Past Symposia, Workshops & Forums
The 6th Annual Israeli History & Law Association Conference: "The Intersection of the Law and Weak/Underprivileged Communities in Various Historical-Structural Perspectives" (In Cooperation with The Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Institute)
Sun, October 3, 2010
Conference Program (in Hebrew).
International Conference on Firm Governance: "Law in History"
Sun-Tue, June 13-15, 2010
The David Berg Institute hosted, in cooperation with the Batya and Isachar Fischer Center for Corporate Governance and Capital Markets Regulation and the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) a unique conference that brought together some 15 world-class law professors, economists and historians from leading universities in Israel, Europe, and the US to discuss international corporate and firm governance codes. It was the first conference of its kind to be held in Israel.
Guest Lecture by Prof. Viviana Kluger: "Hispanic America and its Legal Framework"
Mon, January 18, 2010
The David Berg institute and The Sverdlin Institute of Latin American History at the the Faculty of Humanities (Tel Aviv University), co-hosted Viviana Kluger, Professor of Legal History at the University of Buenos Aires. Her talk, entitled: "Hispanic America and its Legal Framework: The Derecho Indiano Phenomenon", was held at the Sonia Kossoy Conference Room (305) in the Faculty of Law Trubowicz Building, and was free and open to the general public.
The 7th Annual Meeting of the Israeli History and Law Association: "Legal Doctrine and Legal History" (In Cooperation with The Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Institute)
Mon, October 24, 2011
Conference Program (in Hebrew).
Transition from the Jewish Yishuv in Mandate Palestine to an Independent State
Wed, September 21, 2011
Israel's political, social and economic historians have often been unaware of the possible contribution of legal history to the study of the general history of the Jewish Yishuv and the State of Israel. This unique conference was the first attempt to bring Israel's historians together to discuss the transition that occurred in 1948 from a Jewish community to a Jewish State. In exposing general historians to the work done by legal historians on the topic, the conference highlighted the importance and contribution of legal history.
Event Invitation in Hebrew (PDF).
Workshop on Comparative Legal Histories: Colonial/Postcolonial India and Mandatory Palestine/Israel
Mon, June 6, 2011
In recent years, an impressive body of scholarship has emerged on colonial legal history and historiography, including a subset that focuses on the Indian and Israeli experiences. Both contemporary Indian and Israeli Law are still in some sense a product of British Law. Other similarities between the countries include: a significant Muslim minority; a shared history of partition and controversy over the role of the majority's religion in the public sphere. During the workshop, these aspects were discussed in light of recent research projects on the topic. The workshop was hosted in cooperation with Stanford Law School.
International Conference: The Eichmann Trial - 50 Years Later
Sun-Tue, March 6-8, 2011
The three-day panel-conference was held in cooperation with The Ghetto Fighters' House Museum (at Haifa and Tel Aviv University). The Berg Institute's panelists discussed the history and memory of the Eichmann trial, including various international aspects, the witnesses, jurisdiction issues, cultural impacts, representations in the press and more. Special guests included Haim Gouri, author of Facing the Glass Booth: the Jerusalem Trial of Adolf Eichmann, and Holocaust survivors and witnesses. The organizers of the event were: The David Berg Institute, The Minerva Institute for German History, The School of History and the Institute for Holocaust Research at the University of Haifa, the Embassy of France in Israel and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
Event Invitation in Hebrew (PDF).
Forum for Archival Accessibility
Tue, February 15, 2011
The David Berg Institute organized, along with The Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law a public panel-based forum on measures for improving archival accessibility. The Forum convened some 20 legal historians from a variety of institutes across the country to seek ways to promote the preservation of and access to legal records in state archives. A committee was selected to negotiate and enhance cooperation with the Israel State Archives.
