A flagship and recurrent event organised by the French Institute of Israel (IFI), in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Israel, the Polish Institute in Tel Aviv and the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Night of Philosophy 2021 will be held on 10 June from 4 pm (Israeli time, UTC +3), in a digital and interactive format this year, which will allow, in spite of the restrictions still in place on our movements, exchange and dialogue between European and Israeli speakers - philosophers, intellectuals, representatives of civil society, actors of the cultural world - and the public. The theme of this year's event will be "The Future of Democracy" and it will take place under the sign of rapprochement and sharing. In fact, thanks to its digital form, Philosophy Night will be able to reach new audiences throughout the country and abroad.

Created in 2015 by the French Institute of Israel, the Night of Philosophy has become one of the major cultural events in Israel. It has since joined forces with the Goethe-Institut Israel, the Polish Institut in Tel Aviv and the Austrian Cultural Forum to become an exceptional platform for dialogue and exchange. Internationally, it has promoted dialogue between European and Israeli philosophers and intellectuals with the Israeli public on various critical issues of our contemporary world. In Israel, it has allowed for a rich and constructive dialogue between the different components of civil society (religious - secular, Jewish - Arab, academics - political figures and even policy makers, etc.). This year, the online format of the Night of Philosophy in Israel, curated by philosopher Raphael Zagury-Orly, with the generous advice and support of Dr. Felix Heidenreich (IZKT - University of Stuttgart, Germany), proposes to address the complex question of "The Future of Democracy". The Night of Philosophy in Israel 2021 will take place on 10 June 2021 and will include 25 lectures and online discussions between renowned scholars and intellectuals. In the spirit of its previous editions, Philosophy Night 2021 will allow for a stimulating and intense dialogue between the participants and the public (who will be able to communicate directly with the invited speakers via the online chat service specially configured for this event).

Hélène Cixous, one of the most important French writers, poet, playwright and anglicist, known for her involvement in various feminist movements, will open the event at 4:00 pm (Israeli time, 3:00 pm - French time) with a sequence broadcasted jointly on Facebook and via ZOOM, presented by Raphael Zagury-Orly. At 7:00 pm (Israeli time, 6:00 pm - French time), the guest of honour of this 6th edition of the Night of Philosophy in Israel, Mr. Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice in France, former President of the Constitutional Council, and initiator of the abolition of the death penalty in France, will speak at the inaugural session of the event. This will be preceded by the launch of the event by the European Ambassadors partners - H.E. Mr. Eric Danon, French Ambassador to Israel, Dr. Susanne Wasum-Rainer, German Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Marek Magierowski, Polish Ambassador to Israel, and Dr. Hannah Liko, Austrian Ambassador to Israel.

Among the guests this year: Marc-Alain Ouaknin, philosopher and rabbi, Martin Saar, heir of the Frankfurt School, Sandra Laugier, professor of philosophy at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Pr. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Pr. Eva Ilouz, director of studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Corine Pelluchon, specialist in political philosophy and applied ethics (medical, environmental and animal) and professor at the University Gustave Eiffel.

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16:00-17:00: Pre-opening
 The Cat and the Castle
Hélène Cixous
Presented by Raphael Zagury-Orly, Curator of the Night of Philosophy
In English

19h30-19h55: Opening Session
 Opening Session with European Ambassadors and Guest of Honour: Robert Badinter, France' Former Minister of Justice and Former President of the French Constitutional Council
In English

8:00pm-9:00pm

8pm-9pm
"We Are the People. Are "We" the People?
Mordechai Kremnitzer, Idan Zivoni, Lyat Friedman, Ronit Peleg, Arie Krampf
In Hebrew

20:00-20:50
Citizenship: between ethnicity, religion and nationality
Joseph Agassi, Yigal Bin-Nun
In Hebrew

20:00-21:00
Philosophy with Children
Sigal Naor-Perelman, Talya Birkhahn, Marom Barzilay, Arie Kizel
In Hebrew

20:00-20:50
Once upon a time in 2021
Rachel Verliebter, Gaelle Hanna Serero
In French

20:00-21:00
Democracy and (its) unconscious
Perla Miglin, Wardi Haj Nasrallah, Khalil Sbeit, Fabian Fajnwaks (Paris), Marco Mauas
In English

21h00-22h00

9:05-9:55 pm
Literature facing the world
Nir Baram, Yossi Sucary
In Hebrew

21h00-22h00
The Future of Democracy
Paula Diehl, Oliver Marchart, Jan Sowa, Cédric Cohen-Skalli
In English

9.05-9.55pm
A desire for politics in the fog
Philippe Corcuff and Stéphane Habib
Moderator: Raphael Zagury-Orly
In French

21:00-21:45
Rethinking the Enlightenment Today. Ecology, Universalism and Emancipation
Corine Pelluchon
In English

21:05-22:20
Between the Shores: Traditions, Borders, Forms of Being
Part I: The Bosporus
Galili Shahar, Tsameret Levy-Daphny, Avner Wishnitzer
Part II: The Jordan River
Samah Bsoul, Manar Makhoul, Ali Mawasi
In Hebrew

22h00-23h00

22:00-23:15
Democratic Vistas Group
Do Democracies Need the Non-Political?
Martin Saar, Sophie Loidolt, Aliénor Ballangé, Johannes Voelz
In English

22:05-22:55
Moral lessons of "security" TV shows (e.g. Hatufim, Homeland, The Bureau, Tehran)
 Sandra Laugier, Anat Sella Inbar
In English

22:00-22:50
The enigma of the Hebrew cat
Marc-Alain Ouaknin
In French

21:50-22:50
Towards an Israeli Republic
Joseph Agassi, Eva Illouz, Avner Ben-Zaken, Tamar Ostovski-Brandes
In Hebrew

22h25-23h10
Is consent the key to ethically good sex?
Manon Garcia
In English

23:00-00:00

11.20pm - 12.10am
Hating Morality
Felix Heidenreich, Omri Boehm
In English

23:00-23:45
The End of Slavery: On the first Calls for the Abolition of Slavery and the Changing Meaning of Freedom
Tomer Persico
In Hebrew

10.55-11.40pm
Democracy in the age of the paranoia of time
Nicolas de Warren
In English

10.55-11.45pm
Philosophy, Creativity and Ways of Being
Roy Brand, Yehudit Sasportas
in dialogue following Roy Brand's book: Art and the Form of Life
In Hebrew

11.15pm - 12.05am
A Justice for History
Raphael Zagury-Orly, Joseph Cohen
In English

00:00-01:00

23.45-00.45
The Bucerius Institute
Arendt asks: why violence is so attractive these days
Silvana Kandel Lamdan, Hovav Akiva Cohen, Niv Perelsztejn, Cédric Cohen Skalli
In Hebrew

11.50pm - 12.50am
Nostalgia As The Hope of The Future - "Saf
Yoel Botvinik, Ari Ben Arie
In Hebrew

01:00-02:00

1:00-2:00 pm
Nostalgia as a hope - A DJ and Video-Art Set by "Saf" and Eyal Gruss
In English

 

Practical information 

Thursday 10 June from 16:00 (Israeli time, 15:00 - French time)
Online - free access
5 online lectures - in French, English or Hebrew depending on the presentation
Full programme of the event and access to the live stream on the website https://www.the-night-of-philosophy-in-israel.com/
ZOOM access links to the conferences will be posted on the website the day before the event.

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