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"Synagogue and Museum" - 3rd International Congress on Jewish Architecture
21. November 2016 - 23. November 2016, Braunschweig, Deutschland
Organized by the Bet Tfila – Research Unit for Jewish Architecture (Technische Universität Braunschweig/ Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Hochschule für jüdische Studien Heidelberg, in cooperation with the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, Braunschweig, and the Israel Jacobson Netzwerk für jüdische Kultur und Geschichte e.V.
Registration Deadline: Nov 7, 2016
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Monday, November 21st
13:00 – 14:30
Welcome
Prof. Dr. Alexander von Kienlin, Braunschweig
Greetings
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hesselbach, President of the TU Braunschweig Prof. Dr. Johannes Heil, Rektor of the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg (requested) Dr. Heike Pöppelmann, Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum Prof. Dr. Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Center for Jewish Art, Jerusalem Prof. Dr. Jochen Litterst, Braunschweig
Keynote
Prof. Dr. Annette Weber, Heidelberg
Introduction
PD Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Knufinke, Braunschweig
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee-break
15:00 – 16:30
Panel 1
Displaying synagogues – a History of Transfers and Transformations Introduction and chair: Prof. Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York
Dr. Sabine Offe, Bremen
Synagogues as Traces
Dr. Ilia Rodov, Bar Ilan
Synagogue as Museum: Ritual and Exposition
Naomi Simhony, Jerusalem
Synagogue Exhibitions in National Museums in the State of Israel
16:45- 18:15
Panel 2
Synagogues as Sources for Research and Education Introduction and Chair: Jutta Dick, Halberstadt
Dipl.-Ing. Mirko Przystawik, Braunschweig The Hornburg Synagogue and its Furnishing
Prof. Dr. Renato Athias, Pernambuco/Brazil Memory and Architectural Preservation of the First Synagogue in the Americas
Dr. Marc Grellert, Darmstadt
Synagogues Destroyed in Germany. 20 Years of Virtual Reconstructions in Museums
Tuesday, November 22nd
9:00 – 10:30
Panel 3
Collecting Contexts – Objects From Synagogues in Jewish and Non-Jewish Collections Introduction and chair: Dr. Chana C. Schütz, Berlin
Dr. Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Wien
The Judaica-Collection at the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum and its
Presentation(s)
Dr. Sergey Kravtsov, Jerusalem
The Jewish Museum in Lviv: genius loci and Realpolitik
Dr. Miranda Crowdus, Hannover
Synagogue Music-Objects as Metonyms: Ethics and Dissonances in the Material Representation/Display of Jewish Practice
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30
Panel 4
Objects and Sites of Jewish Material Culture Introduction and chair: Prof. Dr. Alexander von Kienlin, Braunschweig
Dr. Svetlana Tarkhanova, Moscow
The Chorazin Synagogue (4th-6th cent.) at the Archaeological Site and in the Museum Space
Prof. Dr. Askold Ivantchik, Bordeaux
Archeological and Epigraphical Traces of an Early Diaspora Community in Tanais, Russia
Hans-Christof Haas, Bamberg
The Sukkah of Mendel Rosenbaum in Zell /Lower Franconia. Tradition – Research – Presentation
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch-break
13:30 – 14:15
Poster-presentation
14:15 – 15:45
Panel 5
Synagoguges as Museums – New Concepts of Display and Education Introduction and chair: Dr. Samuel Gruber, Syracuse NY
Dr. Ron Epstein, Zurich
Re-Used Synagogues in Switzerland
Dr. Martha Keil, St. Pölten/Wien
„Who is in need of a Judentempel?” The former Synagogue of St. Pölten (Lower Austria) and its cultural location
Prof. Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York The Example of the Wooden Synagogue in the Polin-Museum, Warsaw
16:30 – 17:30
Visit of the Jüdisches Museum des Braunschweigischen Landesmuseums
18:00 – 19:00
Reception by the Lord Mayor of the City of Braunschweig, Altstadtrathaus
19:00
Public Lecture
Prof. Dr. Ismar Schorsch, New York
Leopold Zunz und die Wissenschaft des Judentums
Wednesday, November 23rd
9:00 – 10:30
Panel 6
Reconstruction, Re-contextualization – Synagogue-Museums and their
Environments
Introduction and chair: Prof. Dr. Rudolf Klein, Budapest
Dr. Anselm Hartinger, Erfurt
The Museum Old Synagogue
Gabi Rudolf M.A., Würzburg
Synagogue Arnstein – Visual Fragment of an Invisible History
Prof. Dr. Givi Gambashidze, Tbilisi
Museum as a Space of Peace
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee-break
11:00 – 12:30
Panel 7
The Future of Synagogues in/ as Museums
Introduction and chair: Dr. Vladimir Levin, Jerusalem
Dr. Eszter Gantner, Marburg
Synagogue as Space of Conflicts: The Formal Synagogue of Esztergom, Hungary
Dr. Heike Pöppelmann, Dr. Hans Jürgen Derda, Braunschweig The Museum of Religions in the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum
Dr. Benigna Schönhagen, Augsburg
The Example of Augsburg
Dr. Christiane Twiehaus, Dr. Sebastian Ristow, Cologne The Findings, Reconstruction, and Museum Presentation of the Cologne Medieval Synagogue and the Jewish Quarter
12:30 – 13:00
Final discussion, conclusion
For registration and any questions, please, contact us via E-Mail:
synagogen@tu-bs.de; registration should be done until November, 7, 2016.
A congress fee of 50,- Euro is payable directly at the registration desk; it includes coffee breaks and refreshments, the visit of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum Hinter Aegidien and the evening events on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd.
Concept and Organisation
Prof. Dr. Alexander von Kienlin, Braunschweig Prof. Dr. Annette Weber, Heidelberg Dr. Heike Pöppelmann, Braunschweig Dr.-Ing. Katrin Keßler, Braunschweig PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Ulrich Knufinke, Braunschweig
Academic Board
Prof. Dr. Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Jerusalem Dr. Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Wien Dr. Samuel Gruber, Syracuse, NY Prof. Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York Dr. Vladimir Levin, Jerusalem Dr. Frank Mecklenburg, New York Prof. Dr. Nathanael Riemer, Potsdam Dr. Chana C. Schütz, Berlin Prof. Dr. Harmen H. Thies, Braunschweig
PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Ulrich Knufinke
Dr.-Ing. Katrin Keßler
Bet Tfila - Forschungsstelle für jüdische Architektur in Europa Technische Universität Braunschweig Pockelsstraße 4
D-38106 Braunschweig
Tel.: +49 (0)531 / 391-2526
