Judisk Kultur

An international symposium on the Jewish-German epoch that came to an end in 1933: the salons, emancipation, music, art, theater, literature, politics.

With Emily Bilski, Christina von Braun, Lars Dencik, Aris Fioretos, Alexander Freudenthal, Anders Hammarlund, Peter Jelavich, Monica Nagler Wittgenstein, Ricki Neuman, Arne Ruth, Chana Schütz.

In cooperation with Goethe-Institut Stockholm and Konstakademien.

(The Pity of it All is Amos Elon’s book title).

PROGRAM

11:00

Jewish Berlin - The Beginning of it All

The Mendelssohns, Haskala, Assimilation and Antisemitism

Speaker: Chana Schütz

11: 20

Bildung and Emancipation – The Women and the Salons

Speaker: Emily Bilski

11:40

The Cafés - Spaces for Emerging Ideas

Politics, Philosophy, Utopias and Press

Round table: Christina von Braun, Peter Jelavich and Arne Ruth

Moderator: Lars Dencik

12:30 intermission

13:30

The Scene – Literature, Art, Film and Theater

Roundtable: Emily Bilski, Aris Fioretos and Peter Jelavich

Moderator: Monica Nagler Wittgenstein

14:15

Steiger & Geiger - Jewish Musical Worlds from Wissenschaft to Kabaré

Discussion: Alexander Freudenthal and Anders Hammarlund

15:00 Intermission

15:20

The Pity of it All - Ending of an Era

Speaker: Christina von Braun

16:00 End