Haifa Center for German and European Studies

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The Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES) is a joint project of the University of Haifa and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The Center was founded in 2007 and opened in June 2008 by the Federal Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier. [1] It is part of the [ Research Authority of the University of Haifa [2] cooperating with the faculties of humanities, social sciences and law. [3] The founding idea of the Center is to provide students, research, academics and the general public with information about modern Germany and Europe. Therefore the Center is holding public events as well as academic conferences and workshops. It also conducts its own interdisciplinary research with a focus on social, political, legal, economic and cultural developments in Germany and Europe after 1945. [4] The HCGES is part of the global network of DAAD Centers for German and European Studies. [5]

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People

The Center was first run by Prof. Gilad Margalit together with Prof. Benjamin Bental. In 2015 Prof. Eli Salzberger was appointed director. Since March 2020, Prof. Stefan Ihrig has headed the Center. Among the senior lecturers and Research Fellows are Prof. Fania Oz-Salzberger and Dr. Ayelet Banai [6]

Academic and public events

Academic and public events are an essential pillar of the Center's work. On an annual basis the Center hosts the Annual Europe Day Celebration [7] [8] together with the[ clarification needed ] [9]

In December 2018 the Center hosted a book launch on "The German Political Foundations' Work between Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Ramallah - A Kaleidoskope of different perspectives". [10] [11] In summer 2019 the Center opened a summer school on "Populism" together with the Ludwig Maximilans University of Munich and the University of Wroclaw. In November 2019 the Center organized together with the Heinrich Böll Foundation Israel an international conference on "Decarbonization Strategies in Israel and Germany". [12] [13] Other cooperation partners are the Bucerius Institute, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Israel, the School of History at the University of Haifa, and the Embassy of Germany in Tel Aviv. [14]

MA in Modern German and European Studies

The Center offers an English speaking MA Program in "Modern German and European Studies" [15] and a PhD Program. The Master can be accomplished within one or two years. It is an interdisciplinary Master offering courses in German History, European Politics, German Economy, German Culture, European and German Foreign Policy and many others. Besides the academic core courses the students are fully integrated in the Centers activities on campus. [16]

Center for German Language Courses

Another pillar of the Centers work is the German language teaching. The Center offers language courses for university students as well as for the broader public. [17] Courses are offered on all levels and conduct in groups of up to 15 people. [18]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ Amt, Auswärtiges. "Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the opening of the Haifa Center for German and European Studies at the University of Haifa". German Federal Foreign Office.
  2. ↑ "רשות המחקר - אוניברסיטת חיפה - home eng". resau.haifa.ac.il.
  3. ↑ "Home". הפקולטה למשפטים באוניברסיטת חיפה.
  4. ↑ "Cogeril - The Technion and the University of Haifa prove that collaborating across subjects and borders can be fertile ground for blossoming research". www.cogeril.de.
  5. ↑ "Zentren für Deutschland- und Europastudien". www.daad.de.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Ayelet Banai". poli.hevra.haifa.ac.il.
  7. ↑ "Europe Day at universities". eeas.europa.eu.
  8. ↑ "Newsletter" (PDF). hcges.haifa.ac.il. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  9. ↑ "Delegation of the European Union to Israel". EEAS - European External Action Service - European Commission. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  10. ↑ Abelmann, Anna; Konarek, Katharina, eds. (October 26, 2018). The German Political Foundations' Work between Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv : A Kaleidoscope of Different Perspectives. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-20019-0. ISBN   978-3-658-20018-3.
  11. ↑ "Book launch at HCGES | DAAD Israel". German Academic Exchange Service .
  12. ↑ "Homepage | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung | Tel Aviv - Israel". Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
  13. ↑ "Israeli and German scientists fight against climate change together". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
  14. ↑ "Home". historyschool.haifa.ac.il.
  15. ↑ winweb (2018-07-01). "Program description". University of Haifa International School. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  16. ↑ "German and European Studies". Graduate Life in Haifa.
  17. ↑ "DAAD Centers for German Studies | DAAD Israel". German Academic Exchange Service .
  18. ↑ "About the courses". language.haifa.ac.il.
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