About the seminar
The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto and the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University are delighted to announce an intensive summer institute for advanced graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and early career scholars. Hosted at York University in Toronto, “Teaching about Antisemitism in the Twenty-First Century” will take place 9-12 July 2018.
The summer institute is designed to acquaint participants with many of the questions central to the study of antisemitism and to provide a constructive academic environment for the exploration of these and related issues. Its program comprises daily lectures, discussions, and presentations by faculty representing a range of disciplinary perspectives from the three organizing institutions and other leading universities
Among the key questions to be addressed are the following:
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Is anti-Semitism one coherent phenomenon or many discreet, unrelated ones united under a single rubric?
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Should antisemitism be studied as a quintessentially modern phenomenon or as one whose origins can be traced back to antiquity?
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How has the Holocaust (and genocide more broadly) shaped our understanding of antisemitism?
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What is the relationship between antisemitism and other forms of prejudice, including Islamophobia, homophobia, misogyny and racism?
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What tools do various disciplines offer scholars of antisemitism?
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What role do contemporary political concerns play in the way that antisemitism is studied and taught in universities today?
