Trialog Workshop - for students and teaching staff

The workshop makes it possible to discuss questions about Israel, Palestine and the effects of the Middle East conflict on our society. Because whenever the violence in Israel and Palestine escalates, we feel an echo of this violence in our society - a “second-order Middle East conflict”. We experience hardened fronts, selective empathy and an increase in racism and anti-Semitism. These dynamics also concern us in the university context and repeatedly lead to people no longer talking to each other. The aim of this workshop is therefore to open up a common space for teaching staff and students to discuss their own perceptions and interpretations of the Middle East conflict and to critically reflect on the dynamics.

The first workshop will be offered jointly for students and teaching staff and will be run by Johanna Voß and Amina Nolte. Subsequently, there will also be specific offers for students and teaching staff.

The workshop will be held in German, but questions and contributions can also be made in English.

Registration:

Limited number of participants - registration is required by 2.3.2025 at the latest under the following link: https://www.termino.gv.at/meet/b/341232e7dbff5cd6b7a8a60a30ff9150-411623 with your name, Academy e-mail address, and please write in the “additional information” field (“Zusatzinfo”) your institute/department and if you are student/staff member. You will receive confirmation of participation and details of the room as well as information on the waiting list approximately 10 days before the event. 

Trialog formats in March – internal events

In March various moderated discussion formats concerning the impact of the situation in Israel and Palestine on the university will take place. On March 6 and 7 three different formats will be offered in which both Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian perspectives will get the chance to speak as well as the opportunity to discuss your own experiences, concerns and position in protected and moderated spaces.

The Trialog project is a multi-perspective discussion format on the Middle East conflict initiated by Jouanna Hassoun and Shai Hoffmann. Based on the outbreak of war in Israel and Gaza and the associated social consequences, including the strong emotionalization, the project is dedicated to the great challenge of making the topic discussable.