The Jacob Robinson Institute for the History of Individual and Collective Rights promotes high-quality research in the spirit of its namesake, the Jewish jurist of Lithuanian origin Jacob Robinson (1889-1977).
His life and work guide the Institute’s academic activities and define its topics:
Dr. Eli Osheroff, our postdoctoral fellow, published an article, on Palestinian utopian discourse from the British mandate period, by focusing on understudied political manifestos and fiction, authored by members of the Palestinian Arab elite.
To read the article click here
The two-year anniversary of the passing of Israeli Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Bach (13 March 1927 – 18 February 2022), which falls close to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, provides an important and timely opportunity to reflect on his views regarding Israel’s commitment to prosecuting Nazi criminals.
In our monthly spotlight, Dr. Yehudit Dori Deston, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute, gives an insight to Bach’s perception of the Israeli court system as the most appropriate forum for trials concerning crimes against the Jewish people.
Congratulations to Dr. Yehudit Dori Deston on receiving the Leo Baeck Institute Research Award 2023 in the field of German-Jewish History and Culture for her research on “Gabriel Bach and the Prosecution of Nazis in the State of Israel”.
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Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Grossman for being elected as a “Distinguished Teacher” for the academic year 2022-2023.
During this year, he taught the course “Latin America in Colonial Times” at the Department of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies, Faculty of Humanities. Jonathan is an outstanding teacher, appraised by his students and colleagues alike.
Well done Jonathan!
On February 1, 2024, our Visiting PhD Fellow Anne Rethmann will participate in the panel discussion "Democracy and Politics in Public and Academic Libraries" in Berlin. For more details click here
When harrowing details of the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023, emerged, many drew parallels to the riots in Mandatory Palestine in August 1929, when Arab mobs attacked unarmed Jews both in the streets and in their homes. Using this historical comparison, Dr. Eran Shlomi, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Jacob Robinson Institute, gives an insight into the response of the League of Nations, the predecessor of the UN, to the 1929 riots.
The new Alfred Landecker Lecturer Program Call for Applications is out now. For more details click here
Eli Osheroff is an historian specializing in the modern Middle East. His primary focus is on the history of Arab insights in relation to politics, particularly within the context of the Arab-Zionist conflict. Currently, he is transforming his doctoral dissertation into a monograph that delves into the Arab political imagination until 1948, focusing on the future of Jews in Palestine and the wider Middle East.
Languages of Violence - an article by Dan Diner on Hamas’ genocidal message:
For the English version:
https://www.alfredlandecker.org/en/article/angriff-der-hamas-sie-stellen-den-israelis-den-vernichtungstod-in-aussicht
