Lecture by Moshe Zuckerman: “Returning from War”

Returning from War

A Discussion with Prof. Moshe Zuckerman

What happens to soldiers when the war ends—but returning home is only beginning? The lecture will explore returning from war as a human and universal experience, examining how it changes the individual, the society to which they return, and sometimes the entire national narrative. Through the psychological, social, and political consequences of returning, and using excerpts from film, literature, and poetry, we will try to understand the complexity of the transition from the battlefield back to life.

Prof. Moshe Zuckerman is a sociologist and historian, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University, and a researcher in the fields of the history and philosophy of the social sciences, culture, and memory. He served as head of the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas and as director of academic activities at the Freud Museum in Vienna. His research deals, among other things, with collective memory, culture, and identity, and their influence on historical processes in society and politics.