"Philosophy & Theology after Shoah“ – A philosophical journey
International Conference Bad Schönbrunn (Switzerland) – Zürich – Basel – Ludwigshafen (Germany)
07.06.-14.06.2009
sponsored by:
Ethics in the shadow of the Holocaust 2007 |
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Sunday, 7. 6. 2009 |
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13.00-18.00 |
Arrival and check-in at the Lassalle Haus, Bad Schönbrunn
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18.30 |
Dinner |
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19.30 |
Welcome – Introduction: How to think the unthinkable? |
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Monday, 08.06.2009 |
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09.00-12.00 |
Morning class: Different cultures of memorizing Shoah and WW II in Europe - a sociological
approach.
(Dr. Christian Gudehus) |
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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15.00-18.00
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“A memorial and a name that shall not be cut off” - Yad Vashem
(Dr. Noa Mkayton) |
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20.00-21.30 |
Evening reflection |
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Tuesday, 09.06.2009 |
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09.00-12.00 |
Morning class: Beyond Shoah? – Perspectives of Jewish Theology
(Prof.
Dr. Alfred Bodenheimer) |
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon class: Visit to the “Zürcher Lehrhaus” (European Abrahamic Forum): Galut
and Eretz Israel (Michel Bollag, lic. Phil.); Jewish-Christian Dialogue
(Dr. Christian Rutishauser SJ)
Sightseeing in Zürich |
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Wednesday, 10.06.2009 |
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09.00-12.00 |
Morning class: „Is terror the essence?“ The philosophy of Heidegger and the question
of totalitarianism
(Gerhard Ruff) |
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15.00-18.00
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Afternoon class: The Face of the Neighbour. Understanding the "Star of Redemption"
of Franz Rosenzweig.
(Dr. Martin Brasser). |
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20.00-21.30 |
Dinner |
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20.00-21.30 |
Evening reflection |
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Thursday, 11.06.2009 |
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Transfer to Basel |
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Morning class: “A guest in the house of Israel: Shoa as a Challenge for Christian
Theology"
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Dinner and free time in Basel |
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Afternoon class: The effect of Shoa on Zionism |
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Visit of the Jewish Institute |
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Transfer to Ludwigshafen |
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Friday, 12.06.2009 |
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09.00-12.00 |
Morning class: The critique of universalism: From Hannah Arendt to post structuralism
I
(Prof. Dr. Jim Bernauer SJ)
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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15.00-18.00 |
Afternoon class: The critique of universalism: From Hannah Arendt to post structuralism
II
(Prof. Dr. Jim Bernauer SJ)
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20.00-21.30 |
Evening reflection |
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Saturday, 13.06.2009 |
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09.00-12.00 |
Morning class: The request for universalism: The philosophy of human rights
(Prof. Dr. Norbert Brieskorn SJ)
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Afternoon/Evening: Jewish life in Heidelberg and farewell dinner |
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20.00-21.30 |
Evening reflection |
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Morning class methodology:
09.45 Seeing the place: Thematic
points
for today
09.45-10.45: Conference
11.00-12.00 Discussion
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Afternoon class:
15.00-16.30 Workshop on the topic
16.45-17.45 Conference |
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 Alfred Bodenheim, Basel
Prof. Dr. Alfred Bodenheimer is Professor for History of Religion of Judaism
at the Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Basel. Amongst others he studied
Talmud at Yeshiva University, New York, and at Yeshivat Hamivtar, Israel and did
research at Franz Rosenzweig research center, Hebrew University, Bar-Ilan University,
Tel-Aviv and at the Institute for Jewish-Christian Research, Luzern. He was Vice-President
of Heidelberg University for Jewish Studies.
 Dr. Martin Brasser, Kriens
Dr. Martin Brasser studied Philosophy and Theology in Munich and
Tübingen. He was one of the founders of the International Rosenzweig Society in
2004. He is the editor-in-chief of the Rosenzweig Yearbook and the Rosenzweigiana.
 Dr. Christian Gudehus, Essen
Dr. Christian Gudehus is managing director of the CMR. Main fields of research are
memory studies and reception studies (focussing on film, exhibitions, and memorials)
as well aspects of collective violence.
 Christian Rutishauser SJ, Bad Schönbrunn
Fr. Dr. Christian M. Rutishauser SJ, Director of the Lassalle-Haus Bad
Schönbrunn, Centre for Spirituality, interreligious Dialogue, and Social Responsibility
(Switzerland). Main working fields on the level of adult education: retreats, spiritual
guidance, history of spirituality and interreligious dialogue. Lecturer for Jewish
Studies at the Faculty for Philosophy SJ in Munich and at the Cardinal-Bea-Centre
at the Gregorian University in Rome. For over ten years tour guide for study trips
in Israel/Palestine.
 Jim Bernauer SJ, Boston
Professor Bernauer joined the faculty of philosophy at Boston College in
1980. He has occupied the Visiting Jesuit University Professorship at Loyola University
in Chicago and has been a Bannan Visiting Scholar at Santa Clara University. In
April 2008 he was named Director of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Learning at Boston
College.
 Norbert Brieskorn SJ, Munich
Professor Norbert Brieskorn studied law, philosophy and theology in Würzburg, Munich,
Lyon and Paris. He teaches philosophy of law and social philosophy (since 1982)
as well as social ethics (since 1994) at the Munich School for Philosophy. From
1999 to 2005 Professor Brieskorn was the head of this Jesuit University.
 Dr. Gerhard Ruff, Bad Schönbrunn
Dr. Gerhard Ruff is a staff-member of the Lassalle House and teaches philosophy
of religion.
 Michel Bollag, Zürich
Michel Bollag, lic. Phil., was one of the founders of the “Lehrhaus Zürich”
and is the head of the educational sector of the “Lehrhaus”. The “Lehrhaus” is a
jewish-christian institute in Zürich which is committed to the interreligious dialogue and intercultural understanding bringing together Christians, Jews and Muslims.
 Dr. Tobias Specker SJ, Ludwigshafen
Tobias Specker studied theology and German literature in Freiburg und
Bochum. He received his PhD in theology with a dissertation about the French phenomenologist
Jean-Luc Marion. Since 2005 he teaches biblical theology and christian-muslim
relationship at Heinrich Pesch Haus, Centre for Applied Ethics, Ludwigshafen. |
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| Scolarship General Information | |
Heinrich Pesch Haus Scholarship
The Heinrich Pesch Haus is pleased to announce Scholarships for the Conference “Ethics in the Shadow of the Holocaust” 2007 (27.05. – 03.06. 2007). We invite students to submit papers for consideration for the “Ethics in the Shadow of the Holocaust Conference” Scholarship 2007.
General Information:
I. The Scholarship will be awarded to a paper that addresses your personal motivation and interest to participate in this conference. Submissions will be welcomed from any of the disciplines that offer a perspective on such issues, including theology, philosophy, law, social theory, sociology, anthropology, psychology, cultural studies, history.
II. The scholarship is open to all students who are interested in the conference topics. Condition precedent is that the elected students will be prepared to present and promote the conference experiences and results at their faculty, university and/or their student organisation.
III. Papers should be submitted to the Heinrich Pesch Haus by Thursday 01st March 2007. After expertise and selection you will receive an information until latest 31th March 2007. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
IV. An international and interdisciplinary committee of experts will assess the submitted papers. V. Criteria for assessment will be
(1) coherent and understandable statement
(2) strigent argumentation
(3) sensibility for the ethical and political dimension of the main focus of the conference
(4) elaboration of the impact for wider public
(5) a balance of accepted student papers from West-Europe, East-Europe and the United States.
VI. The scholarship includes:
• Presentation of the paper at the Conference “Ethics in the Shadow of the Holocaust”
• Publication of the paper on the conference-webpage (http:www.esh-conference.org); (opening by the author assumed)
• Reduction of the participants fee (100 € instead of 200 €)
VII. The paper should not exceed 2500 Characters (without blanks). A short abstract of no more than 50 words should be enclosed, as well as at max. 5 key words. Please avoid footnotes. Any citation in the text of the manuscript should be in parentheses stating the author's last name, the date and the page references if any. Example: (Harris, 1985, pp 134-164). References should be placed at the end of the submitted paper in alphabetical order. The best way to send your paper (preferably WORD or rich text format) is to use the upload area in our online application form. When it doesn’t work on your computer please send us your paper and your application data via email:
Ulrich Dreismickenbecker |
| Travel to the Lassalle-Haus, Bad Schönbrunn | |
By train
Bad Schönbrunn can be conveniently reached by public transport. Trains from Zurich
airport to Zug run every half an hour. There are direct trains from the airport
to Zug every hour from 8.47 am on (Interregio with stops in Oerlikon, Zurich, Thalwil).
There are more trains from the airport which bring you into Zurich mainstation.
There you change onto the trains to Zug. After disembarking the train in Zug, walk
to the nearby Bahnhofplatz and board Bus 2 heading in the direction of Menzingen.
The bus leaves at half hour intervals during peak traffic hours from just after
6.00 until 21.38 Monday through Friday and from 7.08 until 20.38 on Saturday and
Sunday. In the late evening hours on weekdays and weekends busses leave hourly at
38 minutes after the hour until midnight. The bus stops only on request at Bad Schönbrunn.
When boarding the bus, ask the driver to stop at Bad Schönbrunn, or press one of
the request buttons in the passenger area as the bus approaches Bad Schönbrunn.
Swiss half-fare railway passes are valid on the bus. Train tickets which include
bus travel to Bad Schönbrunn can be purchased at railway stations.
By car
From Luzern und Arth-Goldau: Follow signs to the Zug City Center and continue to
Kolinplatz. Turn left in the direction of Aegeri/Menzingen. Approximately 500m after
the Lorzentobelbrücke (bridge), turn left in the direction of Menzingen. Turn right
at Lassalle-Haus Bad Schönbrunn after 500m.
From Zurich:
Follow signs pointing in the direction Luzern-Gotthard. In Sihlbrugg take the second
exit on the roundabout and turn left immediately in the direction of Neuheim/Menzingen.
In Edlibach turn right in the direction of Zug. Turn left at Lassalle-Haus Bad Schönbrunn
after approximately 1500m.
From eastern Switzerland and Graubünden / Grisons:
Travel via Pfäffikon (SZ)-Schindellegi-Hütten-Menzingen-Edlibach and continue
according to the instructions above.
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"Philosophy & Theology after Shoah“
– A philosophical journey
International Conference Bad Schönbrunn (Switzerland) – Zürich – Basel – Ludwigshafen (Germany)
07.06.-14.06. 2009
Organizer:
Lassalle Haus
Centre for Spirituality, Dialogue and Liability
(Bad Schönbrunn, Switzerland)
Heinrich Pesch Haus
Centre for Applied Ethics
(Ludwigshafen, Germany)
The genocide of six million European Jews during World War II has changed the reflection
on God, world and human being incomparably to any other historical event in the
20th century. Its profound impact on European culture is brought to consciousness
only little by little. Philosophy, theology and culture tried to deal with the –
at first - repressed trauma and were more and more challenged themselves. We invite
you to a philosophical journey from Bad Schönbrunn in Switzerland to Ludwigshafen
in South-West Germany, passing by Zürich and
Basel and reflecting on the
ethical, political and philosophical consequences of Shoah.
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Students and young scholars from all departments can participate.
Enroling yourself at your earliest convenience will guarantee a place in our seminar.
The choice will be made by registrations date. |
| The language of the Conference is English. |
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Participant Fees |
150 EURO |
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The fees include board, lodging and transfer (from Bad Schönbrunn, Switzerland to
Ludwigshafen, Germany) as well as our organised programme. Your interest to participate should not fail because of fees.
For reduction please contact us.
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Payment by Bank transfer Should be made in EURO to: | Heinrich Pesch Haus, Frankenthaler Strasse 229, D-67059 Ludwigshafen. | | Account Name: | Heinrich Pesch Haus | Name of Bank: | LIGA Bank eG | | Address of Bank: | St.-Guido Stiftsplatz 4
D-67346 Speyer | | SWIFT Code: | GENODE F1M05 | | “International Bank Account Number” (IBAN) | DE 96 750903 00 00000 56014 | | Bank code: | 750 903 00 | | Account Number: | 56014 | | After your registration you will receive a confirmation by post. This conformation comprised your Participant Registration Number (PRN). Your PRN must be included in Payment Details of the transfer document to ensure identification. If payment is made for more than one person or by a faculty please make sure all names are indicated and send fully completed registration and accommodation forms together with a copy of the bank transfer. |
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Cancellation and/or changes must be made in writing (email or fax) to the Heinrich Pesch Haus. |
For reservationts cancelled before 01st of July 20 EURO handling fee. For reservations cancelled after 01st of July 20, or if you arrive later or leave earlier than on the dates indicated on your reservation form, the total accommodation amount will be charged and no refunds can be made. |
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Direction „Heinrich Pesch Haus
if you come ba car:
   
if you come by train
plan to arrive at Mannheim which is the twin city of Ludwigshafen and the main train-station
in our area. In front of the train-station take tram No. 3. direction Ludwigshafen-Oppau
and change the tram at the first station after having crossed the river of Rhine
(station: Berliner Platz). Now you take tram No. 4, direction Oggersheim which brings
you directly to our centre Heinrich Pesch Haus. The tram-stop you want to get out
has the name of our centre (time: 25 minutes).
if you come by airplane (Frankfurt/Main)
In front of Terminal 1 you'll find the bus-shuttle (Lufthansa) to Mannheim and Heidelberg. It's leaving at least every hour and brings you directly to Mannheim train-station (time: one hour; fare: 19 Euro). Already in the bus you may order a taxi which brings you to our centre (time: 5 minutes; fare about 10-15 Euro).
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Registration deadline:
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22.05.2009
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Remittance for the amount of your fees Payable until latest :
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24.05.2009
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Start of the seminar: |
Sunday, 07.06.2009 6.30 p.m. Bad Schönbrunn.
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End of the seminar: |
Sunday 14.06. 10.00 a.m. Ludwigshafen.
(Bad Schönbrunn as well as Ludwigshafen can be reached by plane to the airports:
Basel, Zürich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt)
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