Teaching About Antisemitism in the Twenty-First Century: Questions, Dilemmas, Strategies
A summer institute for advanced graduate students and junior faculty
July 9-12, 2018
York University, Toronto
Monday, July 9, 2018
Introduction to the Problem
09:00-10:30 Introductory remarks – Organizers, faculty, participants, staff
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Historiography and definitions (Jonathan Judaken)
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:45 State of the Field (Scott Ury)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-16:30 Teaching about Antisemitism (Sol Goldberg)
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Antisemitism: A Problem of Modernity?
09:00-10:30 Antijudaism/Antisemitism (Magda Teter)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Ghetto and Emancipation (Kalman Weiser)
12:15-13:15 Lunch 13:15-14:45 Antisemitism, Politics and Culture in Turn of the Century Central Europe (Iris Rachmamimov)
14:45-15:00 Break 15:00-16:30 Panel: Politics and Pedagogy (Scott Ury, Magda Teter, Jonathan Judaken, Sol Goldberg)
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
A Case for Comparisons
09:00-10:30 Gender/Misogyny (Sara Horowitz)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Racism (David Koffman)
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:45 Antisemitism and Islamophobia (Lena Salaymeh)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-16:30 Zionism and Anti-Zionism (Lena Salaymeh, Jonathan Judaken)
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Disciplinary/Methodological Perspectives
09:00-10:30 Philosophy (Menachem Fisch)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Visual Arts (Doris Bergen)
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:45 Political Science (Jeff Kopstein)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-16:00 Final Comments and Goodbyes
** Please note: this is a closed workshop for invited participants.
The event is hosted by:
The Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto
The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism, Tel Aviv University
The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies, York University