JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE BEYOND BORDERS

International Conference
in Honor of Professor Joachim Schlör

CONFERENCE
A cooperation between the Center for Jewish Studies, University of Graz, and the
Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton

Organizers: Maja Hultman (University of Gothenburg),
Susanne Korbel (University of Graz), Gerald Lamprecht
(University of Graz), Claire Le Foll (University of Southampton),
Johanna Rolshoven (University of Graz)

Thursday, 11 June 2026

9:00 – 9:15
Welcome and Introduction
Maja Hultman (University of Gothenburg), Susanne Korbel (University of Graz),
Gerald Lamprecht (University of Graz), Claire Le Foll (University of Southampton),
Johanna Rolshoven (University of Graz)

9:15 – 10:15
Panel I: Women Crossing Borders
Chair: Joachim Schlör (University of Southampton)
Stefanie Mahrer (University of Basel/University of Bern)
A Tapestry of Resilience. Navigating Swiss Migration Policy, Intellectual Bonds,
and Interfaith Friendships in Turbulent Times
Susanne Korbel (University of Graz)
More than a Walk. Jewish Women’s Agency in the Fabric of the Modern City

10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:00
Keynote 1
Moderation: Claire Le Foll (University of Southampton)
Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert (Stanford University)
Border-Openings/Grenzöffnungen. Jewish Cultural Studies according to Joachim Schlör

12:00 – 13:30
Lunch Break

13:30 – 15:00
Panel 2: Migration and Mobility
Chair: Johanna Rolshoven (University of Graz)
Björn Siegel (Institute for the History of German Jews)
‘... and now we continue via Milan and Venice to Trieste. The ship is waiting there!’.
Trieste as Gateway to the Maritime World and a Space of Transit for German-Jewish
Travelers, Migrants, and Refugees, 1920 –1945
Jan Láníček (UNSW Sydney)
‘I felt myself transported to a World of which I had read, but one of which until then
I had really never had knowledge’. Fact-Finding Missions to Eastern Europe on the Eve
of World War 2
Joachim Schlör (University of Southampton)
Documents Relating to the German Speaking Salon of Nadja and Ernst F. Taussig in Tel Aviv
(1941 – 1991)

15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00
Panel 3: Navigating German-Jewish Sources
Chair: Joachim Schlör (University of Southampton)
Alexandra Nocke (Independent Scholar and Curator, Berlin)
Walking with Joachim. Berlin, Tel Aviv, and Beyond
Marie Behrendt (University of Potsdam)
Did a German Jewish Diaspora Exist? Transnational Experiences or Transnational Methods.
The Examples of Aufbau and Jüdische Allgemeine
Charlie Knight (University of Southampton)
Navigating German-Jewish Refugee Archives. A Schlörian Approach to
Researcher Positionality

17:00 – 19:00
Keynote 2 and Festschrift Launch
Moderation: Gerald Lamprecht (University of Graz)
Keynote
Anna Lipphardt (Freiburg University)
Engaging with Living Jews and Jewish Lifeworlds in the Aftermath of the Shoah.
What we Can Learn from Joachim, the Ethnographer and Mensch
Festschrift Launch
A Festschrift for Joachim Schlör
Maja Hultman (University of Gothenburg), Susanne Korbel (University of Graz),
Claire Le Foll (University of Southampton), Johanna Rolshoven (University of Graz)

19:30
Conference Dinner

Friday, 12 June 2026
9:00 – 11:00
Panel 4: Visual and Textual Representations
Chair: Joachim Schlör (University of Southampton)
Tobias Metzler (Thammasat University)
Paper City. Jewish Textual Strategies in Nazi Berlin
Tony Kushner (University of Southampton)
Place, Murder and Memory. Edward Thomas and a Jewish Triple Murderer
Amos Morris-Reich (Tel Aviv University)
Aspects of Asymmetry in Visual Stereotypes

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00
Panel 5: Archives and Objects
Chair: Joachim Schlör (University of Southampton)
Simon J. Bronner (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee)
The Huppah as Cultural Baggage
Raphael Guba (University of Graz)
At the Outskirts of the Jewish World. Thinking of the Honen Dalim Community Maputo,
Mozambique in a Creole Context
Maja Hultman (University of Gothenburg)
An Ethnography of the Briefcase. Tracing Post-Holocaust Experiences in a Business Archive

13:00
Concluding Remarks
Joachim Schlör (University of Southampton)

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