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Selected books by staff and Associates of the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism.

Antisemitism, Islamophobia and the Politics of Definition

Books | Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism

Antisemitism, Islamophobia and the Politics of Definition

David Feldman and Marc Volovici (eds.)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

In this volume, historians, social scientists and philosophers reflect on definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia in both the past and the present. The essays explore the deep historical roots of contemporary debates and consider how and why definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia have become a site of fierce political contestation in recent years.

Britain in Fragments: Why Things are Falling Apart

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Britain in Fragments: Why Things are Falling Apart

Satnam Virdee and Brendan McGeever

Manchester University Press, 2023

Britain, one of the most dominant states in world history, faces growing demands for nationalist secessionism. Class, gender, regional and generational inequalities are deepening while endemic racism has been re-invigorated. How has it come to this?

Performative Holocaust Commemoration in the 21st Century

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Performative Holocaust Commemoration in the 21st Century

Diana I. Popescu and Tanja Schult (eds.)

Routledge, 2021

This edited volume charts the performative dimension of Holocaust memorialization through a selection of artistic, educational, and memorial projects. It explores how performative practices came into being, what impact they exert upon audiences, and how researchers can conceptualise and understand their relevance.

Everyday Zionism in East-Central Europe

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Everyday Zionism in East-Central Europe

Jan Rybak

Oxford University Press, 2021

This book offers a profoundly new picture of the role that Zionism played in East-Central European communities during the First World War and a new interpretation of Zionism’s breakthrough as a key social and political movement in the region. It also makes fresh contributions to the understanding of relations between Empire and nation and the development of post-war violence in East-Central Europe.

Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism

Books | Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism

Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism

Sol Goldberg, Scott Ury and Kalman Weiser (eds.)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Leading scholars in a variety of fields trace the history and scholarly debates around a key concept. Each chapter presents an original argument, points to avenues for further research and provides a method of investigation.

Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism

Books | Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism

Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism

Abigail Green and Simon Levis Sullam (eds.)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

A collection of original and provocative essays that illuminate the historic relationship between Jews, liberalism and antisemitism in Europe, the Ottoman empire and the North American Atlantic World.

Jewish Internationalism and Human Rights after the Holocaust

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Jewish Internationalism and Human Rights after the Holocaust

Nathan Kurz

Cambridge University Press, 2021

This book charts the fraught relationship between Jewish internationalism and international rights protection in the second half of the twentieth century.

German as a Jewish Problem: The Language Politics of Jewish Nationalism

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German as a Jewish Problem: The Language Politics of Jewish Nationalism

Marc Volovici

Stanford University Press, 2020

The German language holds an ambivalent and controversial place in the modern history of European Jews. Marc Volovici offers a new understanding, turning to German to illuminate the questions and dilemmas that largely defined the experience of European Jews in the age of nationalism.

Professor David Feldman, Director – 2

In an age of populism and nationalism it is more important than ever to understand the connections between antisemitism and other forms of racialization.

Professor David Feldman, Director

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