University of Antwerp, 27-29 April 2004
Tuesday 27 April 2004
Welcome
Vivian Liska, Institute of Jewish Studies, Antwerp
14:00–16:00
Robert Wistrich (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Theodor Herzl between Myth and Messianism
Ilan Troen (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva)
Herzl’s Vienna on the Mediterranean: A Tale of Two Cities
16:00–18:30 Guided Tour of the Old City Center
19:00 Evening Lecture
Address by His Excellency Mr. Cede, the Ambassador of Austria
Rector Francis Van Loon, University of Antwerp
Avi Primor (Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya)
Herzl and the State of Israel in the 21st Century
Wednesday 28 April 2004
9:30–12:30
Denis Charbit (Tel Aviv University)
Herzl’s Zionism. Ethnic or Civic Nationalism?
Eitan Bar Yosef (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva)
The White Jew’s Burden: Herzl, Africa and the British Empire
15:00–18:15
Benno Wagner (Universität Siegen)
Leaders 1904. Herzl - Masaryk – Kafka
Evelyn Adunka (Universität Wien)
Herzl in Inter-War Vienna
Mark H. Gelber (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva)
Herzl: The Man and the Mountain, the Museum and the Myth
18:30–20:30 Screening of “The Wandering Jew”
Introduction by Mark H. Gelber (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva)
Frank Stern (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva)
The Wandering Jew – Herzl in Early Zionist Film
Thursday 29 April 2004
9:00–11:00
Bernhard Greiner (Universität Tübingen)
"Was wird man sagen" - Theodor Herzl as Author of Comedies
Gershon Shaked (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The Drama of Herzl - a Herzl Drama: Nathan Bisritzki’s The Secret Birth
11:30–13:30
Address by His Excellency Mr. Kinar, the Ambassador of Israel
Anat Feinberg (Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg)
Georg Tabori’s Anti-Zionist Herzl
Vivian Liska (Universiteit Antwerpen)
A Vision out of Sight. Herzl’s Late Philosophical Tales
13:30 Concluding Remarks
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