Bonn Center for Reconciliation Studies

Bonn Center of Reconciliation Studies

At the Center for Reconciliation Research, researchers from various disciplines in the humanities and text sciences work together to develop an empirically based concept of "reconciliation" and a theory to explain reconciliation processes.

Research Objectives

When, why and how is "reconciliation" achieved in different cultures - after a ceasefire or a first public commitment to peace? How are the terms “reconciliation” and “peace” used in different cultural and historical contexts, when and why? Scientists research these questions and develop a "parternalism-free" working definition of "reconciliation" that enables a dialogue with the cooperation partners and future-oriented cooperation in the field of development policy. Learn more here.

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Open Call

Open Call: Congress of Young Researchers

On December 18 and 19, the Congress of Young Researchers:  Debates on Peacebuilding and Social Reconciliation: Lessons from Colombia for Global Contexts will be held at the universities of Cologne and Bonn, Germany.

If you are a PhD student and your research interests are related to: security and human rights, gender, memory studies, territorial peace and natural resources, or transitional justice send your application until October 20. You may send it in Spanish or English.

Requirements:

Abstract: Max. 2500 words.
Short Biography.
Upload these documents and fill in the required information in the following form: https://forms.gle/41Zp98NWqwv923fm8

15 students will be selected and will receive a scholarship covering a maximum of 220 EUR travel costs and 80 EUR accommodation costs. The costs will be reimbursed once the meeting is over.

Das Versöhnunungszentrum bei den Tagen des Exils in Bonn 2024

Viele deutsche und österreichische Intellektuelle retteten sich vor dem NS-Terror nach Palästina. Sie sind die „Jeckes“. Zu ihnen zählte der Historiker Walter Grab, Gründer des Instituts für deutsche Geschichte an der Universität Tel Aviv. Sein umfangreiches Archiv diente seiner Enkelin, der Journalistin Shelly Kupferberg, als Quelle für die Erzählung „Isidor – Ein deutsches Leben“. Gemeinsam mit Esther Gardei vom Bonner Zentrum für Versöhnungsforschung stellt sie Leben, Tradition und Kreativität der Jeckes vor.

Veranstaltungsreihe der Forschungsstelle Provenienzforschung, Kunst- und Kulturgutschutzrecht


Dear friends and colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,

Five years ago, fundamental research started in Bonn to develop a "Restatement of Restitution Rules for Nazi-Confiscated Art" (RRR). Since then, around 1,300 cases from six jurisdictions – Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland – have been recorded and their normative content comparatively scrutinized: Which „tipping points“ for evaluation recur? How have these points been handled in each case and why? Which arguments are systematically convincing in relation to others ("grammar of reasons"), which are less so? What are the principles that guide the decision-making process? Which procedural building blocks from current practice are convincing according to general procedural theory ("best practices"), which less so? The fundamental experience to be taken from the project is one that has always been described in comparative legal studies: only a comparison with others enables a true understanding of one's own.

Our comparative work has resulted in a project text of around 1,100 pages: Eight articles – Art. 1 RRR to Art. 8 RRR – outline the central recurring issues in formulated rules, which are intended to reflect the normative essence of the issues. Some rules are rather concise, others concern a highly complex set of issues and therefore contain many paragraphs. The text of each rule is followed by a commentary explaining how the proposed rule was generated from practice, which tendencies in practice support the rule and which other tendencies appear to run counter to it. Country reports then analyze the respective practice of the individual jurisdictions, always starting with an abstract overview of the respective issue. The case material referred to is then systematically organized in abstract summaries. We would like to present our work to you at conferences on

September 4, 2024, at the University of Bonn, Germany, and on

September 16, 2024, at New York University (NYU), New York City, USA.

We cordially invite you to attend! You will receive more details about the respective events soon.

The "Restatement of Restitution Rules for Nazi-Confiscated Art" (RRR) is a team effort. Most of the team members decided to write dissertations on their areas of expertise in the project. This enabled the team to build up a solid basis for the project work. In the run-up to the conferences on September 4, 2024, and September 16, 2024, we would like to introduce some of our team members to you in personal talks - the "RRR Talks". Current developments will certainly be discussed, such as e.g. the reform of the German Advisory Commission or the draft bill on a German "Law to facilitate the enforcement of the restitution of cultural property seized as a result of Nazi persecution", but the focus will be on the foundational research work submitted in the PhDs and their respective authors.

The Opening Lecture took place on 13 June 2024. Please find a link to the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_K_hAjs8xw.

This event will be devoted to the practice in Austria and in Switzerland.

A further event is planned for

Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 7 p.m. Bonn time

on the Netherlands and France, with Dr Tessa Scheller, M.Sc. and Dr Johannes von Lintig, LL.M. All texts have been published or are about to come out in the publication series of the Research Centre for Provenance Research, Art and Cultural Property Protection Law. Further dates for „RRR Talks“ are being planned.

We cordially invite you to attend! You will receive the link to the event series by registering at sekretariat.weller@jura.uni-bonn.de. We will send out the link to all registrants shortly before the first event. Please note that the lectures will be recorded and uploaded on the internet shortly after the respective event. By dialling in you declare your consent to this proceeding.

Please do not hesitate to forward our invitation to interested people in your area if you wish.

Data protection: We store your e-mail address on the basis of your express consent, previous individual contacts and/or presumed scientific interest in the respective event. We will of course delete your e-mail address if you wish us to do so. We will also be happy to provide you with further information on your data (please contact sekretariat.weller@jura.uni-bonn.de).

23. Oktober 2024 - Chancen und Grenzen der Ambiguitätstoleranz

Am 10. April 2024 eröffnete das Jüdische Museum Berlin (JMB) in der W. Michael Blumenthal Akademie eine neue Veranstaltungs­reihe: die Lecture Series Wo liegt die Wahrheit? Über Ambiguitäts­toleranz, kuratiert von Prof. em. Dr. Natan Sznaider (Tel Aviv). Der israelische Sozio­loge hält den Einführungs­vortrag der Lecture Series und diskutiert an den vier folgenden Terminen mit seinen Gästen über Ambiguitäts­toleranz und deren Relevanz heute: Wie können wir unterschiedliche Positionen aushalten und anerkennen?

Hier finden Sie alle Informationen über die gesamte Reihe:

https://www.jmberlin.de/pressemitteilung-lecture-series-ambiguitaetstoleranz

Events
Comparative Reconciliation Studies in the East Asian Context
Heussallee 18-24
06:30 PM - 07:45 PM
There will be a possibility to join via zoom. To gain access to the meeting please contact vfrom@uni-bonn.de. On July 22nd the Bonn Center for Reconciliation ...
“Zeitenwende" - A New Era in International Relations and Security
Festsaal der Universität ...
02:00 PM - 06:00 PM
The Main Day of the International Security Forum Bonn 2022 will take place under the title "Zeitenwende - A New Era in International Relations and Security ...
Online-Event
Zoom
07:15 PM - 07:15 PM
The Peace Report 2022, published by Germany's leading peace research institutes in June, focuses on Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine in violation of ...
Feierliche Eröffnung des Zentrums für Versöhnungsforschung
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilh...
06:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Wir laden Sie herzlich zur offiziellen Eröffnung unseres Zentrums für Versöhnungsforschung am 22. Juni 2022 im Festsaal der Universität mit Sektempfang ein! ...
Tagung "Versöhnungsbegriffe"
Zoom
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Dieser interne Workshops des Zentrums bietet den Mitgliedern eine Möglichkeit zum Austausch über die aktuellen Forschungen zu den unterschiedlichen Bedeutungen ...
Politiken der Versöhnung
Zoom
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Auf dem digitalen Podium sprechen Herr Dekan Prof. Dr. Volker Kronenberg (Universität Bonn) und Herr Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, Ministerpräsident a.D., ...
Cultural Heritage, Trauma, Schulderkennung und Versöhnung
Zoom
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Auf dem digitalen Podium sprechen Frau Prof. Dr. Karoline Noack (Universität Bonn) Frau Prof. Dr. Mareile Flitsch (Universität Zürich) zum Thema "Cultural ...
Glückliche Kinder lernen mehr - Plakette im Juridicum
Foyer des Juridicums
05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
An die ehemalige Jüdische Volksschule, die von 1934 bis 1941 auf dem Gelände des heutigen Juridicums bestand, erinnert dort jetzt eine Gedenktafel. Wach ...

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