This course, which includes an excursion, provides an overview of the history of Moravia - a geographical region in the southeastern part of the contemporary Czech Republic - from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. The course presents Moravia as a case study of a Central European territory marked by numerous political vicissitudes and upheavals, both during the imperial regime and in the era of the nation-state.

In 1952, West Germany, Israel, and the Jewish Claims Conference signed the groundbreaking Holocaust Reparations Agreement in Luxembourg. Since then, and increasingly after the end of the Cold War, the Luxembourg Agreement has served as a model for addressing past wrongs for both former victims and perpetrators of severe human rights violations. This seminar explores the negotiations that led to the Agreement, the Agreement itself, and the German-Jewish-Israeli relations that emerged from it. Additionally, the seminar examines other case studies of compensation for historical wrongs in Europe since 1945, focusing on both their theoretical and practical aspects.

The recitation explores the history of the Bohemian Lands in the 19th and 20th centuries, spanning from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the aftermath of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. It focuses on political, social, and cultural developments, with particular emphasis on the interactions between local Czechs, Germans, and Jews.

This introductory course provides an overview of key events in 20th-century history, focusing on Europe and beyond. The course spans from the outbreak of the First World War to the period following the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989.

The seminar examines the life, work and times of the Jewish jurist Jacob Robinson who was born in Lithuania in 1889 and died in New York in 1977. In doing so, special attention is given to his engagement for the protection of minority rights. The seminar’s approach is multidisciplinary, combining elements from history, law, and political science.

The recitation examines the history of the late Habsburg Monarchy – from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. In doing so, special attention is given to political, social and cultural developments.

Which aspects of its tremendous rich history does Prague try to conceal? Which past events, persons, places and objects does the metropolis disclose and stage? How and why are some parts of the city’s history disguised, while others are accentuated and even celebrated? These are the key questions that will guide this seminar and the week-long stay in the capital of the Czech Republic.

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The year 2022 marks the 70th anniversary of the Reparations Agreement between Germany, Israel and the Jewish Claims Conference. Ever since 1952, and more so since the end of the Cold War, the Agreement serves many former victims and perpetrators of grave human rights violations as model for dealing with past wrongs. This seminar examines the negotiations that preceded the Agreement, the Agreement itself, and the German-Jewish-Israeli relations that grew out of it. In addition, the seminar studies theoretical and practical aspects of other reparations cases for historical wrongs in Europe since 1945.

The recitation examines the history of the Bohemians Lands in the 19th and 20th centuries – from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the aftermath of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. In doing so, special attention is given to political, social and cultural developments as well as to the relationships between local Czechs, Germans, and Jews.

The seminar examines the life, work and times of the Jewish jurist Jacob Robinson who was born in Lithuania in 1889 and died in New York in 1977. Special attention is given to his engagement for the protection of minority rights. The seminar’s approach is multidisciplinary, combining elements from history, law, and political science.

The seminar aims to study Robinson’s involvement in key international institutions and issues, for instance: the European Congress of Nationalities, Institute of Jewish Affairs, United Nations, Nuremberg and Eichmann trials, Refugee Convention, compensation agreement between West Germany and Israel.