocke (ed.), Insight, Micha Bar Am’s Israel, 2011, Koenig books, London and Open Museums Israel.
Strengthening the Forces of Moderation in the Israeli – Palestinian Conflict: The Role of the European Union after the Gaza War, Report. Clingendael Institute,(2009) 39-42. Accessed December 3, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep05552.10.
Soixante ans de relations germano-israéliennes, in: Radioscopies de l´Allemagne, 2009, Institut francais des relations internationales (Ifri), Paris.
Deutsch-israelische Beziehungen - Ein Zwischenbericht, in: Münchner Beiträge zur Jüdischen Geschichte und Kultur, 2009, Lehrstuhl für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur, Ludwig Maximilian Universität München.
Die Erste, in: J. Ross and P. Schwarz (eds), Was soll ich glauben? Die Weltreligionen, 2008, Herder, Freiburg.
Israel and Europe, the troubled relationship: Between perceptions and reality, (with Joel Peters), 2005, CSEPS Paper, The Center for the Study of European Politics and Society, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Die israelische Gesellschaft – Konfliktlinien und Zerreissproben, in: Israel in Nahost – Deutschland in Europa, Nahtstellen, 2001, A. Wittstock (ed.), Springer, Wiesbaden.
Wer sich nicht erinnert, hat keine Geschichte. Die Palästinenser, Israel und der Holocaust, 1999. in: G. Dachs (ed.), Deutsche, Israelis, Palästinenser. Heidelberg.
Books
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Konsens, Dissens, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, upcoming 2022
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Natur, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2021
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Freundschaften, Feindschaften, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2020
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Sex and Crime, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2019
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Mein Israel, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2018
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Familie, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2017
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Musik, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2016
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Grenzen, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2015
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Begegnungen, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2014
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Alter, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2013
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Proteste, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2012
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Sport, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2011
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Liebe, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2010
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Identitäten, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2009
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Israel, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2008
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Sprache, Jüdischer Verlag, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2007
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Frauen, Jüdischer Verlag Suhrkamp, Frankfurt ,2006
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Jekkes, Jüdischer Verlag Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2005
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Humor, Jüdischer Verlag Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2004
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Kindheit, Jüdischer Verlag Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2003
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Vom Essen, Jüdischer Verlag Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2002
(ed.) Jüdischer Almanach – Orte und Räume, Jüdischer Verlag Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, 2001
(ed.) Länderbericht Israel, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (German Federal Agency for Civic Education) Bonn, 2016.
Israel kurzgefasst, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (German Federal Agency for Civic Education) Bonn, 2010, 2013, 2016.
(ed.) Deutsche, Israelis, Palästinenser – Eine schwierige Beziehung, Heidelberg, 1999.
Getrennte Welten, Israelische und palästinensische Lebensgeschichten, Zürich, 1998.
Invited Keynotes and Public Lectures (partial list)
Recent Panel Chairs/Moderations and Presentations at Conferences (Partial list)
From Dallas to Berlin: The Transnationalization of Meaning?
Collaborative project with the FU Berlin, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)