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International Conference "The Legacy of Hans Kohn", Jerusalem, March 11-12, 2009
| Location: | Israel |
| Conference Date: | 2009-03-11 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2009-02-09 |
| Announcement ID: |
166832 |
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International Conference "The Legacy of Hans Kohn", Jerusalem, March 11-12, 2009
The conference is organized by the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center in cooperation with the School of History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex, the Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung and the Leo Baeck Institute London.
Program
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
16:30-17:00 Welcome and refreshments
Opening Session: 17:00
Chair and Greetings: Steven Aschheim (Director, The Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Keynote lecture:
Christian Wiese (Director, Center for German-Jewish Studies, University of Sussex)
"But this is Buber-Zionism”: Robert Weltsch’s and Hans Kohn’s Diverging Interpretations of Jewish Nationalism's Legitimacy
Thursday 12.3.2009
Gathering: 9:00-9:30
Session I: 9:30-10:15
Chair: Ulrich Bielefeld (Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung)
Michael Enderlein (Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung)
Transcending Nationalism: Fichte's influence on Hans Kohn
Session II: 10:30-13:00
Chair: Raphael Gross (Director, Leo Baeck Institute London)
Romy Langeheine (University of Sussex)
"Based on ethical considerations we would have to abandon Zionism": Hans Kohn and Ethical Nationalism
Anja Siegemund (University of Haifa)
The Notion of the Self and the Other in Hans Kohn's View of the Conflict in Palestine
Dimitry Shumsky (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Was Hans Kohn an Exceptional Figure within the Contemporary Zionist Movement?
Session III: 14:30-16:00
Chair: Hedva Ben Israel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Lutz Fiedler (Simon Dubnow Institute, Leipzig)
Beyond the Nation State - Hans Kohn on Jewish Nationalism and
Multinational Empires
Zohar Maor (Bar Ilan University)
Hans Kohn and the Dialectics of Colonialism
Session IV: 16:30-18:00
Chair: Yfaat Weiss (Head, School of History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Adi Gordon (The Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The Serial Convert and the ‘Mythology of Coherence’: The Contradictory Hans Kohn and his Multiple Metamorphoses
Noam Pianko (University of Washington)
From German Zionism to American Nationalism: The Evolution of Hans Kohn’s Scholarship
The conference will take place at the Maiersdorf Faculty Club, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus Campus, Jerusalem.
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The Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center
for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Har Hatzofim, Rabin Building, room 3203/04
Jerusalem 91905
Israel
fon +972-2-5881909/-5881686
fax +972-2-5811369
Email: rosenzweig@vms.huji.ac.il
Visit the website at http://rosenzweig.huji.ac.il
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