When the marker of what it is acceptable to say is moved, acceptance of nationalistic, racist, and Antisemitic content grows. Ruth Wodak, linguist and co-founder of Critical Discourse Analysis, has been researching the effects of right-wing populist rhetoric for years.
Her talk traces how the new “normality to the right” is establishing itself in many European countries, where right-wing populist parties are edging increasingly from society’s periphery to its center.
recording available
Where
Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
Recording of the lecture Swing to the right?! Is Right-wing Populist Discourse Becoming the New Norm? by Ruth Wodak on 17 October 2019; Jewish Museum Berlin 2019
This applies above all to the perception that minorities and migrants are threatening European identity. How can the consequences of this development be assessed? And how can it be opposed?
Ruth Wodak is professor emeritus of discourse research (Lancaster University) and applied linguistics (University of Vienna). Her research interests range from identity and past politics to prejudice research and right-wing populism. In 2016, her book The Politics of Fear. What Right-Wing Populist Discourses Mean was published, which won the Austrian Science Book of the Year Award in the Humanities, Social and Cultural Sciences category in 2017.
The event will be moderated by Yasemin Shooman of the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM).
W. Michael Blumenthal Lectures
In the W. Michael Blumenthal Lectures, named for the founding director of the Jewish Museum Berlin, internationally prominent scholars discuss current social issues.
Ruth Wodak; photo: private
Lecture Series: W. Michael Blumenthal Lectures (3)
W. Michael Blumenthal Lectures
Ruth Wodak:
Swing to the right?!
Ruth Wodak traces how a new “normality to the right” is establishing itself in many European countries (in German)
Lecture/Discussion
17 October 2019 (video recording available)
Seyla Benhabib:
The Global Refugee Crisis and the Challenge to Liberal Democracies
26 June 2018 (with video recording)
Lecture and discussion about the challenges migration poses to liberal democracies
José Casanova:
Secularisation or the Return of Religion?
16 March 2017 (with video recording; in German)
Discussion on the Relationship Between Religion and Secularity in European Societies
Video Recordings: Watch Past Museum Events (64)
Watch Past Museum Events
We film select events, such as conferences, panel discussions, book presentations, and our Jewish-Islamic Forum lecture series.
The Last Veit Simons from Berlin
One of Berlin’s oldest Jewish families in a transnational story of class, gender, and sexuality
With: Anna Hájková and Maria von der Heydt
Language: German, no subtitles
Reading/Discussion
11 Dec 2019
About a Tea Bowl
Discussion with brief presentations about interwoven experiences of post-Soviet Jewish migration, in German
Lecture/Discussion
27 Nov 2019
Conversation with the Artist Thomas Struth
With Thomas Struth (photographer) and Theresia Ziehe (curator of photography), related to the exhibition This Place, in German
Artist Talk
5 Dec 2019
Ruth Wodak:
Swing to the right?!
Ruth Wodak traces how a new “normality to the right” is establishing itself in many European countries (in German)
Lecture/Discussion
17 October 2019
Zvi Aviram: Brushes with Death
16 September 2019
Zvi Aviram was born in January 1927 in Berlin as Heinz Abrahamsohn. From age 14, he had to perform forced labor in the arms industry. During the so-called factory operation on 27 February 1943, his parents were arrested and deported and he himself went into illegality.
Karl M. von der Heyden: From Berlin to New York
29 August 2019
In his book From Berlin to New York, Karl M. von der Heyden describes his experiences as a child and youth in war-torn Germany and his journey to the USA, where he began studying at Duke University in 1957 and rose to the boardrooms of Pepsi and Dreamworks.
Sally Perel:
Hitlerjunge Salomon
12 June 2019
Sally Perel was born in Peine in April 1925. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union he pretended to be a Volksdeutscher and called himself Josef Perjell.
In 1990, his memoirs were published and were filmed in the same year under the title Hitlerjunge Salomon.
“To Know One Religion Is to Know None”
28 August 2019
W. Michael Blumenthal Fellow Walid Abdelgawad talks about reflections on Islam and Judaism in the writings of German-speaking Jewish orientalists between 1833 and 1955 (in German)
Video: in German; no subtitles
Museums, Religion, and the Work of Reconciliation and Remembrance
9 May 2019
Museums are called on to deal critically and transparently with the often invisible colonial history of their collections. The curators Jisgang Nika Collision (Haida Gwaii Museum, Haida Nation & Canada) and Léontine Meijer-van Mensch (Saxonian State Ethnographic Collections) discussed this topic.
Access Barriers. Critical Perspectives on Racism in Schools and Curatorial Practices
Keynote by Bonita Bennett (District Six Museum, Cape Town) at the conference Access Barriers on museums as places of social change.
Lecture/Discussion
20 Mar 2019
The Laskers from Breslau (Wrocław) – A Family Reunion in Music and Words
27 January 2019
Cellist and contemporary witness Anita Lasker Wallfisch shares the stage with three generations of her family for the first time.
Marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp on 27 January 1945, they read letters from the family written between 1942 and 1952 and play works by Beethoven, Schubert, Bloch, and others.
27 Jan 2019
Happy Birthday, Academy Programs!
2 December 2018
Welcoming Remarks and Introducing the Academy Programs | Discussion with Performance: Archive of Life. Memory in a Society Shaped by Migration | Panel Discussion: Jewish Fathers – Jewish Children? | Panel Discussion: A Pre-fascist Era? | Reception: 5 Years – 5 Friends – 5 Gifts
Peter Neuhof: A Youth in the Shadow of the Persecution
3 December 2018
Peter Neuhof speaks about his memories and experiences in an interview with Aubrey Pomerance, head of the archive. His parents were active members of the German Communist Party (KPD) and were arrested in 1943. Peter was able to remain in the parental home.
Polish Perspectives on '68: March Protests
22 November 2018
This event for the “'68 Now” series discusses (in German and Polish) the events of 1968 from the Polish perspective. In Poland, the student protests were co-opted by an antisemitic rampage that resulted in 13,000 Jews being forced to leave the country.
Living with Islamophobia
11 and 12 October 2018
The international conference “Living with Islamophobia” considered how cultural and religious affiliations are constructed and invited experts to enter into discussion.
Imported Antisemitism?
30 August 2018
Is Antisemitism increasing with the number of refugees from Arab countries? We discuss with political, academic, and practical experts which manifestations of antisemitism among Arab migrants and Muslims in Germany exist (in German).
Michael Sfard:
The Jerusalem Dispute. The Fight for Human Rights in Israeli Courts
6 September 2018
Lecture by Michael Sfard, one of Israel’s leading human rights lawyers
Seyla Benhabib: The Global Refugee Crisis and the Challenge to Liberal Democracies
26 June 2018
Seyla Benhabib (Yale University) discusses the challenges migration poses to liberal democracies.
Hanni Levy: Surviving in Berlin
Born in 1924, survived the Nazi era in hiding in Berlin with the help of friends, in German
Eyewitness Talks
25 Jun 2018
Stolen Judaica
Provenance Research in Israel and Germany
In this symposium, research that explores the origins of Jewish ceremonial objects exclusively in Israel and Germany, took center stage for the first time.
Conference
18/19 Jun 2018
Ongoing Struggles. Anti-Discrimination Work during the Rise of the Far Right
7 June 2018
Opening Session of the academic conference
Including Imani Perry's keynote »What Lies Underneath: Difficult Histories and the Resurgence of The Far Right«
Anita Lasker Wallfisch: Auschwitz Never Left Me
28 May 2018
Born in Breslau in 1925, Anita Lasker Wallfisch studied cello in Berlin from 1938. In 1942, Anita’s parents were deported to Izbica and murdered, and in 1943 Anita and her sister Renate were deported to Ausschwitz.
Lives in Common: Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem
8 May 2018
Author Menachem Klein in Conversation with Cilly Kugelmann
Margot Friedländer: Try to Make Your Life
9 April 2018
Margot Friedländer was born in 1921 in Berlin and has had close ties with the museum for many years. She reads from her memoir, which takes its title from her mother’s last message to her: Try to Make Your Life.
What is the Relationship Between Antisemitism and Islamophobia?
20 March 2018
Lectures by David Feldman and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum
The Book of Numbers
12 February 2018
Reading and Talk with the Author Joshua Cohen and Literary Scholar Jan Wilm
Walter Frankenstein: Not with Us
31 January 2018
Born in 1924 in West Prussia, Walter Frankenstein lived in Berlin from 1936. When deportation threatened, he went into hiding with his wife and their five-week-old son. The family managed to survive with the help of friends.
“And the day will come ...”
11 January 2018
Eyewitness Horst Selbiger in Conversation with Léontine Meijer-van Mensch
Kurt Roberg: A Visa Or Your Life
Born 1924 in Celle, emigration at the end of 1938 via the Netherlands, return to Berlin in March 1941 and re-emigration in May 1941 via Lisbon to the USA, in German
Eyewitness Talks
4 Dec 2017
New Judaism – Alliances in Postmigrant Society
16 November 2017
Discussion on concepts of being Jewish within the third generation of Jews in Germany (in German and English)
Jews in Muslim Majority Countries
24 to 27 October 2017
International conference for scholars from different continents and academic disciplines, who discuss questions of culture, identity and memory of Jewish life in Arab and Muslim majority countries.
Henry Wuga: A Nuremberger from Glasgow
23 October 2017
Henry Wuga was born to a Jewish mother and a Catholic father in Nuremberg in 1924. In 1938, his parents were able to send him to Scotland with a children’s transport and later in 1947, he could bring his mother, who had survived in hiding, to his home in Glasgow.
Language: German
Future Memories
26 September 2017
Discussion on the Importance of Minority Perspectives for European Societies’ Commemorative Cultures (in German and English)
Luther, Rosenzweig, and the Script
18 September 2017
Book Presentation and Discussion (in German)
Between the Lines
9 September 2017
An Evening with Israeli and German Poets (in Hebrew and German)
Religion. Fashion. Empowerment.
29 June 2017
Discussion with Reina Lewis and Meriem Lebdiri (in German and English)
Sexual Ethics: Sexuality, Lust, Eroticism, and God
16 May 2017
Panel discussion with David Biale and Kecia Ali (in German and English)
Military Ethics: The (Religious) Laws Silent Beneath the Weapons?
6 April 2017
Panel discussion with Michael Broyde and Asma Afsaruddin (in German and English)
The Boundaries of Life - Bioethical Challenges
Panel discussion with Laurie Zoloth and Ilhan Ilkilic (in German and English)
Lecture/Discussion
23 February 2017
Jews in North Africa During the Second World War
26 Januar 2017
Theme day with lectures by Michel Abitbol, Eric Salerno, Patrick Bernhard, Haim Saadoun, and panel discussion
Language: German, English, and French
Business Ethics – Is Capitalism Kosher/Halal?
8 December 2016
Panel discussion with Nathan Lee Kaplan and Idris Nassery
Language: German, no subtitles
"Nothing can Hurt Those who Already Died Once" - Discussion with Contemporary Witness Marko Feingold
Event on 10 November 2016
With: Marko Feingold, Peter Schäfer, Uwe Neumärker
Language: German, no subtitles
Social Ethics – On Fair Social Order
Panel discussion on 26 October 2016
With: Micha Brumlik and Ingrid Mattson
Language: German and English, no subtitles
Sites of Memory: Lost and Entangled Narratives
Conference on 16 September 2016
With: Dr. Rosa Fava, Juliane Jurewicz, Prof. Dr. Iman Attia, Olga Gerstenberger, Ozan Keskinkiliç, Anita Awosusi, Ilona Lagrene, Prof. Dr. Michael Rothberg, and Serpil Polat
Language: German and English, no subtitles
TIME OF CRISIS
Panel discussion on 7 September 2016
With: Dan Diner, Adam Michnik, Dietmar Herz, Étienne François, and Hans Kundnani
Language: German, no subtitles
Organic Meets Kosher and Halal
Dialogical lecture on 1 June 2016
With: Shai Lavi and Sarra Tlili
Language: English, no subtitles
Antisemitism in the Arabic World – Facts and Myths
Panel discussion on 26 April 2016
With: Michael Kiefer and Omar Kamil
Language: German, no subtitles
Feminist Approaches to Judaism and Islam
Panel discussion on 14 April 2016
With: Judith Plaskow and Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Language: English, no subtitles
"Mich hat Auschwitz nie verlassen" (Auschwitz has never left me)
With: Renate Lasker-Harpprecht and Anita Lasker Wallfisch
Language: German, no subtitles
Eyewitness Talks
1 Mar 2016
Becoming a Jew, Becoming a Muslim
Panel discussion on 18 February 2016
With: Tobias Jona Simon and Esra Özyürek
Language: German and English, no subtitles
Religious Law and Secular State
Dialogical lecture on 9 December 2015
With: Ronen Reichman and Mathias Rohe
Language: German, no subtitles
Post-migrant Society?!
International conference from 12 to 14 November 2015
Recording of the opening event
Language: German and English, no subtitles
What Does Diaspora Mean for Jews and Muslims?
Dialogical lecture on 29 October 2015
With: Michael L. Satlow and Sarah Albrecht
Language: German and English, no subtitles
On Life – Working with People Traumatized by the Shoah
Panel discussion on 1 October 2015
With: Giselle Cycowicz, Martin Auerbach and David Becker and Volker Beck
Language: German, no subtitles
Kill Me a Son!
Symposium from 3 September 2015 to 4 September 2015
Recording of the opening event
With: Prof. Dr. Peter Schäfer and Prof. Dr. Angelika Neuwirth
Language: German, no subtitles
A Shared View of Europe – Jewish and Muslim Experiences as Reflected in Public Controversies
Panel discussion on 19 January 2015
With: Prof. Nilüfer Göle, Shai Lavi and Gökçe Yurdakul
Language: German, no subtitles
Contemporary Jewish life in a global modernity
International conference from 11 December 2014 to 12 December 2014
Recording of the presentation "Future of European Jewry"
With: Dr. Karen Körber and Dr. Diana Pinto
Language: English, no subtitles
Snip it?!
Presentation of a study followed by a discussion on 4 December 2014
With: Professor Kerem Öktem, Mounir Azzaoui, Dr. des. Alexander Hasgall, and Dr. des. Hannah C. Tzuberi.
Concepts of Citizenship and Participation in European Comparison
Symposium from 7 April 2014 to 8 April 2014
Recording of the keynote by Prof. Dr. Rainer Bauböck and the followed panel discussion
With: Prof. Dr. Rainer Bauböck, Dr. Manuela Bojadžijev, Josip Juratovic and Dr. Monika Lüke
Language: German, no subtitles
Art and Culture in the Terezín Ghetto
Symposium on 2 March 2014
In four lectures, the symposium explores the history of Theresienstadt, the “ghetto of exceptions,” from four different angles.
With: Wolfgang Benz, Anna Hájková and Hanno Loewy
Language: German, no subtitles
The Connected Audience
Conference from 27 February 2014 to 28 February 2014
With: John H. Falk
Language: English, no subtitles
Is Higher Education a Safeguard Against Racism and Antisemitism?
Presentation of a study followed by panel discussion on 20 February 2014
With: Wassilis Kassis, Charlotte Schallié, Iman Attia, Stefanie Schüler-Springorum and Andreas Zick
Language: German, no subtitles
"What do we mean when we say 'antisemitism'?"
Keynote lecture on 8 November 2013
Opening of the conference Antisemitism in Europe Today: the Phenomena, the Conflicts
With: Brian Klug
Language: English
Circumcision: Identity Politics and / or Health Issue?
With: Sander L. Gilman, in Englisch
Lecture/Discussion
8 May 2013
Academy Programs: Past Events for You to Listen To and Watch (56)
Past Events for You to Listen To and Watch
We have recorded some of our conferences, lectures, readings, and panel discussions for you as audio or video files.
Non-Transcendental Morality: Judaism, Islam, and Atheism
With Jacques Berlinerblau (Georgetown University) and Ufuk Topkara (Johns Hopkins University), in German and English
Lecture Series
20 Apr 2020 (with video recording)
Tying the Knot versus Bonds with God: Jews and Muslims in Interfaith Marriages
With Madeleine Dreyfus (psychoanalyst with a doctorate in cultural anthropology) und Imen Gallala-Arndt (lawyer and a lecturer at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), in German
Lecture Series
Thu, 18 Jun 2020 (with video recording)
What Do You Think about Jesus? Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
With Israel Yuval (Hebrew University in Jerusalem) and Maha El Kaisy-Friemuth (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), in German and English
Lecture Series
18 Feb 2020 (with video recording)
Mono or Poly? Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism
With Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein (Elijah Interfaith Institute) and Reza Shah-Kazemi (Institute of Ismaili Studies in London)
Lecture Series
4 Feb 2020 (with video recording)
About a Tea Bowl
Discussion with brief presentations about interwoven experiences of post-Soviet Jewish migration, with video recording, in German
Lecture/Discussion
27 Nov 2019 (with video recording)
Ruth Wodak:
Swing to the right?!
Ruth Wodak traces how a new “normality to the right” is establishing itself in many European countries (in German)
Lecture/Discussion
17 October 2019
“To Know One Religion Is to Know None”
28 August 2019
W. Michael Blumenthal Fellow Walid Abdelgawad talks about reflections on Islam and Judaism in the writings of German-speaking Jewish orientalists between 1833 and 1955 (in German)
Video: in German; no subtitles
Do You Believe in Miracles?
With James A. Diamond (Professor in Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo, Canada) and Umeyye Isra Yazicioglu (Professor in Religious Studies at St. Joseph’s University in Philidelphia, United States)
Lecture Series
13 Jun 2019 (with video recording)
Museums, Religion, and the Work of Reconciliation and Remembrance
9 May 2019
Museums are called on to deal critically and transparently with the often invisible colonial history of their collections. The curators Jisgang Nika Collision (Haida Gwaii Museum, Haida Nation & Canada) and Léontine Meijer-van Mensch (Saxonian State Ethnographic Collections) discussed this topic.
Humanity: Between Destiny and Free Will
With Alan Mittleman (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) and Martin Mahmud Kellner (Institute of Islamic Theology, Osnabrück)
Lecture Series
30 Apr 2019 (with video recording)
Access Barriers. Critical Perspectives on Racism in Schools and Curatorial Practices
Keynote by Bonita Bennett (District Six Museum, Cape Town) at the conference Access Barriers on museums as places of social change.
Lecture/Discussion
20 Mar 2019
How Much God Is in the Holy Scriptures?
With Benjamin Sommer (expert in modern Jewish theology) and Ghassan el Masri (researcher on the Koran in the context of the Arabic literature of his time), in German and English
Lecture Series
5 Mar 2019 (with video recording)
God, Darwin, and Evolution
Natan Slifkin (Biblical Museum of Natural History, Israel) and Fatimah Jackson (Howard University, USA) discuss how Jewish and Islamic theologians treat evolutionary biology.
Lecture Series
31 Jan 2019 (with video recording)
Happy Birthday, Academy Programs!
2 December 2018
Welcoming Remarks and Introducing the Academy Programs | Discussion with Performance: Archive of Life. Memory in a Society Shaped by Migration | Panel Discussion: Jewish Fathers – Jewish Children? | Panel Discussion: A Pre-fascist Era? | Reception: 5 Years – 5 Friends – 5 Gifts
Science in the Light of Faith
Geoffrey A. Mitelman and Ahmad S. Dallal discuss how Jewish and Islamic theologians have reflected for centuries on the conflicting powers of God and his revelation and human reason.
Lecture Series
20 Nov 2018 (with video recording)
Living with Islamophobia
11 and 12 October 2018
The international conference “Living with Islamophobia” considered how cultural and religious affiliations are constructed and invited experts to enter into discussion.
Judaism and Islam – The History of Theological Relations
Prelude to the new lecture series The Others’ Faith. With Lukas Mühlethaler (Free University Berlin) and Imam Abdullah Antepli (Duke University, USA), in German and English
Lecture Series
21 Nov 2019 (with video recording)
Imported Antisemitism?
30 August 2018
Is Antisemitism increasing with the number of refugees from Arab countries? We discuss with political, academic, and practical experts which manifestations of antisemitism among Arab migrants and Muslims in Germany exist (in German).
My God, Your God, No God
Part of our lecture Series Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights
Lecture Series
14 Jun 2018 (with video recording)
Ongoing Struggles. Anti-Discrimination Work during the Rise of the Far Right
7 June 2018
Opening Session of the academic conference
Including Imani Perry's keynote »What Lies Underneath: Difficult Histories and the Resurgence of The Far Right«
Equal before God and Humans?
Part of our lecture series Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights
Lecture Series
3 May 2018 (with video recording)
How Much Criticism Do Judaism and Islam Tolerate?
Part of our lecture series Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights
Lecture Series
12 Apr 2018 (with video recording)
What is the Relationship Between Antisemitism and Islamophobia?
20 March 2018
Lectures by David Feldman and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum
The Right to Life
Part of our lecture series Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights
Lecture Series
8 Mar 2018 (with video recording)
Human Rights Treaties and How They are Received
Part of our lecture series Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights
Lecture Series
25 Jan 2018 (with video recording)
Human Rights and Religions – A Contradiction?
Part of our lecture series Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights
Lecture Series
23 Nov 2017 (with video recording)
New Judaism – Alliances in Postmigrant Society
16 November 2017
Discussion on concepts of being Jewish within the third generation of Jews in Germany (in German and English)
Germanija. How I Became an Adult and a Jew in Germany
19 October 2017
Reading and discussion on Dmitrij Belkin's narrative that also throws light on immigration today.
IN-/EXCLUSIONS and Self-Empowerment in the Cultural Business
12 October 2017
With Max Czollek, Dan Thy Nguyen, Sandrine Micossé-Aikins, and Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz (in German)
People, National Community, AfD
10 October 2017
Book presentation and discussion with the author Michael Wildt and Alexander Häusler (in German)
Audio: in German
Future Memories
26 September 2017
Discussion on the Importance of Minority Perspectives for European Societies’ Commemorative Cultures
Man as Lord or Guardian of Creation?
13 July 2017
Reading with discussion: Nawal Ammar and Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Video: German and English, no subtitles
Religion. Fashion. Empowerment.
29 June 2017
Discussion with Reina Lewis and Meriem Lebdiri (in German and English)
Yousef Abad
6 July 2017
Eliz Sanasarian and Elham Rokni on video art by Elham Rokni and the situation of Jews in Iran from the 1979 revolution to today.
Audio: in English
With Karamba to the Bundestag
My Journey from Senegal to the German Parliament
1 June 2017
Karamba Diaby tells of his birth country Senegal, of life in the GDR, his work in the Bundestag, and of his vision of an open and future-oriented society.
Audio: in German
Ariel Sabar
My Father’s Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
11 May 2017
Reading and talk with the writer Ariel Sabar on the story of his father Yona Sabar, professor of the Neo-Aramaic language, and the Kurdish-Jewish history.
Audio: in English
Israelis in Germany
Ideological Debates and Changing Identities
4 May 2017
Talk and Slideshow with Dr. Dani Kranz and Katja Harbi from the University of Wuppertal on Israeli Jews in today's Germany.
Audio: in German
Im/Possibilities
Perspectives on Refugee Participation
29 March 2017
Conference on the situation for refugees in Europe and Germany. Recording of the opening event with a talk by Gurminder K Bhambra, Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK, followed by a panel discussion.
Audio: in German and English
Our Father: A Sinti Family Recounts
23 March 2017
Conversation and reading with the German-Sinti civil rights activist and author Anita Awosusi and her daughter Tayo Onutor about their family’s history.
Audio: in German
The Acid Test
How Fear of Foreigners is Threatening our Democracy
16 February 2017
The Islamic studies and education scholar Lamya Kaddor reads from her book and discusses integration with Minister of State Aydan Özoğuz and Andreas Zick.
Audio: in German
Jews in North Africa During the Second World War
26 Januar 2017
Theme day with lectures by Michel Abitbol, Eric Salerno, Patrick Bernhard, Haim Saadoun, and panel discussion
Language: German, English, and French
A Jew in Neukölln – My Path to Coexistence of Religions
19 October 2016
The theology student and writer Ármin Langer reads from his book and talks about Jewish life in Neukölln.
Audio: in German
Sites of Memory: Lost and Entangled Narratives
16 September 2016
Conference with Dr. Rosa Fava, Juliane Jurewicz, Prof. Dr. Iman Attia, Olga Gerstenberger, Ozan Keskinkiliç, Anita Awosusi, Ilona Lagrene, Prof. Dr. Michael Rothberg, and Serpil Polat
Video: in German and English, no subtitles
TIME OF CRISIS
7 September 2016
Panel discussion with Dan Diner, Adam Michnik, Dietmar Herz, Étienne François, and Hans Kundnani
Video: in German, no subtitles
Antisemitism in the Arabic World – Facts and Myths
26 April 2016
Panel discussion with Michael Kiefer and Omar Kamil
Video: in German, no subtitles
Angst ums Abendland (Fears For the West)
Book Presentation with Daniel Bax
6 April 2016
Talk with Daniel Bax and Gideon Botsch on Right-wing populist parties, anti-Muslim sentiments, flight and asylum.
Audio: in German
Post-migrant Society?!
12–14 November 2015
International conference, recording of the opening event
Video: in German and English, no subtitles
Kill Me a Son!
3–4 September 2015
Symposium, recording of the opening event
With: Prof. Dr. Peter Schäfer and Prof. Dr. Angelika Neuwirth
Video: in German, no subtitles
The Realignment of "Education after Auschwitz" in Immigration Society
27 January 2015
Book presentation and panel discussion with the author Rosa Fava, Angela Kühner (University of Frankfurt), Selman Erkovan, history teacher in training, and Marco Kühnert, a guide at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, Hamburg.
Audio: in German
A Shared View of Europe – Jewish and Muslim Experiences as Reflected in Public Controversies
19 January 2015
Panel discussion with Prof. Nilüfer Göle, Shai Lavi and Gökçe Yurdakul
Video: in German, no subtitles
Contemporary Jewish Life in a Global Modernity
11–12 December 2014
International conference, recording of the presentation "Future of European Jewry"
With: Dr. Karen Körber and Dr. Diana Pinto
Video: in English, no subtitles
Snip it?!
4 December 2014, 7 pm
Presentation of a study on the circumcision debate followed by a discussion as part of the Judeo-Islamic Forum.
Video: in German, no subtitles
Concepts of Citizenship and Participation in European Comparison
7–8 April 2014
Symposium, recording of the keynote by Prof. Dr. Rainer Bauböck and the followed panel discussion
With: Prof. Dr. Rainer Bauböck, Dr. Manuela Bojadžijev, Josip Juratovic and Dr. Monika Lüke
Video: in German, no subtitles
Is Higher Education a Safeguard Against Racism and Antisemitism?
20 February 2014
Presentation of a study followed by panel discussion with Wassilis Kassis, Charlotte Schallié, Iman Attia, Stefanie Schüler-Springorum and Andreas Zick
Video: in German, no subtitles
Modernized, then Tolerated?
10 October 2013
Panel discussion with Micha Brumlik, Petra Bahr, Kadir Sanci, and Thomas Bauer about religion and navigating between tradition and adaptation.
Audio: in German
The History of Jews and Dönme in Turkey
31 January 2011
The Turkish studies scholar Corry Guttstadt and the historian Marc Baer discuss the history of Jews and Dönme (converts) in Turkey.
Audio: in German
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“Say it like it is!”
An interview with Ruth Wodak about media discourse around attacks committed by right-wing extremists and strategies to counter right-wing extremism
Interview
Apr 2020