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Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture, Leipzig University 12/06/2014-13/06/2014, Leipzig, Simon Dubnow Institute, Goldschmidt 28, 04103 Leipzig, Gr. SeminarraumIn recent years a growing number of works have studied the role Jewsplayed in shaping the international system in the 19th and 20thcenturies to defend the rights of Jews in Europe and beyond. Dealingwith 'Jewish questions' such as citizenship and emancipation as well asexperiences of persecution, this field of research at the same timereflects structures and problems of modern international politics moregenerally.The Dubnow Institute 2014 annual conference presents fresh studies onthis subject matter and seeks to discuss the historiographical andconceptual questions that arise from the 'transnational turn' in modernJewish history. The papers in the conference will explore topicsrelating to Jews and European empire, international organization,transnational philanthropy, humanitarian intervention, minority rights,human rights and collective claims.Conference ProgrammeThursday, 12 June9.15 WELCOMEMarkus Kirchhoff (Leipzig) / Gil Rubin (New York)9.20 INTRODUCTIONDan Diner (Leipzig/Jerusalem)9.30 TRADITION AND MODERNITYChair: Frauke von Rohden (Leipzig)Menachem Lorberbaum (Tel Aviv)The Diasporic Predicament: The Law of the Kingdom is LawIsrael Bartal (Jerusalem/New Brunswick)Transforming Jewish Politics: From shtadlanut to Diplomacy11.00 Coffee Break11.15 MODERN CONJUNCTURESChair: Jörg Deventer (Leipzig)Markus KirchhoffAgainst the Backdrop of Westphalian Order: Leo Gross, the Congress ofVienna and the "Jewish Question"Carsten Wilke (Budapest)Competitive Advocacy: The Romanian Committee of Berlin and the AllianceIsraélite Universelle, 1872-187812.45 Lunch Break14.00 ORDER IN DECLINEChair: Stefan Hofmann (Leipzig)Eric D. Weitz (New York)From Congress Diplomacy to the Great War - On the Emergence ofMinorities Politics, 1878-1914Marcos Silber (Haifa)Politics of Interim: The Jewish National Councils 1917-191915.30 Coffee Break15.45 INTERNATIONALISMSChair: Gil RubinAbigail Green (Oxford)What was different about Jewish internationalism?Samuel Moyn (New York)Two Concepts of Jewish Internationalism: From the Normative to theStructuralJames Loeffler (Charlottesville)"How We Imagine the Future World": Rethinking Internationalism in JewishPolitical and Legal Thought18.00 Closure of the first conference dayFriday, 13 June9.00 INTERWARChair: Markus KirchhoffJaclyn Granick (Geneva)"Shifting as the Sands": Jewish Refugee Relief after WW IDavid Engel (New York)The Elite and the Street: Jewish Diplomacy before and after theSchwarzbard Affair, 1926/27Philipp Graf (Leipzig)The Bernheim Petition 1933 - Probing the Limits of Jewish Diplomacy11.15 Coffee Break11.30 NEGLECTED EXPERIENCESChair: Momme Schwarz (Leipzig)Miriam Rürup (Hamburg)(Re)defining Citizens: On the Status of Statelessness after Two WorldWarsGil Rubin (New York)Jewish History as International History: Salo Baron between Politics andHistoriography13.00 Lunch Break14.15 CONSTRAINTS OF STATEHOODChair: Arndt Engelhardt (Leipzig)Nathan Kurz (New Haven)The Jewish Politics of Decolonization: The Case of French MoroccoCarole Fink (Columbus)Negotiating after Negotiations: Nahum Goldmann and West Germany,1969-197415.45 Concluding Discussion----------------------------Please note: Guests are welcome with prior registration. For questionsand to register please emailLukas Böckmann: boeckmann@dubnow.deThis event has been generously supported by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung------------------------------------------------------------------------Jörg  DeventerSimon Dubnow Institute, Goldschmidtstr. 28, 04103 Leipzigdeventer@dubnow.de