18th, 20th of November, 2nd, 9th December 2024
4.00-6.00pm Berlin Time
Participants:
Aebischer, Emilie: Writing History in the Face of Fanaticism: Ernst Cassirer and his Reception as a Historian (University of St. Andrews, History)
Aizenberg, Tamar: The Third Generations: Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors, Grandchildren of Perpetrators and Holocaust Memory (Brandeis University, Jewish Studies)
Cohen-Anzi, Rakefet: Imparting the Hebrew Language to Adults in Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel 1936-1955
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jewish History)
Ekvtimishvili, Tekle: Die Landschaft der protestantischen Judenmission: Institionelle Netzwerkbeziehungen zwischen den Proselytenanstalten des 18. Jahrhunderts (Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Judaistik)
Horowitz, Ariel: Redemption and Jewish Modernity: The Case of Hannah Arendt (Stanford University, Comparative Literature)
Knight, Charles: Shared Worlds and Epistolary Spaces: The Correspondence of German-Jewish Families during the Holocaust, 1933-45 (University of Southampton, History)
Pan, Celeste Jingyan: The Getty-Wittenberg Pentateuch (University of Oxford, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)
Shahin, Melani: The German-Jewish Reception of Writings on Jewish Music, 1780-1900 (University of Chicago, Music History and Theory)
Weber, Anna Marion: Stolen Years - German-Jewish Women´s Life Writing in Exile (Universität Stuttgart/King’s College London, Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft)
Given the limited time available during the online workshop, we kindly ask you to prepare and submit a brief project overview in advance. Please send a 5-page description outlining your main research focus and key questions to antes@studienstiftung.de by 11th November 2024. This will provide the group with essential background knowledge for your brief visual presentation during the Zoom session. In your presentation, we encourage you to highlight the current stage of your research and discuss any challenges or obstacles you are facing.
Monday, 18th November 2024 (Caroline, Rachel, Joe)
Session 1: German-Jewish Networks: Proselytism, Exile, and Identity
4.00-5.50 Berlin time
4.00-4.30 Opening Remarks / Introduction
Each presentation slot is 35 minutes in total. It begins with a 6-minute presentation, where
you should focus on your main research questions and any specific challenges you'd like to
address with the group. This is followed by a 2-minute commentary from another fellow,
based on your submitted text, to help kickstart the discussion. The commentary might touch
on aspects like methodology, sources, or the overall structure of the project.
Afterwards, there will be 15 minutes of open discussion, concluding with brief final remarks
from Joseph Cronin, Rachel Furst, or Caroline Jessen. The speaker will then have a chance
to respond to this final commentary.
4.30-5.05 Ekvtimishvili, Tekle: Die Landschaft der protestantischen Judenmission:
Institionelle Netzwerkbeziehungen zwischen den Proselytenanstalten des 18. Jahrhunderts
(Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Judaistik)
Response: Horowitz, Ariel
10 minute break
5.15-5.50 Weber, Anna Marion: Stolen Years - German-Jewish Women´s Life Writing
in Exile
(Universität Stuttgart/King’s College London, Neuere deutsche
Literaturwissenschaft)
Response: Cohen-Anzi, Rakefet
Wednesday, 20th November 2024 (Caroline, Joe)
Session 2: Jewish Intellectuals and the Challenges of Modernity
4.00-5.50 Berlin time
4.00-4.35 Aebischer, Emilie: Writing History in the Face of Fanaticism: Ernst
Cassirer and his Reception as a Historian
(University of St. Andrews, History)
Response: Shahin, Melani
10 min. Coffee/Tea break
4.45-5.00 Breakout rooms
Questions:
Group 1
Where do you currently stand with your research?
Are there any specific issues you’re struggling with or questions you’re trying to
answer?
What are the next steps in your research?
Group 2
What is the central research question in your current project? How does it relate to
broader themes in your field?
Are there any major methodological challenges you are encountering? How might you
address them?
Group 3
What kinds of primary sources are you using, and how do they shape your
understanding of the historical period or subject you’re researching?
Are there any significant gaps or limitations in the available sources, and how are you
dealing with them?
5.00-5.15 Feedback to whole group
5.15-5.50 Horowitz, Ariel: Redemption and Jewish Modernity: The Case of
Hannah Arendt
(Stanford University, Comparative Literature)
Response: Pan, Celeste Jingyan
Monday, 2nd December 2024 (Caroline, Rachel, Joe)
Session 3: Text and Testimony: Jewish Lives and Legacies
4.00-6.00 Berlin time
4.00-4.35 Pan, Celeste Jingyan: The Getty-Wittenberg Pentateuch
(University of Oxford, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)
Response: Ekvtimishvili, Tekle
4.35-5.10 Aizenberg, Tamar: The Third Generations: Grandchildren of Holocaust
Survivors, Grandchildren of Perpetrators and Holocaust Memory
(Brandeis University, Jewish Studies)
Response: Aebischer, Emilie5
15 minute break
5.25-6.00 Knight, Charles: Shared Worlds and Epistolary Spaces: The
Correspondence of German-Jewish Families during the Holocaust, 1933-45
(University of Southampton, History)
Response: Weber, Anna Marion
Monday, 9th December 2024 (Caroline, Rachel, Joe)
Session 4: Cultural Expressions of Jewish Identity: Language and Music
4.00-6.00 Berlin time
4.00-4.35 Cohen-Anzi, Rakefet: Imparting the Hebrew Language to Adults in
Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel 1936-1955
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jewish History)
Response: Aizenberg, Tamar
4.35-5.10 Shahin, Melani: The German-Jewish Reception of Writings on Jewish Music,
1780-1900
(University of Chicago, Music History and Theory)
Response: Knight, Charles
15 min break
5.25-6.00 Feedback
