An attempt at organizing a think tank to explore the contributions of Jews in the field of international law and tackle some of the most controversial issues which affect not only worldwide Jewry, but the world at large today.

Online symposium (via Zoom)
Free admission
All times are CET (Central European Time)
To register: mail to
ijs@uantwerpen.be 

Monday, February 5, 2024
Zoom link: https://huji.zoom.us/j/86541795283?pwd=bDN6Z2wvTDVCTTdSVTAyT0k1VGtIdz09

  • 15:00-15:15 Opening introductions
  • 15:15-16:00 Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Tudor Parfitt (Florida International University)
    The Other-Within: Jews in Christian Europe in the Early Modern Period
  • 16:00-16:30 Dr. Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota (University of Antwerp)
    The Development of Private International Law Among the 18th-Century Nação
  • 16:30-17:00 Discussion: Q&A
  • 17:00-17:30 Dr. Amos Israel-Vleeschhouwer (Sapir College)
    Halakhah, International Law, and Israeli National Law
  • 17:30-18:30 Dr. Reut Yael Paz (University of Giessen) & Dr. Isaac Lifshitz (Shalem College)
    The Status of Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, the Halakhah, and International Law
  • 18:30-19:00 Discussion: Q&A

Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Zoom link: https://huji.zoom.us/j/84501767294?pwd=WGNQOXp4akVSQjVzY3RsMFhsT1Vudz0

  • 15:00-15:15 Opening remarks
  • 15:15-15:45 Dr. Gilad Ben-Nun (University of Leipzig)
    East African Migrants in Israel, Halakhah, and Human Rights Law
  • 15:45-16:15 Prof. Dr. Michael Broyde (Emory University)
    War, Halakhah, and Humanitarian Law
  • 16:15-16:45 Discussion: Q&A
  • 16:45-17:15 Dr. Chaya Gershoni (Hebrew University)
    Disability, Halakhah, and Human Rights Law
  • 17:15-17:45 Prof. Dr. Ronit Irshai (Bar-Ilan University, Shalom Hartman Institute)
    Abortion, Halakhah, and Human Rights Law
  • 17:45-19:05 Discussion & Concluding Remarks 

Symposium organized in cooperation with the research group Power in History / Centre for Political History (University of Antwerp).