Colloquium

Colloquium Schedule for the Academic Year 2024/25

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

30.10.2024	xx	Opening session H.E. Steffen Seibert, Ambassador of Germany to Israel	xx	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

Colloquium Schedule for the Academic Year 2018/19

Wednesdays, 18:00-20:00, Faculty of Social Sciences, Room 2415

Date		Topic
17/10/18	xxx	Introduction to the colloquium
31/10/18		Dr. Susanne Wasum-Rainer (German Ambassador to Israel) – Europe: A Peace Project
14/11/18		Dr. Ina Kubbe – Corrption and Norms in Europe
28/11/18		Dr. Denis Charbit – Is France still an Exception in Europa?
19/12/18		Dr. Iris Nachum – Sudeten German Compensation Demands: The History of a Discourse Dr. Ina Kubbe – Corruption and Gender: Challenges of Women in Central and Eastern Europe
26/12/18		Dr. Toby Greene – The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy in Europe Dr. Oded Steinberg – "Bridge Over Troubled Water?": Current and Historical European Responses to Suffering and Atrocities
09/01/19		Prof. Guy Harpaz – International Law? Double Standards? The Front Polisario Verdict and Narrowing the Gap between the EU’s Trade Treatment of Western Sahara and its treatment of the West Bank
16/01/19		CGS Conference – Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Between Germany and Israel
13/03/19		Prof. Jürgen Gerhards – How Strong is European Solidarity in Times of Crisis? Insights from a 13-Country Survey
20/03/19		Ariel David – Italy in Europe: A Trojan Horse or a Lame Horse?
10/04/19		Prof. Nicolas Hubé – Europe: An Elite-driven Project?
15/05/19		Europe Day Conference and Workshop - Europe and Fake News
05/06/19		Prof. Angelo Giannakopoulus – Challenges of European Integration: An Update
19/06/19		Student presentations

Colloquium Schedule for the Academic Year 2019/20

Mondays, 18:45-20:15, Faculty of Humanities, Room 6205

Date		Topic
04/11/19	xxx	Introduction to the colloquium
11/11/19		Dr. Irit Kornblit, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem United in Diversity: The Rhetoric of Diversity and the Discursive Construction of a Collective Identity in International Organizations
25/11/19		Dr. Tal Sadeh, Tel Aviv University Compensating for European Integration in the Age of Euroscepticism
09/12/19		Prof. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Diego Portales University (Chile) Populism versus Democracy
16/12/19		H.E. Marek Magierowski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the State of Israel Europe and its Neighbours: Tensions and Opportunities
06/01/20		Prof. Naama Sheffi, Sapir Academic College The Perception of Guenter Grass in Israel
20/01/20		Prof. Gilbert Casasus, Université de Fribourg *European Social Democracy: Circumstantial or Structural Crisis?*

Colloquium Schedule for the Academic Year 2020/21

Wednesdays, 18:30-20:00, Faculty of Humanities, Room 6205

Date		Topic
28/10/2020	xxx	Introduction to the colloquium and Book Presentation with Dr. Oded Steinberg, author of "Race, Nation, History: Anglo-German Thought in the Victorian Era (2019)
11/11/2020		*The Kelsen Legacy: Reflections upon the Centennial to the Austrian Constitution* Greetings: Karoline Edtstadler, Austrian Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution at the Federal Chancellery Prof. Barak Medina, Rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Speakers: The Honorable Prof. Yitzhak Englard, Former Supreme Court Justice and Bora Laskin Chair in Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem *Have Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law, His Fascination for Religion and His Concept of Religion a Jewish Background?* Prof. Clemens Jabloner, Professor for Legal Theory at the University of Vienna and Director of the Hans Kelsen Institute Kelsen as a Constitutional Technician: Interactions between the Pure Theory of Law and the Design of the Austrian Constitution Prof. Otto Pfersmann, Director of Studies and Chair of Law at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris The Austrian Constitutional Exception: Normative Explicitness and Democratic Confidence Moderator: Prof. Gisela Dachs, European Forum at the Hebrew University
25/11/2020		Judy Dempsey, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe and Editor in Chief of the Strategic Europe Blog Is Europe a Strategic Player?
09/12/2020		Dr. Ulrich Brückner, Jean Monnet Professor for European Studies, Stanford University in Berlin After the US-Elections: What to Expect for Transatlantic Relations?
23/12/2020		Dr. Tibor Shalev-Schlosser, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Germany and Israel: Very Special Relations - 1990-2013
06/01/2021		Prof. Frank Biess, University of California German Angst - Fear and Democracy in Postwar Germany
20/01/2021		Prof. Luis Simons, The Institute for European Studies, Brussels Subject or Object? Europe in Sino-American Competition
17/03/2021		Prof. Jonathan Rynhold, Bar-Ilan University Great Britain and Europe after Brexit
21/04/2021		Prof. Esra Özürek, University of Cambridge *Subcontracting Guilt, Cultivating Empathy, Domesticating Masculinity: Holocaust Memory and Immigrant Integration in Germany*
12/05/2021		Europe Day
19/05/2021		Dr. Orna Keren-Carmel, European Forum at the Hebrew University Scandinavia and Israel - The Beginning of Relations (Book presentation)
02/06/2021		Isaac Eilat, Adv., PhD Candidate at the History Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Nazi Visions of Europe
16/06/2021		Annual Zilk LectureProf. Renate Meyer, Vienna University of Economics and Business & Copenhagen Business SchoolGovernance Gaps as Challenges to Urban Coordination and Cohesion – Examples from the City of Vienna
30/06/2021		Student Presentations

Colloquium Schedule for the Academic Year 2021/22

Spring Term, Mondays, 19:00-20:30, Faculty of Humanities, Room 6205
07.03.2022	xxx	Launch of the HU-EF Barometer
28.03.2022		Prof. Kristina Spohr, London School of Economics & John Hopkins University	xxx	The Restructuring of the World after 1989.
11.04.2022		Prof. Mark Rhinard, University of Stockholm		The Crisification of the European Union.
25.04.2022		Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, The Hebrew University Jerusalem		The Jewish Identities of European Jews: What, Why and How.
09.05.2022		Prof. Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University		Times of Emergency and the World.
06.06.2022		Annual Zilk Lecture: Prof. Achim Oberg, University of Hamburg		Neighborhood and Community in the City of Vienna: The Perspective of the Sharing Economy.
13.06.2022		Master Thesis´ Presentations of our Students
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Fall Term, Mondays, 19:00-20:30, Faculty of Humanities, Room 6205
18.10.2021	xxx	Opening session
08.11.2021		Prof. Isabell Schierenbeck, University of Gothenburg	xxx	Migration in the Swedish Welfare State. Encounters between Syrian Refugees and Frontline Workers.
29.11.2021		Prof. Claude Rosental, CNRS		The Demonstration Society.
06.12.2021		Prof. Thorsten Faas, Freie Universität Berlin		After the Elections in Germany.
13.12.2021		Prof. Konstantin Sonin, University of Chicago		The Second Russian Revolution Thirty Years Later.
27.12.2021		Dr. Rachel Frid de Vries Av., College Kiryat Ono		Competing Jurisdiction on EU’s Trade Agreements between the EU Courts and International Tribunals? Perspectives from Third States and International Law.
10.01.2022		Dr. Daniel Wajner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem		The Populist Impact on Regional Integration: Reflections on Europe and Latin America.

Colloquium Schedule for the Academic Year 2022/23

Spring Term, Wednesdays, 18:30-20:00, Faculty of Humanities, Room 6205
15.03.2023	xxx	Prof. Gideon Botsch, University of Potsdam, Germany	xxx	Between Party Politics, Street Mobilization and Violent Subcultures: Current Developments in Germany's Far Right.
22.03.2023		Roundtable Discussion		Migration in Times of Rising Populism.
19.04.2023		Gerhart Baum, Former Federal Minister of the Interior		Putin's War on Ukraine as Pivot for Germany and an Old World Order – Global Competition between Autocracies and Liberal Democracies.
03.05.2023		Prof. Karl Wöber, MODUL University Vienna, Austria		Annual Helmut Zilk Memorial Lecture: Vienna's Position in European Tourism in Times of Climate Change.
17.05.2023		Presentations of Selected Research Projects at the European Forum
07.06.2023		Dr. Michael B. Elm, Tel Aviv University & the Goethe Universität Frankfurt		Embracing Trauma. The European Memory of World War I in Cinema.
28.06.2023		Prof. Günter Bischof, University of New Orleans, USA		The Cold War in Austria

Fall Term, Wednesdays, 18:30-20:00, Faculty of Humanities, Room 6205, or Faculty of Social Sciences, Room 2415

26.10.2022	xxx	Panel Discussion with Participants from Poland and Moldova		Eastern Europe in the Shadow of the War against Ukraine – Views from Both Sides of the EU Borders.
09.11.2022		Prof. Leah Bradshaw, University of Ontario, Canada	xxx	The Limits of Liberalism: Cosmopolitanism and Sovereignity.
23.11.2022		Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem		A Complex Emotional Cocktail: Reappraising the Role of Positive Emotions in the Appeal of Right-Wing Populist Parties in Austria, Germany and Italy.
07.12.2022		International Roundtable Discussion		Heinrich Heine – A Vanguard of Liberal Democracy? Examining his Struggles for Modernity on his 225th Birthday through the Lens of Today’s Europe.
28.12.2022		Dr. Yuval Tal, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem		Particular Universalism: Catholics, Muslims, and French Nationality Law, 1889-2022.
11.01.2023		Prof. Noam Shoval, Director, The European Forum at the Hebrew University		China's Belt and Road Initiative: The Implications for Europe and Israel.
25.01.2023		Dr. Gabriele Shenhar, University of Sussex		Super-Diversity, Assemblage and Enchantment: Fieldnotes from Contemporary Britain.

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Colloquium Schedule for the Academic Year 2023/24

Fall term 2023-24, Mondays, 18:45-20:15, Room 42605

01.01.2024	Opening Session Dr. Damian Filut, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	A Journey into International Development Policy Research - Between Academy and Professional Practice
15.01.2024	Dr. Noa Swisa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	The German-Israeli Relationship in the 21 Century: What Drives the Special Relationship Today?
29.01.2024	H.E. Steffen Seibert, German Ambassador to Israel & Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Creating Holocaust Awareness on TikTok: Presentation of results from the report about the „TikTok Shoah Commemoration and Education Initiative“
12.02.2024	Oded Shenhav & Dr. Daniel Wajner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Spanish Populism and the Catalan Conflict: Unravelling a Co-constitutive Relationship
26.02.2024	Yehonatan Abraham, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Your Past is My Present: The Public Effects of Zelensky's Speeches in Israel, Germany, the UK, and the US
11.03.2024	HU-EF Barometer

Spring term 2023-24, Mondays, 18:45-20:15, Room 42605

20.05.2024	Dr. Samuel Barnai, The Hebrew University	In OUR God We Trust: Religious Aspects of the Russian War against Ukraine
03.06.2024	Dr. Ina Kubbe, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Tel Aviv University	Framing of Corruption Scandals in the German Media
01.07.2024	Dr. Daniel Aschheim, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity
15.07.2024	Dr. Hila Levi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	It’s (not only) the Economy, stupid: Examining the European Central Bank’s Marginal Attention to the Human and Social Implications of Austerity during the Euro-Area Crisis through the Lens of Organizational Culture
22.07.2024	Presentation of research projects