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.
Michael Berkowitz reveals the elusive story of Jewish Hollywood’s role in World War II.
Leo Roepert will examine how the concept of racism is represented in two influential strands of social theory: postcolonialism and Marxism and how this is shaped by each strand’s underlying assumptions as well as their respective limitations.
Mareike Riedel offers an approach to antisemitism that is structural and intersectional, shifting focus from individual bias or ideological content toward questions of power and structural injustice, and discusses what this means for how we think about fighting antisemitism.
Faith Hillis offers a new, biographical approach to ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ that provides new answers to the enduring mystery behind the text’s authorship and argues that the original intention of its creators has been largely misunderstood.
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
