Dr. Lorena De Vita

Universitair hoofddocent
Geschiedenis van de internationale betrekkingen
l.devita@uu.nl

Activiteiten

2024

Historicidagen 2024De Vita, L. (Participant)
Aug 2024
'Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust', Prof. Andrew Port in conversation with Lorena De Vita (GIB)and Frank Sterkenburgh (PG)at Utrecht University.De Vita, L. (Speaker)
Feb 2024
Graduiertenkolleg, Duitslandinsituut AmsterdamDe Vita, L. (Participant)
Feb 2024
Negotiating Reparations for Victims of National SocialismDe Vita, L. (Speaker)
19 Jan 2024

2023

(How)is the past woven into the fabric of our futures? | Ask the DustDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
2 Nov 2023
, Imagination Infrastructures for better urban futures
Criticising the Wiedergutmachung: East Germany’s Narratives for National and International AudiencesDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
9 Oct 2023
Between Hot Wars, Cold War, and the Legacy of the Nazi Past: German-Israeli Relations, 1949-1969De Vita, L. (Speaker)
8 Oct 2023
, German Studies Association Annual Conference, 2023, Montreal
German Studies Association Annual Conference, 2023, MontrealDe Vita, L. (Participant)
5 Oct 20238 Oct 2023
Lezing & gesprek | Simon Goodman The Search for my Family’s Art Treasures Stolen by the NazisDe Vita, L. (Speaker)
11 Sept 2023
, Lezing & gesprek | Simon Goodman | The Search for my Family’s Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis
Response to KeynoteDe Vita, L. (Speaker)
22 Jun 2023
, the future of german history
History and Memory (Journal)De Vita, L. (Peer reviewer)
12 Jun 2023
A Conversation on the Politics and Diplomacy of Repair after ConflictDe Vita, L. (Speaker)
30 May 2023
Reparations and Memory: The Global Echoes of the Luxembourg Agreement, Seven Decades OnDe Vita, L. (Speaker)
25 May 202326 May 2023
Journal of Contemporary History (Journal)De Vita, L. (Peer reviewer)
17 May 2023
Holocaust Remembrance in a Globalised World: Policy-Makers as Memory Makers?De Vita, L. (Organiser)
12 May 2023
Roundtable conversation: Reparations, Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the FutureDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
11 May 2023
, Reparations, Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future
Reparations: lessons from the past, challenges for the futureDe Vita, L. (Organiser)
11 May 2023
'Reparations: Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future', a roundtableDe Vita, L. (Speaker)
May 2023
Invited Speaker - Panel Discussion: The International Politics of Historical Injustice - Oxford International Relations SocietyDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
2 Feb 2023
Wolfson College OxfordDe Vita, L. (Visiting researcher)
11 Jan 202311 Mar 2023
University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations De Vita, L. (Visiting researcher)
11 Jan 202311 Mar 2023
Wolfson College Oxford (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2023 → …
Royal Histrocial Society (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2023 → …

2022

Invited Speaker at the International Conference: "70 Years of Holocaust Compensation and Restitution"De Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
14 Nov 202216 Nov 2022
Invited Speaker - 'History of the Present' - Applied History Conference, Utrecht UniversityDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
24 Sept 2022
, Applied History Conferentie
Invited Speaker - Citizens as Diplomats ConferenceDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
21 Sept 202223 Sept 2022
Gorbachev's Contested Legacy: The 1990s and BeyondDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
9 Sept 2022
Summer Symposium on the Cold War 2022De Vita, L. (Member of programme committee)
29 Aug 202231 Aug 2022
Sessie "Grenzeloze geschiedenis: Nederland in de wereld en de wereld in Nederland." Historicidagen, Rotterdam.De Vita, L. (Participant)
26 Aug 2022
Invited Speaker - Research Group: The Luxembourg Agreement and Its Impacts. New Research, New InsightsDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
27 Jun 2022
Invited Discussant - International Symposium: Critical Theories of History and MemoryDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
19 May 202220 May 2022
Wassenaar, 1952: Re-Inventing ReparationsDe Vita, L. (Organiser)
22 Mar 202223 Mar 2022
, Wassenaar, 1952: Re-Inventing Reparations
WASSENAAR, 1952: RE-INVENTING REPARATIONSDe Vita, L. (Organiser)
21 Mar 2022
Invited Speaker: Workshop on the Politics of Memory, Lady Margaret Hall, University of OxfordDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
10 Mar 2022
WIIS: Women in International Security (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2022 → …
Reviewer - Research Group Proposal - Israel Institute of Advanced StudiesDe Vita, L. (Advisor)
2022
Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2022 → …
Grant Application Reviewer - Czech Science FoundationDe Vita, L. (Advisor)
2022
German Studies Association (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2022 → …
Edinburgh University Press (Publisher)De Vita, L. (Peer reviewer)
2022
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)De Vita, L. (Editor)
2022
British Journal of Politics and International Relations (Journal)De Vita, L. (Peer reviewer)
2022

2021

Round Table: The ‘Special Relationship’ Reconsidered: New Approaches and Findings in the History of German-Israeli AffairsDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
5 Oct 2021
, Roundtable discussion: The ‘SpecialRelationship’ Reconsidered
European Summer School on the Global Cold War 2021De Vita, L. (Organiser)
1 Sept 20213 Sept 2021
External Examiner, Viva voce, PhD Thesis ‘West German foreign policy towards the Arab states, 1967-1979: history of a disappointment,De Vita, L. (Primary supervisor)
15 Jun 2021
Preparing for Jerusalem: The Eichmann Trial as a Warsaw Pact Concern - Holocaust and the Cold War ConferenceDe Vita, L. (Participant)
28 May 2021
Writing and Publishing about Diplomacy Today: New Diplomatic History ConferenceDe Vita, L. (Participant)
27 May 2021
Seminar on German-Israeli relations for the students of the Barenboim-Said AcademyDe Vita, L. (Organiser)
3 May 2021
Discussant, LSE-Sciences Po International History Seminar - Cold Wars in Berlin: Eleanor Dulles on her Frontier, 1952-1961.Nourishing Cold War Psychological Warfare: Goodwill is a WeaponDe Vita, L. (Participant)
21 Apr 2021
International History Review (Journal)De Vita, L. (Peer reviewer)
5 Apr 2021
Resilience at the Negotiating Table: Otto's Diary and the 1952 German-Israeli Talks RevisitedDe Vita, L. (Presenter)
29 Mar 2021
, Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2021
A Re-Assessment of the Paris Reparations Agreement (21 December 1945): Re-conceptualizing Redress for State CrimesDe Vita, L. (Presenter)
25 Mar 2021
, Instruments of International Order
Utrecht Forum for Memory Studies | Seminar with Lorena De Vita: Diplomacy and Memory: The Case of German-Israeli Relations in the Aftermath of the HolocaustDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
25 Feb 2021
, Utrecht Forum for Memory Studies
Journal for the History of Knowledge (Journal)De Vita, L. (Peer reviewer)
22 Feb 2021
Chair of the Day, Holocaust Memorial DayDe Vita, L. (Keynote speaker)
21 Jan 2021
, Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
Utrecht Young Academy (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
20212026
European Summer School on the Global Cold War (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Member)
2021
Cold War Research Network (Publisher)De Vita, L. (Editor)
20212026

2020

UPeace The Hague - Stichting Alliance for the University for Peace (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Member)
2 Dec 2020 → …
Israelpolitik: Re-assessing the German Cold War in the Middle East Conflict, 1949-1969De Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
19 Nov 2020
, Cambridge Cambridge German History Research Group
Roundtable: Curious Connections: Small States, Pericentrism and the Global Cold WarDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
12 Nov 2020
, Cold War Network Research Seminar
Israelpolitik: Re-assessing the German Cold War in the Middle East Conflict 1949- 1969De Vita, L. (Presenter)
9 Sept 2020
, Workshop “Cold War Studies” für Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen
Israelpolitik: The German Cold War in the Middle EastDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
27 May 2020
Contextualizing Post-Holocaust Reconciliation between Germany and IsraelDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
14 Jan 2020
TAUU - Teaching Academy Utrecht University (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Member)
20202023
53. Historikertag (Munich)Theme: 'Conflicting Interpretations'De Vita, L. (Participant)
2020

2019

Thirty Years after the fall of the Berlin WallDe Vita, L. (Participant)
9 Nov 2019
The Global Middle EastDe Vita, L. (Organiser)
4 Oct 2019
Hebrew University of JerusalemDe Vita, L. (Visiting researcher)
1 Apr 20192 Jul 2019
Ton van OschDe Vita, L. (Host)
7 Jan 2019
Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2019 → …

2018

Facing a Local Conflict while Aiming for Global PeaceDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
11 Dec 2018
, Cold War Network Research Seminar
Robert SerryDe Vita, L. (Host)
10 Dec 2018
Diplomacy in Times of Nuclear TensionDe Vita, L. (Organiser)
29 Nov 2018
Ulbricht's Frustration: The Suez Crisis viewed from East BerlinDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
5 Nov 2018
, The Eastern Bloc's Cold War in the Third World
New Diplomatic History ConferenceDe Vita, L. (Participant)
24 Oct 201826 Oct 2018
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Annual Meeting (Event)De Vita, L. (Member)
20182019
, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Annual Meeting

2017

Andreotti, Craxi and the PLO: Making It(aly)Big by Siding with Small PartiesDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
14 Dec 2017
, Margins for Manoeuvre
Andreotti and the PLO: Making It(aly)Big by Siding with Small PartiesDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
14 Dec 2017
, Margins of Manoeuvre
The German Cold War and the Arab-Israeli ConflictDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
18 Oct 2017
The Clash: the German Cold War and the Middle East ConflictDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
18 Oct 2017
Democracy, Morality, Pragmatism: The 1952 Reparations Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and IsraelDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
17 Oct 2017
An East German 'star lawyer', the Nazi past and the Cold War: Friedrich Karl Kaul in the CourtroomDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
4 Sept 2017
Discussant for the Panel: "The Reagan Doctrine and Iran Contra: Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia and Washington"De Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
24 Jun 2017
, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Annual Conference
Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2017 → …
Werkgroep Internationale Politiek (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2017 → …
Dutch Cold War Research Network (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2017 → …
Cold War Research Network (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Member)
2017 → …
Cold War Research Group, Charles University, Prague (External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2017 → …

2016

Hannelore and the First German Embassy in IsraelDe Vita, L. (Invited speaker)
24 Nov 201626 Nov 2016
, New Diplomatic History Conference

2012

Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House)(External organisation)De Vita, L. (Chair)
2012 → …