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Every semester, scholars from the Dubnow Institute conduct seminars, tutorials, and a research colloquium on Jewish history and culture at Leipzig University. The courses form a part of the regular semester program of the Historical Seminar and are conducted either in English or German. They are open to students of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy, the Faculty of Philology, and the Faculty of Law, as well as to students of the interdisciplinary European Studies Masters at the Institute for Cultural Studies. The Dubnow Institute moreover participates in teaching at the University of Halle-Wittenberg and in the Master’s in »History and Politics of the 20th Century« at Jena University.

Current Semester

Teaching Coordinator
Dr. des. Martin Jost

Colloquium

Living in the Land of Death

Lecturers: Dr. Monika Heinemann/Carolin Piorun/Dr. Julia Roos

Winter semester 2023/2024, on six dates from 5.15 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. each
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig and digital

Colloquium

Between a Teleology of Demise and Communist Optimism.

with Kamil Kijek

Thursday, 19 October 2023, 5.15 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig/Stream

Colloquium

Ein jüdisches Gedächtnis.

with Stepahn Stach

Thursday, 16 November 2023, 5.15 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig/Stream

Colloquia

The research colloquia constitute a part of the Dubnow Institute’s teaching program at Leipzig University. In six to eight lectures per semester, invited speakers illuminate a given topic, which is selected for its topical relevance and reflects a focal point of the institute’s research program. The colloquia typically take place in the seminar room at the institute and are directed at students as well as the broader scholarly public. Interested parties are welcome to sit in on the lectures any time, no registration required.

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