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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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Israel: what went wrong?

Public Lecture

14th January, 2025

Israel: what went wrong?

Omer Bartov, Brown University

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.

Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity

Public Event

20th January, 2025

Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity

Shabna Begum, Runnymede Trust, David Feldman, Ben Gidley and Brendan McGeever, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, University of London

The publication of a new report commissioned by the Runnymede Trust forms the basis of this panel discussion.

The making of child Holocaust survivors

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL LECTURE 2025

29th January, 2025

The making of child Holocaust survivors

Rebecca Clifford, Durham University

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.

Restitution, Repair and the Memory Wars

Public Lecture

4th February, 2025

Restitution, Repair and the Memory Wars

Michael Rothberg, University of California, Los Angeles

Renowned Memory Studies scholar explores what it means to live with histories of colonial and Nazi violence, and questions of remembrance and responsibility.

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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