Conference Programme

Challenging Walls (16:30-17:30)

Opening Remarks:

Dr. Shimshon Zelniker, Head, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Dr. Anat-Lapidot-Firilla, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Ruthe Zuntz, Anat Moshe, Initiators

Chair: Prof. Michael Levin, Shenkar College of Design and Engineering and Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, the Technion Haifa
Nicolas Iordanou and Kadir Kaba, Greek and Turkish Cypriot photographers
Frankie Quinn and Christopher Heaney, Catholic and Protestant photographers, Northern Ireland
Sibylle Bergemann and Michael Reitz, East and West German photographers (in German)
Ruthe Zuntz and Steve Sabella, Israeli and Palestinian photographers

Walls in Belfast, Nicosia and Berlin (17:30-18:30)

Chair: Dr. Haim Yacobi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Prof. Arthur Aughey, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
The Schopenhauer Cure? Constructive Scepticism in Divided Societies
Dr. Yiouli Taki, INDEX, Nicosia, Cyprus
Dr. Renate Schubert, Akademie der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany (in German)
Coming Together

Reception - 18:30-19:30

Walls in Israel and Palestine (19:30-21:00)

Chair: Prof. Yehouda Shenhav, Tel-Aviv University and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Dr. Meir Wigoder, Sapir College and Tel Aviv University
Vigilance: A User's Guide to Photographing the Separation-Barrier-Wall
Ariel Handel, Tel Aviv University
Challenging Invisible Walls: Geographies of Uncertainty in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Rami Nasrallah, IPCC – International Peace and Cooperation Center
The Wall Fragmenting the Palestinian Fabric in Jerusalem
Naama Meishar, Landscape Architect, Faculty of Achitecture, the Technion Haifa
The Landscaping and Naturalisation of the Wall


English translation will be provided for the lectures in German