Colloquium

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		Prof. Oded Heilbronner, Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art Europe as a Volkswagen Idea:The Nazi European Space (Großraum) Project.Origins,Formation,Legacy
16/06/2021		Annual Zilk Lecture Prof. Renate Meyer, Vienna University of Economics and Business & Copenhagen Business School Governance 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 2018/19

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?*