Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022
12:30 Arrival
12:45–13:00
Welcome and Introduction, Barbara Hahn
13:00–13:30
Welcoming Address, President of the Freien Universität Berlin
13:30–14:00
Annette Vowinckel (ZZF Potsdam / Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): On the Antisemitism Part
14:00–14:15 Break
14:15–14:45
Friedbert Rüb (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): On the Imperialism Part
14:45-15:15
Hanno Berger / Christian Pischel (Freie Universität Berlin): On the Totalitarianism Part
15:15–15:45 Coffee Break
15:45–16:15
Ingo Kieslich (Freie Universität Berlin): On the Digital Edition of Arendt’s Works
16:15–17:15
Q&A with the Editors
17:15–17:30 Break
17:30–18:30
Keynote: Ilija Trojanow
„Die Worte der Macht. Totalitäre Räume und literarische Träume“
Ort: Hörsaal 1A, Habelschwerdter Allee 45 (Rostlaube), 14195 Berlin
18:30 Reception
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022
Panel 1: Antisemitism
09:30–10:30
Helmut Walser Smith (Vanderbilt University): Anti-Semitism: Its Place in Arendt’s Origins and in Emerging Interpretations of the Catastrophe
10:30–11:30
Rebecca Wittmann (University of Toronto): Arendt, Antisemitism and Eichmann: Enduring questions on Motivation
11:30–11:45 Coffee Break
11:45–12:45
Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (Technische Universität Berlin): Recent Trends in Historiography on Antisemitism
12:45–13:45 Lunch Break
Panel 2: Imperialism
13:45–14:45
Hans-Jörg Sigwart (RWTH Aachen): The Experience of Expansion. Arendt’s Characterological Interpretation of Imperialism
14:45–15:45
Jan Maximilian Robitzsch (Universität Greifswald): The Development of Hannah Arendt’s Thoughts on Human Rights
15:45–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:00
Derek Penslar (Harvard University): Arendt, Zionism, and Colonialism
19:00 Conference Dinner
Friday, Oct. 21, 2022
Panel 3: Totalitarianism
09:30–10:30
Thomas Lindenberger (Hannah Arendt-Institut, Dresden): Between History, Memory Politics and “The Burden of Our Time”: The Case of “Totalitarianism”
10:30–11:30
Juliane Fürst (ZZF Potsdam / Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): Late Socialism and Totalitarianism: A History in Two Acts
11:30–11:45 Coffee Break
11:45–12:45
Marcel Stoetzler (Bangor University, Wales): Totality and Total Domination: The concept of Totalitarianism in Arendt and in Critical Theory
12:45–13:45 Lunch Break
Panel 4: Methods, Concepts and Reception
13:45–14:45
Amir Engel (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): Between the Hate and the Love of Israel: Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem
14:45–15:45 Coffee Break
15:00–16:00
Round Table Discussion moderated by the Editors