Wasatia/ICES Lecture Series Autumn 24/25

Truth and Reconciliation: Empathy in the Face of Suffering

Public and Online lectures with the Cooperation of ICES and the European Wasatia graduate school for Peace and Conflict Resolution.

You are cordially invited to join us for the Wasatia Lectures in Autumn Semester 2024. Lectures and workshops will take place on selected Wednesdays from 16:00 – 18:00 in RIGA 310 and online. The series focuses on exploring empathy, suffering and reconciliation amidst past and ongoing conflicts as well as on a meta level.

We look forward to your participation in these insightful discussions on reconciliation and conflict resolution!

Date   Lecturer      Theme               

18.09.24

16:00 -18:00 pm

Dr. Prof. Nir Levitan

(Bar Ilan University, Israel)

 The Normalization Process Between Israel and Arab Countries Amidst the Gaza Conflict and Global Geopolitical Shifts  

09.10.24

16:00 -18:00 pm

 Prof. Christo Thesnaar (Stellenbosch (University ) Suffering in Reconciliation: Relationally Connecting with Enteropathy  

15.11.24

16:00-18:00 pm

 Prof. Martin Leiner (Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, Friedrich Schiller University) Is Reconciliation Possible After the War Since October 7th?  

16.11.24

16:00-18:00 pm

 Dr. Francesco Ferrari (Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, Friedrich Schiller University) Pathways of Reconciliation from Martin Buber's Life and Works  
20.11.24 16:00-18:00pm Prof. Arie Nadler (Tel Aviv University) Echoes of Suffering: Navigating Victimhood and Trauma in the Aftermath of the Holocaust  

04.12.24

16:00-18:00pm

 Ms. Nadine Sayegh (Vienna) Oranges from Yaffa: The Nakba of 1948 and the Lost Heritage