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

Prof. Alexander Fantalkin from the Tel Aviv University visited the University of Innsbruck in January - February 2020.

Prof. Fantalkin was invited by Prof. Robert Rollinger from the Department of Ancient History and Acient Oriental Studies at the University of Innsbruck.
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​The research visit focused on strengthing the cooperation between the University of Innsbruck and the Tel Aviv University and special attention was put on discussing future plans for joint scientific ventures, in particular in the fields that study the interactions between the Greek World and the Ancient Near East during the Iron Age.
Prof. Fantalkin also met with several students from the University of Innsbruck, in order to discuss their academic advances and research.
Furthermore, Prof. Fantalkin gave a  public lecture on "Mediterranean Chronology during the Iron Age: Where Do We Stand?" The lecture was well-attended by both students and faculty members, resulting in an inspiring discussions before and after the talk.

AIANI and the Department of Ancient History and Acient Oriental Studies were delighted to have Prof. Fantalkin as a guest at the University of Innsbruck!

Read the report of his stay here:
AIANI Fellow Report

A warm welcome to our new exchange students from Israel! AIANI met with them and Mr. Daniel Schuval, the Erasmus+ ICM Coordinator from the Bar-Ilan University, who visited the University of Innsbruck via an Erasmus+ Training Mobility.

Get-Together with our students at the Café Namsa in Innsbruck! It was very nice seeing them again, before the University of Innsbruck students leave for their semester abroad in Israel and the exchange students from Israel fly back home. AIANI wishes them a good end of the semester and good luck for the final exams!