The German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposia (GISFOH) are a series of interdisciplinary conferences co-organized by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Funding on the German side is provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
This year´s GISFOH Symposium is dedicated to the theme “The Challenge of Mobilities: Power, Body, and Place” and covers the following topics:
- Infectious diseases
- More than victims: Female agency in modern India
- Refugee incorporation from a comparative perspective
- The challenge of historic preservation in the age of spatial intensification
An organizing committee comprised of four researchers from Israel and four researchers from Germany developed the program for this conference.
The symposium brings together approx. 50 outstanding young researchers of various disciplines in the humanities from both countries. They exchange ideas across disciplinary and methodological boundaries, build cross-disciplinary networks, and take the opportunity to work on future international collaborations.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports collaboration between the GISFOH participants with its dedicated follow-up program CONNECT which grants residence allowances for working visits in the partner country for up to 30 days.
Participation is by invitation only.