Dr. Lorena De Vita

Dr. Lorena De Vita

Researcher
History of International Relations
Assistant Professor
Humanities
l.devita@uu.nl

Activities

2023

Roundtable conversation: Reparations, Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the FutureLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
11 May 2023
, Reparations, Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future
Reparations: lessons from the past, challenges for the futureLorena De Vita (Organiser)
11 May 2023
Invited Speaker - Panel Discussion: The International Politics of Historical Injustice - Oxford International Relations SocietyLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
2 Feb 2023
Wolfson College OxfordLorena De Vita (Visiting researcher)
11 Jan 202311 Mar 2023
University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations Lorena De Vita (Visiting researcher)
11 Jan 202311 Mar 2023

2022

Invited Speaker at the International Conference: "70 Years of Holocaust Compensation and Restitution"Lorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
14 Nov 202216 Nov 2022
Invited Speaker - 'History of the Present' - Applied History Conference, Utrecht UniversityLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
24 Sept 2022
, Applied History Conferentie
Invited Speaker - Citizens as Diplomats ConferenceLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
21 Sept 202223 Sept 2022
Gorbachev's Contested Legacy: The 1990s and BeyondLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
9 Sept 2022
Summer Symposium on the Cold War 2022Lorena De Vita (Member of programme committee)
29 Aug 202231 Aug 2022
Sessie "Grenzeloze geschiedenis: Nederland in de wereld en de wereld in Nederland." Historicidagen, Rotterdam.Lorena De Vita (Participant)
26 Aug 2022
Invited Speaker - Research Group: The Luxembourg Agreement and Its Impacts. New Research, New InsightsLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
27 Jun 2022
Invited Discussant - International Symposium: Critical Theories of History and MemoryLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
19 May 202220 May 2022
Wassenaar, 1952: Re-Inventing ReparationsLorena De Vita (Organiser)
22 Mar 202223 Mar 2022
, Wassenaar, 1952: Re-Inventing Reparations
WASSENAAR, 1952: RE-INVENTING REPARATIONSLorena De Vita (Organiser)
21 Mar 2022
Invited Speaker: Workshop on the Politics of Memory, Lady Margaret Hall, University of OxfordLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
10 Mar 2022
Reviewer - Research Group Proposal - Israel Institute of Advanced StudiesLorena De Vita (Advisor)
2022
Grant Application Reviewer - Czech Science FoundationLorena De Vita (Advisor)
2022
Edinburgh University Press (Publisher)Lorena De Vita (Peer reviewer)
2022
British Journal of Politics and International Relations (Journal)Lorena De Vita (Peer reviewer)
2022

2021

Round Table: The ‘Special Relationship’ Reconsidered: New Approaches and Findings in the History of German-Israeli AffairsLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
5 Oct 2021
, Roundtable discussion: The ‘SpecialRelationship’ Reconsidered
European Summer School on the Global Cold War 2021Lorena De Vita (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,Lorena De Vita (Primary supervisor)
15 Jun 2021
Preparing for Jerusalem: The Eichmann Trial as a Warsaw Pact Concern - Holocaust and the Cold War ConferenceLorena De Vita (Participant)
28 May 2021
Writing and Publishing about Diplomacy Today: New Diplomatic History ConferenceLorena De Vita (Participant)
27 May 2021
Seminar on German-Israeli relations for the students of the Barenboim-Said AcademyLorena De Vita (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 WeaponLorena De Vita (Participant)
21 Apr 2021
International History Review (Journal)Lorena De Vita (Peer reviewer)
5 Apr 2021
Resilience at the Negotiating Table: Otto's Diary and the 1952 German-Israeli Talks RevisitedLorena De Vita (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 CrimesLorena De Vita (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 HolocaustLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
25 Feb 2021
, Utrecht Forum for Memory Studies
Journal for the History of Knowledge (Journal)Lorena De Vita (Peer reviewer)
22 Feb 2021
Chair of the Day, Holocaust Memorial DayLorena De Vita (Keynote speaker)
21 Jan 2021
, Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
European Summer School on the Global Cold War (External organisation)Lorena De Vita (Member)
2021
Cold War Research Network (Publisher)Lorena De Vita (Editor)
20212026

2020

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

2019

Thirty Years after the fall of the Berlin WallLorena De Vita (Participant)
9 Nov 2019
The Global Middle EastL. De Vita (Organiser)
4 Oct 2019
Hebrew University of JerusalemLorena De Vita (Visiting researcher)
1 Apr 20192 Jul 2019
Ton van OschLorena De Vita (Host)
7 Jan 2019

2018

Facing a Local Conflict while Aiming for Global PeaceLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
11 Dec 2018
, Cold War Network Research Seminar
Robert SerryLorena De Vita (Host)
10 Dec 2018
Diplomacy in Times of Nuclear TensionLorena De Vita (Organiser)
29 Nov 2018
Ulbricht's Frustration: The Suez Crisis viewed from East BerlinLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
5 Nov 2018
, The Eastern Bloc's Cold War in the Third World
New Diplomatic History ConferenceLorena De Vita (Participant)
24 Oct 201826 Oct 2018
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Annual Meeting (Event)Lorena De Vita (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 PartiesLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
14 Dec 2017
, Margins for Manoeuvre
Andreotti and the PLO: Making It(aly)Big by Siding with Small PartiesLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
14 Dec 2017
, Margins of Manoeuvre
The German Cold War and the Arab-Israeli ConflictLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
18 Oct 2017
The Clash: the German Cold War and the Middle East ConflictLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
18 Oct 2017
Democracy, Morality, Pragmatism: The 1952 Reparations Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and IsraelLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
17 Oct 2017
An East German 'star lawyer', the Nazi past and the Cold War: Friedrich Karl Kaul in the CourtroomLorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
4 Sept 2017
Discussant for the Panel: "The Reagan Doctrine and Iran Contra: Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia and Washington"Lorena De Vita (Invited speaker)
24 Jun 2017
, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Annual Conference
Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars (External organisation)Lorena De Vita (Chair)
2017 → …
Cold War Research Network (External organisation)Lorena De Vita (Member)
2017 → …
Cold War Research Group, Charles University, Prague (External organisation)Lorena De Vita (Chair)
2017 → …

2016

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