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27 th to 30 th April 2015

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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50 years of uNDer The AusPICes German-israeli anD OF unter Der SchirmherrSchaft von israeli-German malu Dreyer minister-President of rhineland-Palatinate DiPlomatic relations 27 th April 2015 Prof. Dr. Gert Krell 29 th April 2015 04:00 PM Guided City Tour (optional) Goethe University of Frankfurt

Prof. Dr. Moshe Zimmermann Richard-Koebner-Center for German History at the Hebrew 30 th April 2015 MONDAY University of Jerusalem wednesday Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz Dr. h.c. (mult.) Walter Klitz Alte Mensa, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 06:00 pm Welcome Speeches Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, Jerusalem 09:00 Am Beginning of Second Conference Day Thursday Joachim Mertes Moderation: President of the Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate 09:15 AM „Images of the Others” – The Medial Alte Mensa, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Alfred Wittstock Communication of Images of Germany Malu Dreyer Study Unit , Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 09:00 Am Beginning of Third Conference Day and Israel and their Effect on the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate 12:45 PM Lunch Break Respective Other Civil Society * H.E. Yakov Hadas-Handelsmann 09:15 AM Israel’s Security and Germany’s Dr. Peter Frey Ambassador of the State of Israel Reason of State 02:15 PM Images and Attitudes – Youths of both Editor-in-Chief, ZDF, Mainz Rudolf Dressler * Prof. Dr. Krausch Countries (Germany-Israel) and their Dr. David Witzthum Former Ambassador of Germany to Israel President of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Views towards their Respective Counter- Channel 1, Jerusalem / The Hebrew University of Jerusalem parts Ambassador Shimon Stein Keynote Speech Andrea Bähner The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv Prof. Dr. Oz Almog Managing Editor, SWR, Mainz University Reinhold Robbe Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, President of the German-Israeli Society University of Dr. Christian Böhme Moderation: Political Editor at Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin Dr. Dieter Schiffmann Closing words Dr. Simone Heil Prior: University of Bremen Moderation: Former Director of the State Agency for Civic Education Alfred Wittstock of Rhineland-Palatinate Prof. Dr. Jürgen W. Falter Study Unit Israel, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Moderation: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Political Dr. habil. Boris Zizek Science 10:45 AM Coffee Break 28 th April 2015 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Education 10:45 AM Coffee Break 11:15 AM German-Israeli Cooperation in the 03:45 PM Coffee Break Light of new Security Threats 11:15 AM The Process of Europeanization and Prof. Dr. Joachim Meyer TUEsday 04:15 PM Germany and Israel – a “normal” Germany’s Policy towards Israel Dept. of Industrial Engineering, - Relationship? Dr. Esther Lopatin (requested) Alte Mensa, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 06:00 PM Roger Lewentz * Director of the Center for European Studies at the Prof. Dr. Carlo Strenger Head of the Interior Ministers’ Conference, Minister 09:00 Am Beginning of First Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya School of Psychological Sciences/Cohn Institute for the of State, Minister for Internal Affairs, Sports and Conference Day History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv Prof. Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman Infrastructure University American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, 09:15 AM 50 Years of Bilateral Relations: Dr. Jürgen Müller-Hohagen Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Moderation: Commemoration and Remembrance as a Dachau Institut Psychologie und Pädagogik Prof. Dr. Gerd Mielke Design Element for Politics? Moderation: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Political Moderation: Science Prof. Dr. Dr. Aleida Assmann Prof. Dr. Arne Niemann Endowed Professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg Dr. med. Renate Marx-Mollière Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Political University Mainz Mainz Science Final Statement

Prof. Dr. Moshe Zuckermann 12:45 PM Lunch Break The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University Registration is required to participate in the conference. The partici- Staatstheater Mainz (Glashaus) The European Union and Israel – 02:15 PM pation will be free of charge, but there will be admission control. Moderation: 07:30 PM The German-Israeli Relations as a Bilateral Relationship? The time for applications ends on Wednesday, April 15th 2015. Wolfgang Faller - mirrored in Arts and Culture H.E. David Walzer Registration: conference.50-ger-il.com/registration Director of the State Agency for Civic Education of 09:00 PM Ambassador of the State of Israel to the EU, Brussels Joshua Sobol Rhineland-Palatinate Playwright, Writer and Director, Israel Prof. Dr. Gert Weisskirchen Eine Anmeldung zur Teilnahme an der Konferenz ist erforderlich. former Member of the German Parliament, former Prof. Dr. Anat Feinberg Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos, der Einlass nur nach Anmeldung möglich. 10:45 AM Coffee Break Spokesman for Foreign Affairs Hochschule für Jüdische Studien (HfJS), Heidelberg Anmeldeschluss ist Mittwoch, der 15. April 2015.

11:15 AM A Challenge to the Bilateral Prof. Dr. Friedemann Kreuder Moderation: Anmeldung: conference.50-ger-il.com/registration Relations: the Israeli-Palestinian Department of Theatre Studies, Johannes Gutenberg Prof. Dr. Arne Niemann Conflict and the Arab World University Mainz Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz * partly in German