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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.

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Psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies

Seminar | For Scholars

22nd October, 2025

Psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies

Devorah Baum, University of Southampton, and Stephen Frosh, Birkbeck, University of London

Stephen Frosh and Devorah Baum draw on their recent experience of editing the ‘Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies’ to explore the interplay between these two disciplines, engaging with: Histories; Judaism and the Bible; Antisemitism and the Holocaust; and Jewish culture.

Antisemitism and the postwar remaking of race

Seminar | For Scholars

12th November, 2025

Antisemitism and the postwar remaking of race

Sonali Thakkar, New York University

In this seminar, Sonali Thakker focuses on the UN and UNESCO’s attempts in the mid-20th century to redefine the scientific and social scientific meaning of race.

Antisemitism in America: the problem and politics of antisemitism on campus

Public Lecture

2nd December, 2025

Antisemitism in America: the problem and politics of antisemitism on campus

Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles

In this lecture, Professor Dov Waxman will consider not only the problem of antisemitism on US campuses but also how it has become a subject for political intervention and controversy.

Professor David Feldman, Director – 3

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

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