Europe Day as a Remedy

By Palina Mahilina, a student of MA program in Child Development, 2016-2017 Cohort. After a few months in Israel, I suddenly realized – I’m homesick.  I miss my close friends, medieval city centre, meeting people I know often and unexpectedly.  I miss beers and coffee for slightly more than 1 USD, so normally I don’t think twice…

Taking in the View from a German in Haifa

  Katharina Konarek is a German research fellow (CV) at the University of Haifa, in the Haifa Center for German and European Studies. She works closely with the German and European Studies master’s program. We hope this interview provides interesting perspective from a foreigner in the country. Read below about her experience in Israel as a native…

A “Visit” to Europe Without Leaving Haifa

Blog post provided by the Haifa Center for German and European Studies, which offers an international master’s program in German and European Studies. Photos provided by Charles Coleman and Haim Nativ. On Thursday, May 19th, the Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES) celebrated the annual Europe Day at the University of Haifa – in cooperation with…

German and European Studies holds talks on Refugees

Adapted from the University of Haifa newsletter.  The Haifa Center for German and European Studies, in cooperation with the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law Under Extreme Conditions at the Faculty of Law and the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, hosted Israel’s German Ambassador, Dr. Clemens von Goetze at a workshop on “Refugees…

Europe Day Celebrations, 2015!

In honour of Europe Day 2015, the Haifa Center of European and German Studies hosted a two-day conference and fair for the annual event that serves to celebrate the peace and unity within the umbrella of nations that today makes up the European Union. Held over the 6th and 7th of May, The conference saw…