The Germans After Twenty Years Of Unity - Foundation Office Israel
Symposium
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13:00-13:30
GREETINGS
- Dr. Lars Hänsel, Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Israel
- Prof. Bianca Kühnel, Director of the European Forum at the Hebrew University
13:30-14:30
OPENING LECTURE:
Helmut Kohl and the Challenges of European and German Unity Prof. William Paterson, Aston University Respondent: Mr. Alan Posener, Die Welt 15:00-16:00 Chair: Prof. Christian Kohlross, Walter Benjamin Chair, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Shlomo Avineri, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mr. Gad Lior, Yedioth Ahronoth 16:00-17:00 Chair: Mr. Lior Herman, The European Forum at the Hebrew UniversityTHE GERMAN UNIFICATION AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS
German Unification and the European Project
THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF UNIFICATION
Whither Social Market Economy – The German Success Modelunder Pressure? 20 Years of Economic Convergence and Divergence in East and West Germany
Prof. Bodo Herzog, Reutlingen University Prof. Lothar Funk, Fachhochschule Düsseldorf 17:30-18:30 Chair: Mrs. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu, The European Forum at the Hebrew University Prof. Paul Cooke, University of LeedsThe German Social Market Economy Twenty Years On: Path Dependencies and Path Changes after Unification
UNIFICATION AND TRANSNATIONALISM
The Transnational Turn in Contemporary German Film
Prof. Yeshayahu A. Jelinek, Professor Emeritus of History
19:00
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:
ISRAEL’S PERCEPTION OF GERMANY TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE REUNIFICATION
Chair: Mrs. Gisela Dachs, Die Zeit
- Mr. Alan Posener, Die Welt
- Prof. Moshe Arens, Former Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs
- Mrs. Colette Avital, Former Member of the Knesset