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The conference, in association with the Department of Politics and Government at Ben Gurion University and the Tel Aviv - Yaffo Academic College, aims to bring together young researchers (M.A and PhD students) with a special interest in European politics and society in a variety of disciplines, while focusing on Contemporary History, Society, Sociology, Anthropology, Politics, Economics, Governance, Law and Journalism, while exploring the continent as a whole or specific countries.

This is the 5th annual conference of this kind. This year the conference takes place as part of the annual conference of the Department of Politics and Government under the title: “Politics, Not What You Thought: Rethinking the Periphery”. It is a two day conference and the first day is all dedicated to the European Studies issue, while the second day will be dedicated to the issue of Periphery.

Program:

9:00- Gathering and Greetings

Dr. Michael Borchard (Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung- Israel)

Prof. Sharon Pardo (Chair, The National Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence – The Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society)

9:30- 11:00- Exploring the Israeli-German Relationship: A Multi-Dimensional view

Chair: Dr. Michael Borchard (Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung- Israel)

Ido Rosenblum (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): The Culinary Culture as a Political Instrument: The Study Case of Israeli Immigrants to Berlin

Doron Timor (Tel-Aviv University): The Students’ Protest and the Public Sphere: Israel-Germany Relationships as a Turning Point for the Israeli Student

Omri Adomi (Hebrew University Jerusalem): Military Relations between Israel and West Germany in the Years 1957-1965.

Judith Müller (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Central Europe and its Periphery: Narratives of Movement in German-Jewish and Hebrew Literature

11:00- 12:00 Keynote Speaker

Prof. Susan Robertson (Bristol University): Shifting Frontiers: Higher Education, the EU and the Cultural Political Economy of Regionalism

12:00-12:15- Coffee Break

12:15- 14:00- Parallel Sessions:

Higher Education in a Globalized World

Chair: Prof. Susan Robertson (Bristol University)

Yoav Friedman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): The Bologna Process as an International Higher Education Regime

Hila Zahavi (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Normative Power Europe: The Case of Higher Education

Hannah Moscovitz (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Identity Politics in Substate Regions: Exploring Multi Scale Identity Promotion through Knowledge Policy

Politics and Policies in Contemporary Europe

Chair: Prof. Guy Beiner (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Dimitry Kortukov (Hebrew University Jerusalem): The Politics of Electoral Reform in Post-Communist Europe: The Case of Ukraine

Adina Rothman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Secularization in a Conservative State: The Case of Abortions in the Republic of Ireland

Hayim Iserovich (Bar-Ilan University): The European Union as a Forum for Dialogue and Conflict Resolution: The Case Study of Northern Ireland

14:00- 14:30- Lunch

14:30- 15:50- Normative Power Europe

Chair: Prof. Sharon Pardo (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Lia Moran Gilad (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Capacity Building in the European Neighborhood as a Manifestation of Normative Power Europe: the Case of Cross Border Health Security

Leehe Friedman (Inter Disciplinary Center Herzeliya): Improving Israel's Position within the European Union

Nati Govhari (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Constructing an International Normative Power: The Case of the European Students’ Union

16:00- Parallel Sessions

Governing through Higher Education

Chair: Dr. Halleli Pinson (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Dvir Yuval (Tel-Aviv University): Can Parallel Lines Intersect? The European Commission’s Internationalization Policies for Higher Education and for School Level Re-assessed

Tal Rippa (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Becoming a Citizen: An NPE Perspective on Civic Studies in Israel

Shachar Sadowsky (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): The Social Dimension of the Bologna Process: A Tool for Normative Power Europe?

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Ian McBride (King’s College, the University of London): The Historian as Healer? Truth and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland