The Other in Near Eastern and Jewish Studies
An Interdisciplinary Symposium of the Allianz Visiting Professors and their Munich Colleagues, Historisches Kolleg, München
11.11.2010 – 12.11.2010
The Perceived/Political Other
Chair: Avinoam Shalem (München)
- Richard Cohen (Jerusalem): Revisiting the Other: The Arab-Jew
- Enes Karić (Sarajewo): Who is the "Other" Today?
- Steven Whitfield (Brandeis): Changing Jewish Perceptions of Black Americans, 1948 – 1969
- Christoph K. Neumann (München): About the Other Side of the Border: An Oral History Project in Kars (Turkey) and Yerevan (Armenia)
Texts, Sciences and Literatures
Chair: Michael Brenner (München)
- Ibrahim Muhawi (Eugene, Oregon): The "Other" in the Text: Reflections on Translations from the Arabic
- Ada Rapoport-Albert (London): Christianity and Islam in the Messianic Doctrine of Jacob Frank
- David Ruderman (Philadelphia): Kabbalah, Science and Loving Neighbors: A popular Hebrew text and its message for our world
- John Efron (Berkeley): On Speaking and Giving Pleasure: Hebrew and the Jewish Enlightenment
- Benny Morris (Beer Sheva): The "Other" in S. Yizhar’s (Yizhar Smilansky's) Story of Khirbet Hizza
Arts and the Other
Chair: Christoph K. Neumann (München)
- Avinoam Shalem (München): The Munich Caravanserai of 1910, or Objects in Captivity?
- Sussan Babaie (München): The Aesthetics of Xenophilia; Debating Spirituality and Islam in Contemporary Arts
Economic and Philosophical Encounters
Chair: Eva Haverkamp (München)
- Hans Georg Majer (München): Jewish Merchants, Orthodox Monks and Ottoman Authorities: Commerce and Crime on Mt. Athos