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OR_ZSE, Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies (1084 Budapest, Scheiber Sándor utca 2.), 2nd floor, Goldziher room; NKE (1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 1.) Ludovika Wing (Szárnyépület), John Lukács Lounge (OR-ZSE, NKE)

OR_ZSE, Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies (1084 Budapest, Scheiber Sándor utca 2.), 2nd floor, Goldziher room; NKE (1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 1.) Ludovika Wing (Szárnyépület), John Lukács Lounge

OR-ZSE, NKE

2025.06.11. OR-ZSE, (1084 Budapest, Scheiber Sándor utca 2.), 2nd floor, Goldziher room 2025.06.12. NKE, (1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 1.) Ludovika Wing (Szárnyépület), John Lukács Lounge
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The Jewish Theological Seminary – Jewish University (OR-ZSE) and the Thomas Molnár Institute of Advanced Studies of the Ludovika University of Public Service (NKE) are pleased to announce a joint academic conference on “War and Morality: Philosophical and Historical Perspectives”, to be held in Budapest, Hungary.

June 11, Wednesday

Location: OR-ZSE / Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies (1084 Budapest, Scheiber Sándor utca 2.), 2nd floor, Goldziher room

8:30 Registration

9:00-10:00 Greetings, First Session – Opening Lectures
Chair: Attila Károly MOLNÁR (NKE)

  • Róbert FRÖLICH (Chief Rabbi of Hungary, OR-ZSE): Greeting
  • Gergely DELI (Rector of NKE – National University of Public Service): From War to Morality: The Example of the Roman Alimenta Programs
  • Andor GRÓSZ (President of Mazsihisz – Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities): War, Morality and Medicine

10:00-10:10 Break

10:10-11:05 Second Session
Chair: Milán PAP (NKE)

  • 10:10-10:30 Daniel STATMAN (Haifa University): What is the Ethics of War Supposed to Do?
  • 10:30-10:50 Kálmán TÓTH (NKE): Is War a Morally Justifiable Option in the Age of Nuclear Weapons? Hannah Arendt on the Moral Implications of Modern Warfare
  • 10:50-11:05 discussion

11:05-11:20 Break

11:20-12:35 Third Session
Chair: László LAJTAI (NKE)

  • 11:20-11:40 Miklós SÁRKÖZY (KRE): Assassins and Fīdā’īs: Reconsidering the Ismaili Military Tactics
  • 11:40-12:00 József ZSENGELLÉR (OR-ZSE): War and Ideology: Religious Implications in the Historiography of Biblical Wars
  • 12:00-12:20 Tamás TURÁN (ELTE): Jewish and International Laws of Warfare – A Dialogue of the Deaf and the Mute
  • 12:20-12:35 discussion

12:35-13:45 Break

  • Guided tour in the historic building of the Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies

13:45-14:35 Fourth Session
Chair: Henrik HÖNICH (NKE)

  • 13:45-14:05 Sebastian F. DÖPP (Ruhr University Bochum): The “National” and the “Moral” Conscience: Imperial Germany and the Armenian Genocide Awareness
  • 14:05-14:25 Etleva SMACI – Marsida MINGA (Armed Forces Academy, Albania): Human Dignity Violation in Kosovo War: A Prespective from Kant’s Categorical Imperative
  • 14:25-14:35 discussion

14:35-14:50 Break

14:50-16:05 Fifth Session: Defying by Defining: Righteousness and Justification in the Face of Southern Italian Counterinsurgency (1799–1848)
Chair: Ágoston NAGY (NKE)

  • 14:50-15:10 Francesco BIASI (University of Salerno): “Questi mostri della specie umana”: The Vocabulary of Counterinsurgency and the Calabrian Theater in the Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815)
  • 15.10-15.30 Antonio PASSARO (University of Bari): “Mostri invecchiati nel delitto”: The Language of Bourbon Repression of Brigandage and the Capitanata Region during the Restoration (1815–1848)
  • 15.30-15.50 Vincenzo GARGIULO (University of Teramo): The Issues of a Free Repression. The Repression of the Calabrian Insurgency under the Constitution of 1848
  • 15:50-16:05 discussion

16:05-16:15 Break

16:15-16:55 Keynote Lecture

  • Paul ROBINSON (University of Ottawa): Jus ex Bello: When and How to End a War

16:55-17:15 Discussion and closing of the first day

June 12, Thursday

Location: NKE – National University of Public Service (1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 1.) Ludovika Wing (Szárnyépület), John Lukács Lounge

9:00 Registration

9:30-9:40 Opening

9:40-10:20 Keynote Lecture

  • Yagil HENKIN (IDF Command and Staff College): Hell with Good Intentions: “Iron Swords”, Civilian Casualties and the Corruption of “International Humanitarian Law”

10:20-10:35 Discussion

10:35-10:50 Break

10:50-11:40 First Session
Chair: Gábor BALÁZS (OR-ZSE)

  • 10:50-11:10 Gábor MEGADJA (Századvég): Revolutionary Violence: From Heretics to Antifa
  • 11:10-11:30 Olgierd GÓRECKI (University of Łódź): Conquest Theory of Ludwik Gumplowicz
  • 11:30-11:40 discussion

11:40-11:50 Break

11:50-13:05 Second Session
Chair: Szonja KOMORÓCZY (OR-ZSE)

  • 11:50-12:10 Eszter BALÁZS (NKE): Hungarian Voices of “Just War”: Intellectual Justifications During World War I
  • 12:10-12:30 András ZIMA – Norbert GLÄSSER (HDKE): Morality and Mobilization in the Hungarian Jewish Wartime Propaganda Discourses (1914–1944)
  • 12:30-12:50 Blerina KUQI (Armed Forces Academy, Albania): Jews in Albania during World War II
  • 12:50-13:05 discussion

13:05-14:20 Break

14:20-15:15 Third Session
Chair: József ZSENGELLÉR (OR-ZSE)

  • 14:20-14:40 Ágoston NAGY (NKE): “… the Eternal Triumph of Universal Freedom for Humankind”: Lajos Asbóth’s Moralizing Narrative on the American Civil War
  • 14:40-15:00 Marek TRACZ-TRYNIECKI (University of Łódź): The Ethical Aspects of War in Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro’s Militarium
  • 15:00-15:15 discussion

15:15-15:35 Break

15:35-16:50 Fourth Session
Chair: Attila NOVÁK (NKE)

  • 15:35-15:55 Isaac HERSHKOWITZ (Bar-Ilan University): Fight, Flight, or Sleight: Deception as a Moral Strategy in Extreme Circumstances
  • 15:55-16:15 Gábor BALÁZS (OR-ZSE): Hannibal Protocol: Moral and Religious Dilemmas
  • 16:15-16:35 Attila Károly MOLNÁR (NKE): Expediency and Normativity
  • 16:35-16:50 discussion

16:50-17:00 Concluding remarks

  • Gábor BALÁZS (OR-ZSE)
  • Attila Károly MOLNÁR (NKE)

 

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Organised by

Dr. Balázs Gábor, Dr. Molnár Attila Károly, Dr. Novák Attila

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