Organizers

Authors of the conference concept: Charlotte Misselwitz
Co-Authors: Ronen Eidelman, Ulrike Goldenblatt
Organization of the conference: Charlotte Misselwitz, Ulrike Goldenblatt
Design of the conference program and flyer: Ronen Eidelman
Website: Daniel Sieradski
Author of the Website texts: Charlotte Misselwitz
English corrector: Livia Goldenblatt

Charlotte Misselwitz
After having spent almost a year in Israel with a grant for foreign journalism from 2005 to 2006, organizing the conference seemed a logical step. The foundation “Dr. Alexander und Rita Bessser-Stiftung” came to sponsor not only her journalistic career but also the conference and this website. Before her time in Israel, Charlotte had been involved in the rather academical world of discourses. When she had graduated with a master in Literature and Philosophy at the Humboldt-University in Berlin, she worked as a teaching assistant at the European University in Frankfurt-Oder. Furthermore, she was involved in project work about the third generation after the Holocaust in Israel and Germany. With the practical and academical experience in the field, Charlotte combines the two aspects for the conference and this website.

Ronen Eidelman
Ronen is a an artist, writer, activist and cultural producer. For over the last three years editor of “Maarav” (www.maarav.org.il) the leading online art and culture magazine in Hebrew and currently in the process of creating an international version of the magazine in English. He is also a MFA candidate at the program for “Public Art and New Artistic Strategies’ Bauhaus university in Weimar, Germany.
Ronen has participated in many self-organized exhibitions and festivals, founded and edited over five cultural, art and political journals/magazines and produced many events linking art, culture and grassroots politics. For over the last ten years he was active in anti-occupation and anti-capitalist direct action groups and makes a living also as a graphic designer. Ronen likes hats and enjoys wearing many kinds.

Ulrike Goldenblatt
Born and raised in East Germany, Ulrike has been living and working in Israel for the past 8 years. She studied at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and also graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury with a BA in English and American literature. She gained valuable work experience as PR assistant for public TV/Radio and as an editor’s assistant SAT1 before coming to Israel. Only there she actually discovered the meaningful world of the so called third sector. She has worked in translation while running a private business with her partner until she started working for the Heinrich Boell Foundation in late 2001 as project and financial coordinator. Lately, Ulrike has been deeply involved in conceptualizing and producing the Israeli-German 2007 Literary Biennale.