Program

The Dubnow Institute disseminates the focal points and findings of its research in various analogue and digital event formats, actively seeking a dialogue with the general public alongside an academic exchange. The conferences, workshops, colloquia, the annual Simon Dubnow Lecture, general lecture series, book presentations, and film screenings are mostly organized in cooperation with regional, national, and international partners. The institute also participates in cultural events with a broad public appeal such as the reading festival of the Leipzig Book Fair, the Long Night of Scholarship, and the Jewish Week. At these events, the institute not only opens the doors to its building in the central Graphic Quarter, but invites the public to regular events at various cultural locations in the city, making scholarship accessible to all interested parties.

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Coordinator of Science Communication
Dr. Julia Roos

Current events

Further

The Determining Gaze. Images of Jewish Life in Postwar Poland

Guided Tour

Next guided tour: Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 1 p.m.
Dubnow Institute

Lecture

Erinnerungsstücke und Migrationsgeschichten

How the Jewish Museum Berlin collects and exhibits Jewish life in Germany since 1945

by Theresia Ziehe

Monday, 26 May 2025, 7.30 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig

Workshop

Transformation sammeln und ausstellen

Wie Museen und Forschungsinstitute auf gesellschaftliche Umbrüche reagieren (können)

26 to 27 May 2025
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig

Colloquium

Film series »Rückkehr«

Next date: Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 6 p.m.
Passage Kinos Leipzig

Colloquium

Film »Watermarks«

as part of the film series »Rückkehr«

with Ronen Dorfan

Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 6 p.m.
Passage Kinos, Leipzig

Colloquium

Film »Pokłosie /Aftermath«

as part of the film series »Rückkehr«

with Peter Oliver Loew and Monika Heinemann

Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 6 p.m.
Passage Kinos, Leipzig

Conference

Not the End, Not the Beginning. Reconstructing Jewish Life in Poland and Central Europe after the Second World War

International conference

15 to 17 June 2025
POLIN Museum, Warsaw

Book Presentation

In Other People’s Houses. Poles and Jews in Lower Silesia after 1945

Book Presentation by Dr. Anna Holzer-Kawałko and Dr. Tim Buchen

Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 7.30 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig

Further

Researching and communicating Jewish history & culture

Program of the Dubnow Institute and the academy project »European Traditions – Encyclopedia of Jewish Cultures« for the Long Night of the Sciences

Friday, 20 June 2025, 5 to 10 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig

Book Presentation

Ausgeschlagenes Erbe. Die jüdische Geschichte Halberstadts in der DDR

Book Presentation with PD Dr. Philipp Graf and Apl. Prof. Dr. Jeannette van Laak

Friday, 20 June 2025, 8.30 p.m.
Dubnow Institute, Leipzig