The Truman Institute and the Swiss Center invite you to join our conference and workshop, which will include lectures, panel discussions, keynote lectures by international experts, and Q&As. All panels will be held in English. Registration required.
Please see below the detailed schedule of the event and the event's abstract booklet, which provides a small introduction each speaker's presentation.
Prof. Ayman Agbaria, Sheikha Helawy and Noa Yaron-Dayan in conversation with Anat Sharon Belais
“And so/ it has taken me/ all of sixty years/ to understand / that water is the finest drink, / and bread the most delicious food, / and that art is worthless/ unless it plants/ a measure of splendor in people’s hearts.” (From Arabic: Peter Cole)
Conversation between Benjamin Balint and Matti Friedman on the latter’s book on Leonard Cohen’s experiences with IDF soldiers during the Yom Kippur War.