The Institute is committed to the study of antisemitism across a wide range of disciplines. Being part of Birkbeck, University of London enables us to draw on an unparalleled combination of expertise in the study of antisemitism, racialization, racial and religious intolerance, multiculture, ethnicity and identity across the widest range of disciplines: history, politics, psychosocial studies, geography, English and humanities and law.
As a leading research university, students benefit from cutting-edge thinking by academics who are experts in their field.
Modules offered at Birkbeck include:
| Britannia’s Embrace: The British Empire and the World (BA) |
| Knowledge and Reality (BA) |
| Politics and the Middle East (BA) |
| Race, Environment and International Development (BA) |
| Racism and Antisemitism (BA) |
| The Colonial Gaze: Western Perceptions Of Asia, Africa & The Middle East, 1600-1960 (BA) |
| The Politics of Race and Diaspora (BA) |
| The Third Reich (BA) |
| Equality and Diversity (LLB) |
| Law and Race (LLB) |
| Continent on the Move: Migration in Europe, 1914-the present day (MA) |
| Cultures of Hate and Oppression. Connecting the Conversations about Antisemitism, Holocaust, Gender, Colonialism (MA) |
| Britain and Germany: The History of a Relationship, 1815-1990 (MA) |
| The Bombing War, 1908-2023 (MA) |
| The Holocaust (MA) |
| The Nazi Capture of Power (MA) |
| Nationalism, Religion, and Conflict (MSc) |
| The Politics of Race and Diaspora (MSc) |
| Culture, Community, Identity (MRes) |
| The Nazi Regime (Graduate Diploma) |
An interdisciplinary postgraduate programme, ‘Culture, Diaspora, Ethnicity’, stretches across the social sciences and arts and humanities and is offered at certificate, diploma and MA levels. This programme explores debates on ‘race’ and racism, multiculture and postcoloniality; empire and the formation of modern Britain; contemporary transnational political communities, social identities and urban culture.
