SUNDAY, October 14, 2012
at The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
10:15
Gathering and Opening Remarks
Ruth Arnon, President, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Gabriel Motzkin, Director, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
10:30-13:30
Chair:
Gabriel Motzkin, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Björn Wittrock, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Antinomies and Crystallizations: S.N. Eisenstadt, the Sociology of Civilizations and Global HistoryDiscussion
Wolfgang Knöbl, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Confronting World/Global History with Eisenstadt´s Civilizational Analysis: Promises and Problems
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break
14:30-17:30
Chair:
Björn Wittrock, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Gabriel Motzkin, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Is World History the Right Framework for Comparative Historical Sociology? The Problem of ScaleDiscussion
Yuval Noah Harari, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Does History Have a Direction?Discussion
MONDAY, October 15, 2012at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
10:30-13:30
Chair:
Ilana Silber, Bar-Ilan University
Luis Roniger, Wake Forest University
Multiple Modernities, World History and the Global Rise of Human RightsDiscussion
Benjamin Z. Kedar, The Israel Academy of Sciences and
Humanities; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Cultural Persistence Despite Total Political Collapse
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break
14:30-17:30
Chair: Shlomo Fischer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Elisabeth S. Clemens, The University of Chicago
Logics of History: The Interplay of Liberalism and Benevolence in American Political Development
Discussion
Yuri Pines, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
New Life of an Old Empire? Traditional Chinese Political Culture in the Post-Imperial Period
Discussion
18:45-17:45
Screening of Interview with S.N. Eisenstadt
Closing Discussion