15th GERMAN-ISRAELI FRONTIERS OF HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities – Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
“Embracing Complexity: Perspectives on the Human Mosaic”
14 – 17 September 2025 / Frankfurt, Germany
Please note: the speakers are listed in alphabetical order and the sessions are listed in non-defined sequence. The final order of sessions will be announced upon arrival.
Benefits and Challenges of Measuring Emotions in Real-World Settings
Organizers: Valerie Jentsch & Hadar Fisher
Katharina Förster, University of Hamburg
Dysregulated positive emotion processing as a precursor of bipolar mood episodes – a translational neuroimaging approach
Yael Millgram, Tel Aviv University
Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors as a Case Study: Why Real-World Measurement Matters
Luise Pruessner, University of Heidelberg
Beyond the Lab: Real-World Emotion Regulation Measures Outperform Traditional Approaches
Haran Sened, University of Haifa
Using natural language processing to analyse emotional dynamics in live conversations and accounts of psychotherapy
Inheritance Matters
Organizers: Gal Ventura & Elena Zanichelli
Tamara Abramovitch, Shenkar (College of Engineering, Design and Art) and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Framing Inheritance: Reprints, Frames, and the Cultural Afterlives of Jacques Callot
Shannon Bool, Kunsthochschule Mainz
Inherited Surfaces: Material Memory and the Rewriting of Form
Ronit Milano, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Inheritance as Legitimation: The Golan Archaeological Museum and Cultural Heritage Politics
Lynn Rother, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Uncanny Provenance: Art History and its Double
Rethinking Family Diversity and Formation in Contemporary Societies
Organizers: Anne-Kristin Kuhnt & Kinneret Lahad
Rawia Aburabia, Sapir Academic College
The Right to Exit Marriage in Non-Liberal Societies: The Case of Muslim Bedouin Women in Israel
Galia Plotkin-Amrami, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Experiencing Emerging Definitions of Child Difference: Mothers’ Transformations in the Contexts of Neurodiversity vs. Gender Diversity in Contemporary Israel
Stefan Reinsch, Brandenburg Medical School
Identifying and anticipating: Reproductive decision-making among people with a rare genetic disease in an evolving therapeutic landscape
Henrike von Scheliha, Bucerius Law School Hamburg
Born Across Borders: The Complex Reality of Surrogacy in International Private Law
Equal Participation: Invisible Disabilities and Inclusive Education
Organizers: Nitsan Almog & Anna-Maria Hintz
Carina Hübner, University of Siegen
Education for students with special educational needs in Germany
Pawel Kulawiak, University of Cologne
Epilepsy in the classroom: When the invisible becomes visible
Yonat Rum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Searching for a Double Empathy Solution: Mixed-Neurotype Social Interactions in Educational Settings and the Role of Autism Self-Disclosure
Renana Stanger Elran, Tel Aviv University
The right to narrative freedom: a practice of inclusion