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The Yale Initiative for the Study of Anti-Semitism – Seminar Series 2009-2010

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Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective

Anti-Judaism, or the controversial term coined in the 1870s by Wilhelm Marr, Antisemitism, is one of the most complex and, at times, perplexing forms of hatred. It spans history, infecting different societies, religious and philosophical movements, and even civilizations. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, some contend that Antisemitism illustrates the limitations of the Enlightenment and modernity itself. Manifestations of Antisemitism emerge in numerous ideological based narratives and the constructed identities of belonging and otherness such as race and ethnicity, nationalisms, and anti-nationalisms.

This seminar series, co-sponsored with the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, aims to explore this subject matter in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework from an array of approaches and perspectives as well as regional contexts. Eminent scholars and researchers are invited to present seminar papers in an informal setting. To enhance the level of discussion, papers will be made available online one week prior to the seminar.

The Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective seminar series meets on Thursdays from 4:15-5:45 p.m. at ISPS, 77 Prospect Street, Room A002 OR Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Room 101 OR 102.

Organizer:Charles Small, Director, Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA).
Contact for information: Lauren Clark, (203) 432-5239

Links to current papers are provided by clicking on the speaker’s name when underlined.
Archived seminar papers and videos:2008-2009 Seminar Series; 2007-2008 Seminar Series 2006-2007 Seminar Series 2005-2006 Seminar Series

Seminar Series 2009-2010

Current Fall 2009 Semester

Oct. 1 ISPS A-002	Orly Rahimiyan PhD Candidate, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum “Representations of Jews in Post-Revolutionary Iran”

Oct. 8 ISPS A-002	Brandon Friedman Research Fellow, Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University “Iran: Ideology and Foreign Policy, from Khomeini to Khamene’i”

Oct. 15 TBA	Professor Barry Rubin Director, Global Research in International Affairs Center (GLORIA); Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Israel “How the PLO ‘Adapted’ Antisemitism as ‘Anti-Zionism’”

Oct. 22 ISPS A-002	Jennifer Roskies Consultant, YIISA; PhD Candidate, Gender Studies, Bar Ilan University “Missing from the Map: Feminist Theory and the Omission of Jewish Women”

Oct. 22 TBA *7:30pm*	Ben-Dror Yemini Editor, Maariv Daily Newspaper, Israel “The Industry of Lies: Myths and Facts, regarding the Middle East Conflict”

Oct. 29 TBA	Shoaib Choudhury Journalist, Editor and Publisher, Weekly Blitz Newspaper, Bangladesh “Hate Speech and Political Islam: Root Cause of Religious Extremism, Terrorism and Jihad”

Nov. 5 TBA	Judge Hadassah Ben-Itto Honorary President, The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists “The ‘Jewish Conspiracy’: A Strategic Weapon to Demonize Jews and Delegitimize Israel”

Nov. 12 TBA	Professor Ernest Sternberg Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Buffalo, SUNY “Purifying the World: What the Radical Anti-Empire Ideology Stands For”

Nov. 19 TBA	Gregory Stanton Founder and President, Genocide Watch; James Farmer Professor in Human Rights, University of Mary Washington “Lecture Title TBA”

Spring Semester 2010

Jan. 28 TBA	Professor Michael Walzer Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) “A Conversation with Michael Walzer: The Implications of Contemporary Global Antisemitism”

Feb 4 ISPS A-002	Dr. Diana Gregor European Affairs Associate/Political Analyst/Researcher, Réalité EU, New York “Austria’s Marriage with Iran – Support for Nuclear Program Versus Historic Responsibility?”

Feb. 18 ISPS A-002	Berthe Kayitesi PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa “Our World of Contradictions: Faces of a New Antisemitism, Denail of Genocide Against Tutsis in Rwanda and Never Again”

Mar. 25 TBA	Reuvan Paz Director, The Project for the Research of Islamist Movements (PRISM), The Gloria Center, The Interdiscpilinary Center Herzliya “Between Islamist Anti-Israelism and Anti-Judaism: Is There A Difference”

Apr. 15 ISPS A-002	Professor Bryan Cheyette Chair, Modern Literature; Professor, School of English and American Literature, University of Reading, UK “Lecture Title TBA”

Apr. 22 TBA	Professor Asher Susser Senior Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University; Senior Visiting Fellow, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University “Israel, Jordan and Palestine: One State, Two States or Three?”

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The Yale Initiative for the Study of Anti-Semitism – Seminar Series 2009-2010

The Yale Initiative for the Study of Anti-Semitism – Seminar Series 2009-2010

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