Together with the Israeli Embassy in Austria, the Israeli Consulate General in Munich organized an online get-together that included an online quiz with questions related to Israel. Friends from the Universität Wien, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the Universität Heidelberg and AIANI took part at the virtual event.
It was a fun evening, were new connections between the participants were created. 
H.E. Ambassador Mordechai Rodgold and consulat general Sandra Simovich participated as well and the students had the chance to meet them virtually.

Congratulations to Emir, one of AIANI’s former exchange students, who impressed the participants with his knowledge about Israel and won the 2nd prize. And of course, thanks to all our other AIANI students for joining us!

AIANI‘s partner institution the Beit Berl College is organizing a conference on "Freedom in Crisis" on May 13th, 2021.
Lecturers from the University of Innsbruck are invited to submit a proposal in order to participate at the conference organized by our partner institution‘s Faculty of Society and Culture, physically or via Zoom! As the subject of the conference is broad, researchers from different fields of study can send their proposals. The following topics will be addressed: relations between the individual and society, questions about the limits of freedom, philosophical issues derived from the tension between freedom of will and necessity, etc. Focus will also be given on the ongoing centrality of freedom in politics, philosophy, and art that has also subjected freedom to attacks and restrictions, manifested in tensions that seethe with particular intensity at times of crisis. The current global pandemic has stirred these and other issues to vigorous life everywhere.

Find more details here:
Beit Berl College Faculty of Society and Culture "Freedom in Crisis" Conference

On Tuesday, ​our second virtual information event on "Study Abroad in Israel" took place. We informed interested students about our exchange programs, scholarship opportunities and the application process. We also talked about the current situation and changes that might occur again due to Covid-19 regulations. If you missed our information event, but have questions regarding a semester abroad in Israel, send us an email: aiani@uibk.ac.at

Prof. Noam Zadoff from the Institute of Contemporary History at the University of Innsbruck will teach the online seminar "Israel and The Six-Day War" this upcoming winter semester!

The seminar is designed for every student that is interested in learning about the Six-Day War in Israel, which raged from June 5-10, 1967, and resulted in a swift and surprising victory of Israel over its neighboring countries. As a result of this armed conflict, Israel gained control over relatively large territories and also within the Israeli society radical changes were taking place.
In this course, various texts will be read and analyzed that were written in the aftermath of the war. By that students will seek to have a better understanding of the impact of spring 1967 on Israeli society and politics.

Find more information here:
Noam Zadoff Seminar WS2020 2021

This upcoming winter semester Prof. Dov Greenbaum from the renowned Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel will be teaching an online course at the University of Innsbruck.
For everybody that is interested in learning about new technologies and their effects on society as well as Biotechnology, Big Data, Intellectual Property, Genetic Engineering, etc. the “Technology in Society” course is definitely a great choice!

Here are some facts about the course:

• It will be offered as part of the interdisciplinary course program and generic competences for all Master & PhD students.
• It can be recognized as regular course or as an elective („Wahlfach“) for several study programs.
• It is a blocked course, which will be held online with new technological teaching methods.
• The language of instruction will be English.
  
  

Find more information here:
Dov Greenbaum Lecture WS2020 2021

Last week, ​our first virtual information event on "Study Abroad in Israel" took place.
We informed interested students about our exchange programs, scholarship opportunities and the application process. Moreover, we talked about the current situation and changes that might occur due to Covid-19 regulations.
If you missed our information event, but have questions regarding a semester abroad in Israel, feel free to contact us: aiani@uibk.ac.at

On June 16, 2020, Prof. Andreas Kilcher from the ETH Zurich gave a virtual guest lecture on "Kafka vor Gericht: Recht und Politik im israelischen Prozess um Max Brods Nachlass (2010-2020)". 
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About 80 people participated, including attendees from various cities in Austria, Israel, Norway and Switzerland. The virtual talk was definitely a success and AIANI as well as the Department of Contemporary History and the Research Institute Brenner-Archiv want to thank everyone who participated and especially Prof. Kilcher for a very interesting talk.

Find more information on the topic and speaker here:
Kafka vor Gericht: Recht und Politik im israelischen Prozess um Max Brods Nachlass (2010-2020)
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Dear Friends of AIANI,

due to the current worldwide situation, we have to cancel all planned guest lectures, excursions, conferences etc. for the summer semester 2020. We regret this very deeply, but we will try to catch up on all events as soon as possible. We are already working to reschedule and re-organize and would be happy to welcome you again soon at one of our events!

With the best wishes for health during these challenging times,
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Your AIANI-Team