The Legacy of Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt - Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth
האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים מתכבדת להזמינכם לכינוס בין-לאומי
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities takes pleasure in inviting you
to attend an international conference on
The Legacy of Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt
Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth
ביום רביעי ל׳ בניסן תשפ״ד, Wednesday, May 8, 2024
בבית האקדמיה, רחוב ז׳בוטינסקי 43 , ירושלים
at the Academy, 43 Jabotinsky St., Jerusalem
8:30 Gathering
9:00 Greetings
David Harel, President of the Academy
9:15 Democracy
Chair and discussant: Tamar Herman,
The Open University of Israel
Luis Roniger, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and Wake Forest University
Populism and the Art of the Possible
Larry Diamond, Stanford University
Why is Democracy in a Global Recession?
Alexander Yakobson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Democracy and Nation-State Today – a Comparative Review
Yuli Tamir, Beit Berl College
The Paradox of Democratic Education
11:15 Break
11:45 Religion
Chair and discussant: Guy G. Stroumsa,
Academy Member, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yaacov Yadgar, University of Oxford
Modernity, Secularism, and Tradition
Jose Casanova, Georgetown University
Multiple Modernities, Global Denominationalism,
and the World System of Religions
Adam Seligman, Boston University
Charisma, Human Rights, and Belonging
13:15 Break
14:00 Israeli Society
Chair and discussant: Aviva Halamish,
The Open University of Israel
Pnina Motzafi-Haller,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
His Sociology is Poetic: Reflecting on Eisentstadt’s
Impact on my Work
Moshe Hellinger, Bar-Ilan University
Can Israel be a More Jewish and More Democratic State?
Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University
Boundary or Frontier? The Green Line in Functionalist
and Critical Israeli Sociology
Nohad ‘Ali, Western Galilee College
and Samuel Neaman Institute
Palestinian Citizens in Israel: A Sociological Portrait
16:00 Break
16:30 Chair: Sammy Smooha,
Academy Member, University of Haifa
Ilana Silber, Bar-Ilan University
The Multiple Voices of S.N. Eisenstadt
Keynote speaker
Björn Wittrock, Uppsala University
Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt:
Outline of an Intellectual Biography
Michael Ajzenstadt
On behalf of the family
Organizing committee
Sammy Smooha (Chair), Academy Member, University of Haifa
Yoram Bilu, Academy Member, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Adriana Kemp, Tel Aviv University
Guy G. Stroumsa, Academy Member, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The event will be live-streamed on the Israel Academy website: www.academy.ac.il
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