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Conference Announcement Theme: Multiple Dialogues Subtitle: Martin Buber in Palestine/Israel Type: International Conference Institution: Leo Baeck Institute of Jerusalem Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities Martin Buber Chair in Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Goethe University Frankfurt Location: Jerusalem (Israel) Date: 10.–12.5.2015 __________________________________________________ On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Martin Buber’s Death 50 Years of Israeli German Relations Programme Sunday, May 10, 2015 13:00 Gathering 13:30-15:00 Session 1: Buber’s Socialism and Zionism: Theology and Practice Ofer Nordheimer Nur (Tel Aviv University) Martin Buber, Gustav Landauer and Hashomer Hatzair as Underground Judaism in the 1920s Hannan Hever (Hebrew University / Yale University) Scholem vs. Buber – Contrasting Political Theologies 15:30-16:50 Session 2: Jewish-Christian/German Dialogue Antonios Kalatzis (MBSF, Hebrew University) "Emunah" and "Pistis": Judaism and Christendom as Way and Problem according to Buber Amir Engel (University of Frankfurt) Germans and Jews 1951. Martin Buber as a Pioneer of Postwar German-Jewish Dialogue Keynote Lecture at the Barbara Mandel Auditorium 17:30 Gathering 18:00 Paul Mendes-Flohr (Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem) 19:20 Reception Monday, May 11, 2015 9:00-11:00 Session 3: Reception of Buber's Hasidic Writings in Israeli Culture Ran HaCohen (Tel Aviv University) Buber's Covert Orthodox Reception Nicham Ross (Ben Gurion University) Literary Reactions in Israel to Buber’s Works on Hasidism Asaf Ziderman (Tel Aviv University) Buber’s Theology of Mitzvah: A Missed Opportunity? 11:30-12:50 Session 4: Echoes of Buber's Religious Thought in Israel Sam Berrin Shonkoff (University of Chicago) Buber's Biblical Humanism as Critique of Political Zionism Jonathan Ben-Dov (Haifa University) Buber and his Student Shemaryahu Talmon on the Theological Problem of Biblical Eschatology 14:00-15:30 Session 5: Dialogue – Buber and Israeli Social Sciences Uri Ram (Ben Gurion University) Dan Avnon (Hebrew University) 16:00-18:00 Session 6: Buber and the Israeli Humanities Yaron Cohen Tzemach (Tel Aviv University / Open University) Buber and the Study of Religions at the Hebrew University Philipp von Wussow (University of Frankfurt) Martin Buber and Leo Strauss in Jerusalem Nitzan Lebovic (Lehigh University) Knowledge and Power in Palestine: Martin Buber and Hugo Bergman, or the Creation of Critical Studies in Hebrew Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:20-10:40 Session 7: Buber and the Israeli Institutional Ethos Daniel Marom (Mandel Institute) Martin Buber and Ben Zion Dinur: Between Dialogical Philosophy and Public Adult Education in Israel Laura Jockusch (MBSF, Hebrew University) “For the Sake of Our People”: Martin Buber’s Plea to Annul Adolf Eichmann's Death Penalty 11:00-12:20 Session 8: Buber, the Orient, Jews and Arabs Stefan Vogt (University of Frankfurt) The Postcolonial Buber Anja Siegemund (LBI Jerusalem) A Political Buber? Buber's Conception of Jewish-Arab Rapprochement and Conflict Resolution 13:40-15:00 Session 9: Buber’s Legacy and the Prospects of Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue Maya Kahanoff (Hebrew University) Buber’s "Greater Realism": Dialogue and Recognition in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Samuel Brody (University of Kansas) “Anachnu Betach Lo Frayerim!”: Realism, Theopolitics, and the Legacy of Martin Buber in Israel 15:20-16:40 Session 10: Writing Buber's Biography Christian Wiese (University of Frankfurt) Hidden Signs of Disenchantment: Hans Kohn’s Biography of Martin Buber 1930 in Political Context Zohar Maor (Bar Ilan University) Challenging Hyphens for the Biographer: Buber and the Indestructible Chains of German Identity 16:40-18:00 Concluding Session: Buber Then and Now Dan Avnon (Hebrew University) Sharon Gordon (LBI Jerusalem / Hebrew University) Hannan Hever (Hebrew University / Yale University) Venue The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus Jack, Josef and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (Near the Mount Scopus Botanical Garden), Hall 530 Contact: Martin Buber Society of Fellows Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tel. +972 (2) 5883901 Fax. +972 (2) 5880265 Email: [email protected] Web: http://sites.google.com/site/buberconf2015/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
