Public Time and Media Temporalities

in an Age of Acceleration A Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation

March 14-16, 2017

Organizers: Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt (Hebrew U) & Motti Neiger (Netanya Academic College)

For additional information: http://media-tempo.com/

Thursday, 16/3/17 Israel Democracy Institute

4 Pinsker st., Jerusalem

9:30-11:00 – Young Scholars Panel: Moran Avital (Hebrew U), Asfahan Bahalul (Hebrew U), Yvgeny Yanovsky (Hebrew U), Ido Ramati (Hebrew U) Chair: Neta Kligler-Vilenchik (Hebrew U)

11:00-11:15 – Coffee break

11:15-12:45 – Digital Technologies and the Future: Mike Ananny (U. of Southern California), Amit Pinchevski (Hebrew U), Limor Shifman (Hebrew U). Chair: Idit Manosevitch (Netanya Academic College)

12:45-13:15: Lunch

13:15-14:15 – Greetings: Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, The Israel Democracy Institute Closing address: Michael Schudson (Columbia U), Democracy as a Slow Government Movement Chair: Motti Neiger

14:30-16:00 – Closing session: Conclusion and future agenda

Wednesday, 15/3/17 The Museum of Islamic Art (Morning)

2 HaPalmach st., Jerusalem

10:00-11:00 – Tour of the museum: Watches and Clocks Collection and the “Modern Times” exhibition (for workshop participants)

11:00-12:30 – New Perspectives on Preservation and Archiving: Tamar Katriel (U of Haifa), Sharon Ringel (U of Haifa), Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi (Hebrew U) & Irit Dekel (U of Virginia). Chair: Nicholas John (Hebrew U)

12:30 – Lunch

Truman Institute, Abba Eban Hall Hebrew U., Mt. Scopus (Afternoon)

14:30-16:00 – Time and the Politics of Public Events: Tamir Sheafer, Shaul R. Shenhav, Yael R. Kaplan (Hebrew U) & Jan Kleinnijenhuis & Anita van Hoof (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam); Jill Edy (U of Oklahoma); Paul Frosh (Hebrew U), Akiba Cohen & Sandrine Boudana (Tel Aviv U) Chair: Shira Dvir (Tel Aviv U)

16:00-16:30 – Coffee break

16:30-18:00 – Temporality, Global Politics and the Media: Arie M. Kacowicz (Hebrew U.); Julia Sonnevend (U. of Michigan); Christian Baden (Hebrew U). Chair: Oded Lowenheim (Hebrew U)

14/3/17Tuesday, Truman Institute, Abba Eban Hall

Hebrew U., Mt. Scopus

09:30 – Greetings: Dani Miodownik, Head, Davis Institute, Hebrew U; Bernard Pinchuk, Rector, Netanya Academic College

09:45-11:00 – A Comparative Study of News Temporalities (ISF Panel): Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt (Hebrew U) & Motti Neiger (Netanya Academic College)

11:00-11:15 – Coffee break

11:15-13:15 – Journalism and the Challenge of Time: Nikki Usher (George Washington U), Oren Meyers (U of Haifa), Henrik Bødker (Aarhus University), Yigal Godler & Zvi Reich (Ben Gurion U) Chair: Zohar Kampf (Hebrew U)

13:15-14:15 – Lunch

14:15-15:45 – Keynote lecture: Barbie Zelizer (U of Pennsylvania), 'History Often Rhymes': Retiring Journalism’s Anglo-American Imaginary After Brexit and Trump. Chair: Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt

16:30-18:00 – Tour of “The Shrine of the Book”, Israel Museum (for workshop participants)