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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.

Seminar Series

May 2022 - May 2023

Antisemitism Now

‘Antisemitism Now’ is a response to the current global crises, which in many cases take an antisemitic form or are expressed by heightened antisemitism. At the same time, antisemitism generates new concerns among Jews today and new political responses. This seminar provides a forum for academic research and discussion on the character, causes and extent of contemporary antisemitism and what can and should be done about it.

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How Illiberal Memory Politics is Hijacking the Discourse on Antisemitism

SEMINAR SERIES | ANTISEMITISM NOW

16th May, 2023

How Illiberal Memory Politics is Hijacking the Discourse on Antisemitism

Andrea Pető, Central European University

In this seminar, Andrea Pető considers how different illiberal governments and political parties are hijacking the memory politics of the Holocaust.

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Old and New Antisemitism in France

SEMINAR SERIES | ANTISEMITISM NOW

23rd May, 2023

Old and New Antisemitism in France

Nonna Mayer, Centre d’études européennes et de politique comparée, Sciences Po/CNRS

In this seminar, Nonna Mayer addresses the question whether “old” antisemitism in France has been replaced by the rise of new forms of prejudice emanating from the far left and from among Muslims, driven by hatred of Israel and Zionism.

Yiddish Political Cinema – Uncle Moses

Film screening and panel discussion

14th June, 2023

Yiddish Political Cinema – Uncle Moses

Based on the novel by Sholom Asch, and starring Maurice Schwartz, Uncle Moses is a tale of urban poverty in the age of mass migration. The film has been fully restored by the National Center for Jewish Film, USA and will be shown with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&As.

Between Self-Determination and Self-Censorship: Antisemitism and Interwar Jewish Politics

Seminar | For Scholars

28th June, 2023

Between Self-Determination and Self-Censorship: Antisemitism and Interwar Jewish Politics

Marc Volovici, University of Haifa

In the wake of the First World War, antisemitic conspiracy theories concerning the allegedly pernicious political aspirations of “World Jewry” gained traction, most famously with the popularization of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. In different countries, antisemitic agitators sought to present Jewish nationalist and socialist activism as a “proof” of antisemitic allegations. This […]

Yiddish Political Cinema – Grine Felder (Green Fields)

Film screening and panel discussion

12th July, 2023

Yiddish Political Cinema – Grine Felder (Green Fields)

Grine Felder (Edgar G. Ulmer & Jacob Ben-Ami, 1937). Ulmer’s soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein’s classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. It is a pastoral tale set in the Eastern European alte heym, but in fact filmed in New Jersey. The film will be shown with English subtitles.

Professor David Feldman, Director – 1

The relationship between antisemitism and other forms of racism and exclusion is not only a historical question. It is an urgent issue for today.

Professor David Feldman, Director

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