FIELD CHAIRS

Eliezer BEN RAFAEL

Tel Aviv University

Chair of the panel on Sociology and Social Sciences (SOC)

Plenary Talk: "A Sociological Perspective on Today Anti-Semitism and Strategies of Confrontation"

Florette COHEN

CUNY College of Staten Island

Chair of the panel on Psychology (PSY)

Plenary Talk: "The Psychology of Modern Anti-Semitism: Theory, Research and Methodology"

Klaus DAVIDOWICZ

University of Vienna

Chair of the panel on Modern History (MOD)

Plenary Talk: "Propaganda as Entertainment - The Challenge of Nazi Propaganda Movies for Today"

Karin FINSTERBUSCH

University of Koblenz-Landau

Chair of the panel on Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Evyatar FRIESEL

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Chair of the panel on Israel Studies (ISR)

Plenary Talk: "Jews against Israel: The ambivalences of contemporary Jewish identity"

Aleksandra GLIZCZYNSKA-GRABIAS

Polish Academy of Sciences

Chair of the panel on Jurisprudence (JUR)

Plenary Talk: "Title"

Simha GOLDIN

Tel Aviv University

Chair of the panel on Medieval History (MED)

Plenary Talk: "“Anti-Judaism”, “Jew-Hatred” and “Anti-Semitism”"

Stephan GRIGAT

University of Vienna / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Chair of the panel on Political Studies (POL)

Plenary Talk: "The fight against antisemitism and the Iranian threat: challenges & contradictions in the light of Adorno’s categorical imperative"

Benjamin ISAAC

Tel Aviv University

Chair of the panel on Ancient History (ANC)

Armin LANGE

University of Vienna

Chair of the panel on Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Plenary Talk: "Jews and Judaism between Bedevilment and Source of Salvation: Christianity as a Cause of and a Cure against Anti-Semitism"

Dina PORAT

Tel Aviv University

Chair of the panel on Contemporary History (CON)

Plenary Talk: "The Working Definition of Antisemitism"

Martin ROTHGANGEL

University of Vienna

Chair of the panel on Pedagogy (PED)

Plenary Talk: "Combatting Anti-Semitism. An Interdisciplinary Approach"

Lawrence H. SCHIFFMAN

New York University

Chair of the panel on Judaism, Jewish Studies and Antisemitism (JUD)

Plenary Talk: "Scrolls, Testament and Talmud: Issues of Anti-Semitism in the Study of Ancient Judaism"

Julius H. SCHOEPS

Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish Studies

Chair of the panel on Philosophy and Ethics (PHI)

Plenary Talk: "Philosophical Hypocrisy And Ethical „Correctness“ In Public Discourses On Israel"

Monika SCHWARZ-FRIESEL

Technical University of Berlin

Chair of the panel on Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Plenary Talk: "Online Hate and Antisemitism 2.0: The Spreading of Judeophobia on the World Wide Web"

Frank STERN

University of Vienna

Chair of the panel on Media Studies, Journalism and Visual Cultures (MEDa)

Plenary Talk: "Contemporary Visual Antisemitism: Words Fade But Images Remain"

 

 

Karin STÖGNER

University of Vienna / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Chair of the panel on Political Studies (POL)

Esther WEBMAN

Tel Aviv University

Chair of the panel on Islam and Antisemtism (ISL)

Plenary Talk: "Redeeming Humanity from the Evil of the Jews – Islamist Rationalization of Antisemitism"

PRESENTERS

Salo AIZENBERG

Downtown Investment Advisory

Title of Talk: "Hatemail: Anti-Semitism on Picture Postcards"

Panel: Media Studies, Journalism and Visual Cultures (MEDa)

Yohanan ALTMAN

Middlesex University London

Title of Talk: "The trade and consumption of Jewish Figurines in contemporary Poland - old antisemitism in new cloths? An Internet discourse"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Yaakov ARIEL

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Title of Talk: "American Christianity, Jews and Israel: Antisemitism and Faith"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Andrew BAKER

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Leadership Talk V

Panel: Leadership Talks, Feb 20th, 2018

Rifat BALI

Libra Books

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism in Turkey: A New Phenomenon or More of the Same?"

Panel: Islam and Antisemitism (ISL)

Ildikó BARNA

Eötvös Loránd University Budapest

Title of Talk: "Teaching the Digital Generation about and against Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Xenophobia"

Panel: Pedagogy (PED)

Roman BATKO

Jagiellonian University, Crakow

Title of Talk: "The trade and consumption of Jewish Figurines in contemporary Poland - old antisemitism in new cloths? An Internet discourse"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Steven K. BAUM

Journal for the Study of Antisemitsm

Title of Talk: "Blood Libel Beliefs: Then and Now"

Panel: Psychology (PSY)

Matthias J. BECKER

Technical University Berlin

Title of Talk: "The German Left and Israel"

Panel: Israel Studies (ISR)

Andreas BENL

Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin

Title of Talk: "Cultural Relativism and Anti-Zionism in the West"

Panel: Political Studies (POL)

Deidre BERGER

American Jewish Committee Berlin

Title of Talk: "Critical Responses to the German Expert Commission on Antisemitism"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

David BERGER

Yeshiva University

Title of Talk: "Historians and the Blood Libel"

Panel: Judaism, Jewish Studies and Antisemitism (JUD)

Wolfgang BOCK

Justus Liebig University of Gießen

Title of Talk: "Public International Law and the Palestinian Knot"

Panel: Israel Studies (ISR)

Judit BOKSER-LIWERANT

National University of Mexico

Title of Talk: "Anti-Semitism  (and related expressions of prejudice) in a global world. A view from Latin America"

Panel: Sociology and Social Sciences (SOC)

Reinhold BOSCHKI

University of Tubingen

Title of Talk: "Contribution of Religious Education to the Prevention of Anti-Semitism. An International Empirical Study"

Panel: Pedagogy (PED)

Jean-Yves CAMUS

Fondation Jean Jaurès

Title of Talk: "The FN, Israël and the Jews"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Catherine CHATTERLEY

University of Manitoba

Title of Talk: "The Religious Dimension of Contemporary Antisemitism"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Robert CHAZAN

New York University

Title of Talk: "The Medieval Transition from Anti-Judaism to Antisemitism"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Florette COHEN

CUNY College of Staten Island

Talk 1:"Caribbean Jewry: A model of tolerance or assimilation?"

Panel: Modern History (MOD)

Talk 2: "Modern Anti-Semitism: Empirical tests of the anti-Semitism anti-Israel Model"

Panel: Psychology (PSY)

Irwin COTLER

The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights

Leadership Talk IX

Panel: Leadership Talks, Feb 22nd, 2018

Mark DAVIES

University of Teesside

Title of Talk: "The trade and consumption of Jewish Figurines in contemporary Poland - old antisemitism in new cloths? An Internet discourse"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Sergio DELLAPERGOLA

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title of Talk: "The Fundamentals of Antisemitism"

Panel: Sociology and Social Sciences (SOC)

Lars DENCIK

Roskilde Universitetscenter

1. Talk: "The sociology of three distinct forms of contemporary antisemitisms"

Panel: Sociology and Social Sciences (SOC)

2. Talk: "The Ethical Implications And Political Costs Of Misinterpreting And Abusing The Notion ‘Antisemitism’"

Panel: Philosophy and Ethics (PHI)

Oskar DEUTSCH

Jewish Community Vienna

Greeting and Introduction

Panel: Leadership Talks, Feb 21st, 2018

Ioannis DIMITRAKOPOULOS

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Leadership Talk VI

Panel: Leadership Talks, Feb 20th, 2018

Jonathan ELUKIN

Trinity College

Title of Talk: "Augustine’s Legacy and Understanding Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages"

Panel: Medieval History (MED)

Helga EMBACHER

University of Salzburg

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism in Muslim communities in Europe. Debates and methodological questions"

Panel: Islam and Antisemitism (ISL)

Gennady ESTRAIKH

New York University

1. Talk: "Studies of Jews and Judaism in Post-Stalinist Soviet Union"

Panel: Judaism, Jewish Studies and Antisemitism (JUD)

2. Talk: "A Quest for Jewish Conspiracy in Russia's Past: The "Ritual Murder" of Nicholas II"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Gideon FALTER

Campaign Against Antisemitism

Title of Talk: "Using Litigation To Raise The Criminal, Professional And Reputational Cost Of Expressing Antisemitism In Britain"

Panel: Jurisprudence (JUR)

Alex FEUERHERDT

Cologne

Title of Talk: "The BDS movement: Why Israel?"

Panel: Israel Studies (ISR)

Karin FINSTERBUSCH

University of Koblenz-Landau

Title of Talk: "Antisemitic Positions in Christian Holy Scriptures: The Idea of Israel’s Election and its Challenge for New Testament Authors and for their Readership"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Haim FIREBERG

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "The Antisemitic Paradox: Empirical Evidences and Jewish Perceptions"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Lars FISCHER

UCL

Title of Talk: "The Study of Antisemitism in the Modern Judaic Studies Context"

Panel: Judaism, Jewish Studies and Antisemitism (JUD)

Arie FOLGER

Chief Rabbi of Vienna

Introduction and Greetings

Evyatar FRIESEL

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title of Talk: "Referring to ethical values in contemporary discourse of educated Antisemites: empirical data from a corpus study (2010-2017)"

Panel: Philosophy and Ethics (PHI)

Russell FULLER

University of San Diego

Title of Talk: "Christian Antisemitism in Biblical Studies: The Continuation of Supersessionism in the Academic Study of the Hebrew Bible"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Anders GERDMAR

Scandinavian School of Theology Uppsala

Title of Talk: "The theological legitimation of antisemitism. The case of German Biblical Studies from the dawn of modernity to the Shoah"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Thomas GERGELY

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism – An Ordinary Paranoia?"

Panel: Sociology and Social Sciences (SOC)

Thomas GERTZEN

University of Göttingen

Title of Talk: "The Role of Paul de Lagarde and his ‘Germanic Ideology’ in the History of Egyptology"

Panel: Modern History (MOD)

Linda GIESEL

Technical University of Berlin

Title of Talk: "Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany in contemporary German discourse"

Panel: Israel Studies (ISR)

Claudia GLOBISCH

University of Innsbruck

Title of Talk: "Anti-Semitism and the Left"

Panel: Political Studies (POL)

Olaf GLÖCKNER

Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish Studies

Title of Talk: "The „Circumcison Debate“ in Germany in 2012 – an ethical discussion?"

Panel: Philosophy and Ethics (PHI)

Barbara GLÜCK

Memorial Mauthausen

Title of Talk: "The Mauthausen Memorial – a vaccination center against anti-Semitism?"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Simha GOLDIN

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "‘Donin’s Shadow’: The Role of Apostates in the Attack against the Jewish Faith"

Panel: Medieval History (MED)

Brooke GOLDSTEIN

The Lawfare Project

Title of Talk: "Lawfare: The Use of Law to Promote Terror and Silence Free Speech"

Panel: Jurisprudence (JUR)

Maxine GROSSMAN

University of Maryland

Title of Talk: "Jews and Judaism between Bedevilment and Source of Salvation: Christianity as a Cause of and a Cure against Anti-Semitism"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism / Plenary Talk (BIB)

Erich GRUEN

University of California Berkeley

Plenary Talk: "Modern Debates on Ancient Anti-Semitism"

Title of Talk: "The Blood-Libel and the Leper-Libel: Ancient Anti-Semitism?"

Panel: Ancient History (ANC)

David GUREVICH

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title of Talk: "The Contemporary Revival Of The Ritual Murder And Religious Violence Accusations Against Jews In The Orthodox Church And Its Link To The New Antisemitism"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Sophie HAFNER

Preview Productions GbR

Title of Talk: "Chosen yet Excluded – the Hatred of Jews in Europe - Comments on the public reception in Germany of a documentary"

Panel: Israel Studies (ISR) / Documentary Screening

Deborah HARTMANN

Yad VaShem

Title of Talk: "Current Antisemitism and Holocaust Memory - A Complex Interplay"

Panel: Political Studies (POL)

Simone Dinah HARTMANN

Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy

Title of Talk: "What the EU should do against Antisemitism"

Panel: Political Studies (POL)

Petra HELDT

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title of Talk: "From a Designer God to Palestinism; From Zionism to the State of Israel as a Role Model: Contemporary Christian Church Attitudes Toward the State of Israel. Strategies Against Anti-Semitism"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

David HIRSH

University of London

Title of Talk: "Contemporary Left Antisemitism"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Paul IGANSKI

Lancaster University

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism on social media"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Benjamin ISAAC

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "Jews and non-Jews in Ancient Cities: Alexandria, Antioch, Caesarea, Rome"

Panel: Ancient History (ANC)

Rusi JASPAL

De Montfort University Leicester

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in Europe: Insights from Social Psychology"

Panel: Psychology (PSY)

Günther JIKELI

Indiana University Bloomington

Title of Talk: "Evaluation of Best Practices to Combat Antisemitism on Social Media"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Jeremy JONES

Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

Title of Talk: "Thinking locally, acting globally"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Raya KALENOVA

European Jewish Congress

Leadership Talk III

Panel: Leadership Talks, Mon, Feb 19th, 2018

Christian KERN

Social Democratic Party of Austria

Leadership Talk IV

Panel: Leadership Talks, Tue, Feb 20th, 2018

Habbo KNOCH

University of Cologne

Title of Talk: "Violent Symbols, symbols of violence. Visual Communication and Genocial Racism into the 21st Century"

Panel: Media Studies, Journalism and Visual Culture (MEDa)

Eugene KONTOROVICH

Northwestern University School of Law

Title of Talk: "A Soft Boycott: The EU’s Regulatory ‘Differentiation’ of Israel from Other Countries"

Panel: Jurisprudence (JUR)

Yvonne KOZLOVSKY GOLAN

University of Haifa

Title of Talk: "‘What a wonderful life the Jews had with us.’ The new anti-Semitism in popular Syrian television series of recent years"

Panel: Media Studies, Journalism and Visual Culture (MEDa)

Wojciech KOZŁOWSKI

Dentons Global Law Firm Warsaw

Title of Talk: "Statutory Negationism and Civil Law Measures for Fixing Defective Memory Laws - the Case of Recent Polish Legislation on Defamation of the Polish State and Nation"

Panel: Jurisprudence (JUR)

Neil J. KRESSEL

William Paterson University New Jersey

Title of Talk: “Assessing the Role of Islam in the Creation and Maintenance of Antisemitic Attitudes and Behaviors in Muslim Communities around the World:  Empirical and Conceptual Issues”

Panel: Psychology (PSY)

Maurice KRIEGEL

École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Title of Talk: "On the Dehumanization of the Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Process, Chronology, Context"

Panel: Medieval History (MED)

Matthias KUENTZEL

Hamburg

Title of Talk: "How to challenge Islamic Antisemitism"

Panel: Political Studies (POL)

Sebastian KURZ

Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria

Leadership Talk VIII

Panel: Leadership Talks, Wed, Feb 21st, 2018

Armin LANGE

University of Vienna

Title of Talk: "Anti-Semitic Readings of the Jewish Scriptures in Late Ancient Anti-Semitic Legislation"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antsemitism (BIB)

Peter LEHNARDT

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Title of Talk: "In the Aftermath of 1096: Strategies for Coping with an Outburst of Violent Anti-Judaism in Europe"

Panel: Medieval History (MED)

Paul LERNER

University of Southern California

Title of Talk: "Selling Anti-Semitism: Images of Jews in German Retail and Commercial Culture in the 19th and 20th Centuries"

Panel: Modern History (MOD)

Bernard M. LEVINSON

University of Minnesota

Title of Talk: "The Impact of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Discovery of the “Original” Version of the Ten Commandments upon Biblical Scholarship: The Myth of Jewish Particularism and German Universalism"

Panel: Judaism, Jewish Studies and Antisemitism (JUD)

Bernard-Henri LÉVY

Philosopher

Title of Talk: "An End to Antisemitism!"

Panel: Conference Opening

Richard S. LEVY

University of Chicago

Title of Talk: "The Defense against Antisemitism: Minor Victories, Major Defeats, 1890--"

Panel: Modern History (MOD)

Vivian LISKA

University of Antwerp

Title of Talk: “The Phantasm of the Jew in French Philosophy: From Jean-Paul Sartre to Alain Badiou”

Panel: Sociology and Social Sciences (SOC)

Meir LITVAK

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "The Jews as Enemies of Schi'ism and of Iran: New Trends in Iranian Antisemitism"

Panel: Islam and Antisemitism (ISL)

Henry MAITLES

University of the West of Scotland

Title of Talk: "Does learning about genocide impact the values of young people? A case study from Scotland"

Panel: Pedagogy (PED)

Kenneth L. MARCUS

Louis D. Brandeis Center Inc.

Title of Talk: "The Use of Civil Rights Law to Address Campus Anti-Semitism in the United States"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Florian MARKL

MENA Watch

Title of Talk: "„Israel threatens to defend herself“: The Depiction of Israel in the Media"

Panel: Israel Studies (ISR)

Amir MAZOR

Haifa University

Title of Talk: "The Jews in Medieval Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks (1250-1517)"

Panel: Islam and Antisemitism (ISL)

Dan MICHMAN

Bar Ilan University / Yad VaShem

Title of Talk: ""The Jews as a Problem for Modern European Political Logic"

Panel: Modern History (MOD)

Calev MYERS

The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurist

Title of Talk: "The Critical Importance of Independent NGOs in the Battle Against Antisemitism"

Panel: Jurisprudence (JUR)

Talia NAAMAT

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "Are the new forms of Antisemitism recognized in European countries' legal systems?"

Panel: Jurisprudence (JUR)

Maja NENADOVIC

Anne Frank House

Title of Talk: "The Danger of Not Facing History: Exploring the Link between Education about the Past and Present-day Anti-Semitism and Racism in Hungary"

Panel: Pedagogy (PED)

Marc NEUGRÖSCHEL

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism and anti-Americanism on the Internet"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Andre OBOLER

Online Hate Prevention Institute

Title of Talk: “Solving antisemitic hate speech in social media through a global approach to local action”

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Sara OFFENBERG

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Title of Talk: “Staging Anti-Semitism: Host Desecrations and Blood Libels in Art and Drama”

Panel: Medieval History (MED)

Moishe POSTONE

University of Chicago

Title of Talk: “Anti-Semitism  in the Contemporary World”

Panel: Political Studies (POL)

Giovanni QUER

independent researcher

Title of Talk: “The Politics of Neglect: Antisemitism, the UN, and the Reticent Human Rights World”

Panel: Jurisprudence (JUR)

Doron RABINOVICI

Vienna

Title of Talk: "The Jewish Response to Antisemitism in Austria. Prior to the Anschluss"

Panel: Modern History (MOD)

Ljiljana RADONIC

University of Vienna

Title of Talk: "New Antisemitism and New Media – Leftist Derealization of Islamist “Emancipation”"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Jan RATHJE

Amadeu Antonio Foundation

Title of Talk: "Anti-Semitism in post-Holocaust Conspiracy Ideologies"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Adele REINHARTZ

University of Ottawa

Title of Talk: "“Children of the Devil”: John 8:44 and its Patristic Receptionl"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Lars RENSMANN

University of Groningen

Title of Talk: "The Politics and Ethics of Anti-Antisemitism: Lessons from the Frankfurt School"

Panel: Philosophy and Ethics (PHI)

Dave RICH

Community Security Trust

Title of Talk: "Why is the British Left anti-Israel?"

Panel: Israel Studies (ISR)

Alvin ROSENFELD

Indiana University Bloomington

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism in Today’s America: Manifestations, Causes, and Consequences"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Youval ROTMAN

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "Anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim views in early Byzantium"

Panel: Ancient History (ANC)

Miri RUBIN

Queen Mary University of London

Title of Talk: "England’s Religions and the Study of Anti-Semitism"

Panel: Medieval History (MED)

Leonard RUTGERS

Utrecht University

Title of Talk: "Early Christian Anti-Judaism"

Panel: Ancient History (ANC)

Shimon SAMUELS

Simon Wiesenthal Centre Paris

Title of Talk: "An End to the Jewish People - ID Theft as a War of Attrition"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Konrad SCHMID

University of Zurich

Title of Talk: "The Interpretation of Second Temple Judaism as “Spätjudentum” in Christian Biblical Scholarship"

Panel: Judaism, Jewish Studies and Antisemitism (JUD)

Katharina von SCHNURBEIN

European Commission

Leadership Talk II

Panel: Leadership Talks, Mon, Feb 19th, 2018

Joachim SCHROEDER

Preview Productions GbR

Title of Talk: "Chosen yet Excluded – the Hatred of Jews in Europe - Comments on the public reception in Germany of a documentary"

Panel: Israel Studies (ISR) / Documentary Screening

Eileen SCHULLER

McMaster University

Title of Talk: "The Dead Sea Scrolls and Anti-Semitism: Past Results and Future Possibilitie"

Panel: Judaism, Jewish Studies and Antisemitism (JUD)

Monika SCHWARZ-FRIESEL

Technical University of Berlin

Title of Talk: "Referring to ethical values in contemporary discourse of educated Antisemites: empirical data from a corpus study (2010-2017)"

Panel: Philosophy and Ethics (PHI)

Yuval SHAHAR

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "Titus and the Burning of the Temple - Judeophobia and Judeophilia: Josephus, Sulpicius Severus, Orosius and the Talmudic Literature"

Panel: Ancient History (ANC)

Natan SHARANSKY

Jewish Agency for Israel

Leadership Talk I

Panels: Leadership Talks, Mon, Feb 19th, 2018

Uriya SHAVIT

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: ""Muslims as the News Jews?" The Jewish Minority Experience as Reflected in Islamic Discourses"

Panel: Islam and Antisemitism (ISL)

Nesya SHEMER

Bar Ilan University

Title of Talk: "Muslim-Jewish relationship in early Islamic period"

Panel: Islam and Antisemitism (ISL)

Naama SHIK

Yad VaShem

Title of Talk: "‘An End to Anti-Semitism.’ Presenting Yad Vashem's Pioneering MOOC Course: Anti-Semitism: From its Origins to the Present"

Panel: Pedagogy (PED)

Israel SHRENZEL

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "Verses and Reality: Quranic Attitudes Toward  Jews and Judaism"

Panel: Islam and Antisemitism (ISL)

Alan SILBERSTEIN

Tel Aviv University

Title of Talk: "Sister Rose's Battle against Antisemitism"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Agnethe SIQUANS

University of Vienna

Title of Talk: "Anti-Semitism in Patristic Literature"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Julia SPICHAL

University of Vienna

Title of Talk: "Overcoming anti-Semitic Biases in Christian Religious Education"

Panel: Pedagogy (PED)

Daniel STAETSKY

Institute for Jewish Policy Research London

Title of Talk: "How much antisemitism is really there? A ‘continuous’ view of antisemitism"

Panel: Sociology and Social Sciences (SOC)

Karin STÖGNER

University of Vienna / Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Title of Talk: "Intersectionality, Feminism and Antisemitism – Strange Alliances"

Panel: Political Studies (POL)

Irena ŠUMI

University of Ljubljana

Title of Talk: "Antisemitic Discourse On Its Way Into The Political Arena Once Again: What Happened, And What To Do About It"

Panel: Media Studies, Journalism and Visual Cultures (MEDa)

Abdullah SWALHA

Center for Israel Studies Amman

Title of Talk: "Hebrew and Judaic Studies in the Islamic World"

Panel: Judaism, Jewish Studies and Antisemitism (JUD)

Abe SWEIRY

Lancaster University

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism on social media"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Zbyněk TARANT

University of West Bohemia

Title of Talk: "Dealing with the new challenges of contemporary right-wing antisemitism"

Panel: Political Studies (POL)

Claudia THEUNE-VOGT

University of Vienna

Introduction and Greetings

Panel: Leadership Talks, Tue, Feb 20th, 2018

Paul THOMAS

University College of Southeast Norway

Title of Talk: "The rise of Anti-Semitism in Segregated Multicultural Schools in Oslo, Norway. New Challenges facing teachers"

Panel: Pedagogy (PED)

Ana Luiza THOMPSON-FLORES

UNESCO

Leadership Talk VII

Panel: Leadership Talks, Wed, Feb 21st, 2018

Wolfgang TREITLER

University of Vienna

Title of Talk: "Anti-Semitism, Christianity, and the Churches in Europe"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Liliane WEISSBERG

University of Pennsylvania

Title of Talk: "The Dreyfus Affair and the Circulation of Images"

Panel: Media Studies, Journalism and Visual Cultures (MEDa)

Mark WEITZMAN

Simon Wiesenthal Center / International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Plenary Talk: "The Working Definition of Antisemitism"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Juliane WETZEL

Technical University of Berlin

Title of Talk: "Antisemitism in Germany today – an analysis and concepts of prevention"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Michael WHINE

Community Security Trust

Title of Talk: "Combating antisemitism through international action: how effective has it been?"

Panel: Contemporary History (CON)

Christian WIESE

Goethe University Frankfurt

Title of Talk: "The Political Dimensions of Theology: Christianity and Antisemitism in the Modern Period"

Panel: Bible, Christianity and Antisemitism (BIB)

Wolfgang WIESHAIDER

University of Vienna

Chair of the Concluding Discussion of Plenary Sessions

Michel WIEVIORKA

Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme

Title of Talk: "Changing forms of antisemitism"

Panel: Sociology and Social Sciences (SOC)

Michael WLADIKA

University of Vienna

Title of Talk: "Georg von Schönerers radicalization in becoming a racist anti-Semite from the Linz Program of 1882 until the establishment of the “Verband der Deutschnationalen” 1885.”"

Panel: Modern History (MOD)

Ruth WODAK

Lancaster University / University of Vienna

Title of Talk: "“Antisemitic jokes” in the Internet"

Panel: Internet and Antisemitism (INT)

Michel WOLKOWICZ

Institut Inter-disciplinaire Schibboleth-Actualité de Freud

Title of Talk: "The Transmission of Hatred & the Hatred of Transmission"

Panel: Psychology (PSY)

Liran YADGAR

Yale University

Title of Talk: "Jews and Judaism in the Writings of Ibn Taymiyya"

Panel: Islam and Antisemitism (ISL)

Eva-Maria ZIEGE

University of Bayreuth

Title of Talk: "The problem of Antisemitism and the current challenges for Political Sociology"

Panel: Philosophy and Ethics (PHI)


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