Event schedule

Sunday Evening, August 14

Address: Biskopsgatan 3, Uppsala

Opening Night: Ceremonial

Venue: University Main Building (Universitetshuset)

16:30-17:45 Registration
Venue: University Main Building Foyer (Universitetshusets förhall)

17:00-18:00 Celebration Reception hosted by Uppsala University
Venue: Chancellor's Room (Stora kanslersrummet)

18:00-19:30 Jubilee Program
Venue: Grand Auditorium (Uppsala universitetsaula)
Master of Ceremony: Stefan Böhm

Opening Remarks
Uppsala University, Vice-Rector Professor Kerstin Sahlin
Paideia Board, Professor Gabriel Urwitz
Swedish Government, Ambassador Olof Ehrenkrona

Keynote Address
On Tolerance
Professor Moshe Halbertal, Hebrew University

Greetings
Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg, Prorector Professor Johannes Heil
Swedish Council of Jewish Communities, Lena Posner-Körösi

Musical Performance
with Semmy Stahlhammar (violin), Isabel Blommé (cello), Miriam Oldenburg (accordion & piano), Anne Kalmering (vocal) & Lilla Kören (choir)

Monday, August 15

Address: Thunbergsvägen 3H, Uppsala

8:30 – 10:00 Chevruta with Coffee
Venue: The Ihre Auditorium (Ihre-salen), Thunbergsvägen 3H
Legislation and the Stranger: the Rabbinic Sodom
Dr. Yair Lipshitz, Tel Aviv University

10:15 – 12:45 The Challenge of Religion to Democracy
Venue: The Ihre Auditorium (Ihre-salen)
Moderator: Göran Rosenberg

Opening by moderator

Hebraism and Republicanism
Professor Eric Nelson, Harvard University

Religious Diversity and Liberal Democracy: Responses from Europe and the United States
Professor Alan Wolfe, Boston College

Coffee Break

Panel and Conversation with
Paideia Alumnus Oriol Poveda, Paideia Alumna Noomi Weinryb,
Professor Eric Nelson & Professor Alan Wolfe

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch at Matikum

13:45 – 17:00 The Stranger among Us
Venue: The Ihre Auditorium (Ihre-salen), Thunbergsvägen 3H
Moderator: Tony Lerman

Opening by moderator

The Challenges of the Stranger in European Societies: Christianity as ‘Populus Dei’ or ‘Corpus Christi’?
Professor Jesper Svartvik, Lund University

Who is a Stranger in the Land of Egypt?
Professor Catherine Chalier, University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre

Coffee Break  

Panel and Conversation with
Paideia Alumnus Christian Nilsson, Paideia Alumna Ute Steyer,
Professor Catherine Chalier & Professor Jesper Svartvik

 

Reflections and Visions by
Konstanty Gebert, Polish Journalist
Paideia Alumnus Marcell Kenesei
Stephan Kramer, Secretary General of the Central Council of Jews in Germany

 

Tuesday, August 16

Address: Thunbergsvägen 3H, Uppsala

8:30 – 10:00 Chevruta with Coffee
Venue: The Ihre Auditorium (Ihre-salen), Thunbergsvägen 3H
Encountering Apollo and Aphrodite: Jews and Their Surrounding Culture
Rani Jaeger, Shalom Hartman Institute

10:15 – 12:45 Being A Part and Yet Apart
Venue: The Ihre Auditorium (Ihre-salen)
Moderator: Lars Dencik

Opening by moderator

How Jewish Are Europe’s Jews?
Professor Michael Brenner, University of Munich

How Central Is Central Europe?
Professor emeritus Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds

Coffee Break

Panel and Conversation with
Paideia Alumna Eva Ekselius, Paideia Alumnus David Bitter
Professor emeritus Zygmunt Bauman & Professor Michael Brenner

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch at Matikum

13:45 – 15:00 Conclusions: Reflections and Visions
Venue: The Ihre Auditorium (Ihre-salen), Thunbergsvägen 3H

Professor Michael Berenbaum, the American Jewish University
Ambassador Douglas Davidson
Avraham Burg, former Speaker of the Knesset
Jan Eliasson, 60th President of the UN General Assembly
Barbara Spectre, Founding Director of Paideia

Final Reception

 

At display during the conference: Aher –The Other
A photo exhibit by Marion Kahnemann, Paideia Alumna and German sculptress