The Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism holds seminars, workshops and conferences for scholars, and lectures, discussions and film screenings that are open to everyone.
In this talk, Omer Bartov will explore the transformation of Zionism from a movement of Jewish emancipation and liberation into a state ideology of ethno-nationalism, exclusion and violent domination of Palestinians.
The publication of a new report commissioned by the Runnymede Trust forms the basis of this panel discussion.
Rebecca Clifford explores the individual and collective journeys of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust: from ‘lucky’ children who managed to live through genocide, to ‘child Holocaust survivors’ with a profound new understanding of their own pasts.
Renowned Memory Studies scholar explores what it means to live with histories of colonial and Nazi violence, and questions of remembrance and responsibility.
We build alliances to promote knowledge and share understanding, making our work ever-more relevant in a world threatened by populisms and conspiracy theories from the political left and right
Professor David Feldman, Director