Konferencja ICCJ 2020 w Bratysławie /odroczona/ - rejestracja online /odwołana - epidemia/
28/06/2020 | Na stronie od 16/03/2020
Online registration for the ICCJ Bratislava Conference 2020 (28.06-1.07.2020).
Important Note in the Light of Current Events:
Although we share the concerns re the Corona virus we decided to open the online registration for the ICCJ Bratislava Conference 2020 and still hope the current pandemic will not affect our conference to be held in more than three months.
Hence, at the moment we continue organizing the conference as planned - with the usual diligence and enthusiasm.
The ICCJ Executive Board and ICCJ's General Secretary are keeping an eye on the further progress in all aspects and we will keep you updated whenever news can be circulated on behalf of the ICCJ Executive Board.
For now please note that the ICCJ guarantees full reimbursement of the conference fee till May 1 in case of cancellations of registrations and according to the conditions of the conference venue a free cancellation of reserved hotel rooms is possible till May 26.
Conference theme
Oursocieties today are in deep search for answers and understanding related to existential and ethical challenges. Different traditions meet,and occasionally clash. Thisis visible in many parts of the world today, not leastdue to climate changes, political turmoil, and the increased movement of people across borders. It often resultsin the tensions between various groups of people, including Christians, Jews,and Muslims. To foster better communication and provide a basis for common understanding and tolerance, we aim to offer a platform for wide-ranging discussion anda Jewish and Christian voice to contribute to the contemporary questfor responses to existential, social, and ethical issues.
Human life can be rendered as a story. Story represents a means that helps construct human identity. Each one of us, both individually and communally, has their particular story. In many fields, both academic and more practice-orientedcontexts, story has proven to be a helpful tool to reflect on various areas of human existence. It isa teaching tool with a powerful explanatory potential. Butstory’s primary strength lies in its structural resemblance with human life. Such reflection, however, should not end up with reinforcing what can become just another cliché.
Rather, the narrative approach to human existenceought to lead us to asking serious questions about the nature of being human:
-How does “my” own story relate to the stories of other members of my social/religious/ethnic/cultural group? -In what ways do the founding story/stories of a certain community enable or disable relationships between that community and others who do not share the samestory? -How can we avoid lethal stories and, instead, nurture life-affirming ones? -What positive role(s) can stories play in conflict resolution and thebuilding of interreligious and intercultural relations?
This programmatic vision is expressed in the design of a conference, to be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 28 June –1 July 2020, as part of the long-term vision and mission of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ).
During its three and a half days, the event will offer keynote lectures and plenary sessions on the theme as well as a number of interactive workshops. The program will employ the narrative approach to investigate such areas as the interpretation of sacred scriptures and traditions, religious self-understanding, interreligious dialogue, the coming to terms with one’s past and present both in Slovakia and the wider Central and Eastern European region, and the disappointment fromfalse hopes/prophecies.
The conference will strive to providea better understanding of commonalities,individually and communally. It will offer a framework forsocietiesand communitiesto strengthen their resolve in responding to the way common stories are abused/dishonored by political leaders who seek to encourage racial hatredand ethnic divisions.
The ICCJ Executive Board, together with the ICCJ General Secretary and the Co-chairs of the conference planning committee -ICCJ VicePresident DrPavol Bargár and the President of the Association of Christians and Jews in Slovakia Ms Lucia Faltin -look forward to welcoming you to Slovakia in 2020!
General Information
The 2020annual conference of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, June 28–July 1and the theme of the conference is “Stories We Live By: Relating to the Self and Other”.
The ICCJand its conference team at ICCJ's headquarters in Heppenheim, Germanyis honored to organize the conference in cooperation with its Slovakian member organization, the Association of Christians and Jews in Slovakia, supported by a knowledgeable and committed local planning committee.Working together withand being supported byexcellent local and regional institutions, religious groups and organizations and civic authorities, this conference will welcome people from around the world tothe city of Bratislava.
Program
The on-site check-in for full participants and the welcome for the conference will start on Sunday, June28, 1:30p.m.at the conference venue, the "Hotel Bratislava".Conference participants will receive their conference packages there.
At 3:15p.m.busses will leave from the conference hotel to thevenue of the conference's opening eventthat will start at 4:00 p.m.Bus transfers to the opening event and back to the conference hotel will be offered for all conference participants.
On Tuesday afternoon (June 30) there will be field trips to local sites inBratislava; Tuesday evening is free. Further details will be provided in due course.
Together with the six plenary sessions (three on Monday, June 29, one on Tuesday,June 30, and two on Wednesday, July 1), there will be this year a total of 24workshopswhich are going toaddress a wide range of themesrelated to the conference theme as well ascurrent issues and topics of Jewish-Christian relations and interreligious dialogue in general.
All plenary sessionsand four workshopswill be held with simultaneous translation into English and Slovakian;the other workshops will be offered in English.
PLEASE NOTE:
After the closing of the online registration period (deadline: June5, 2020) participants will be asked by mail to sign up for their workshops.
Given the limited places available in theworkshops (max. number of participants either 20 or 25 people), participants can only take part in a particular workshop who have signed up for that workshop in advance. Participants will find colored workshop cards in their conference folders indicating the chosen workshops.
Those who did not sign up for a particular workshop are requested to attend the workshop in theauditorium (on Monday workshopA1, on Tuesday workshop B1, and on Wednesday workshopsC1and D1).
A preliminary version of the program booklet that will be regularly updated, can be found on www.iccj.org(tab"Conferences"); all participants will receive a final, annotated program booklet as PDF-file together with the invitation mail for signing up for the workshops.
Given the limited places available in theworkshops (max. number of participants either 20 or 25 people), participants can only take part in a particular workshop who have signed up for that workshop in advance. Participants will find colored workshop cards in their conference folders indicating the chosen workshops.
Those who did not sign up for a particular workshop are requested to attend the workshop in theauditorium (on Monday workshopA1, on Tuesday workshop B1, and on Wednesday workshopsC1and D1).
A preliminary version of the program booklet that will be regularly updated, can be found on www.iccj.org(tab"Conferences"); all participants will receive a final, annotated program booklet as PDF-file together with the invitation mail for signing up for the workshops.
REGISTRATION
Please register for the 2020ICCJ conference on our homepage www.iccj.org(tab "Conferences"). Fill in the registration form and indicate your way of payment.Deadline for conference online registration: June 5, 2020.