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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.

The making of “Jew clubs”: performing Jewishness and antisemitism in European football and fan cultures

SEMINAR SERIES | ANTISEMITISM NOW

21st January, 2026

The making of “Jew clubs”: performing Jewishness and antisemitism in European football and fan cultures

Pavel Brunssen, Heidelberg University

Pavel Brunssen traces how both Jewish and non-Jewish actors perform Jewishness, antisemitism, and philosemitism within European football cultures over the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day

Holocaust Memorial Lecture 2026

26th January, 2026

Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day

David Feldman, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism

David Feldman explores how memorialization of the Holocaust has changed over time, why it has done so, and the role of Holocaust memorialization today.

When is Violence ‘Ethnic’? On Jews as Victims and Perpetrators

Seminar | For Scholars

11th February, 2026

When is Violence ‘Ethnic’? On Jews as Victims and Perpetrators

Tova Benjamin, Davidson College

Tova Benjamin considers the place of ‘ethnicity’ in new forms of late nineteenth century popular violence and whether we can develop a shared understanding of Roma and Jewish histories of marginalization in the East European borderlands.

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Hollywood and American Jews in World War II

Public Lecture

2nd March, 2026

Hollywood and American Jews in World War II

Michael Berkowitz, University College London

Michael Berkowitz reveals the elusive story of Jewish Hollywood’s role in World War II.

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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