Antisemitism in Theory and Practice: Legacies in Cultural and Political Thought
An international conference organised by the Wiener Library and the Leo Baeck Institute London as a contribution to the European Network for Research into historical and current antisemitism is taking place in London on 28 and 29 April 2008 at the Wiener Library.
The conference will look at theories of antisemitism and antisemitic legacies in modern cultural and politcal theories.
There will be 3 stages:
1. Assessing the state of the art in modern theories of antisemitism.
2. Critically examining the problematic legacies that partly fostered these theories.
3. Discussion of praxis orientated approaches of dealing with antisemitism in a number of European countries (UK, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary and Russia).
The proposed timetable is:
| 10.00 am |
Opening
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Raphael Gross, Ben Barkow
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| 10.30 am - 12.00 noon |
Panel 1:
Frankfurt School & Cultural Studies |
Chair: Michael Wildt
Lecturers: Anson Rabinbach/Birgit Erdle,
The Legacy of Hate in Current Cultural Theory
Commentary: Leonard Olschner
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Lunch
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| 1.30 - 3.00 pm |
Panel 2:
Country Reports I (Germany, Poland) |
Chair: tba
Lecturers: Juliane Wetzel - Germany,
Teaching on Today's Anstisemitism in Germany: Challenges and Resistance
Michael Bilewicz - Poland,
Fighting Antisemitism in the Polish Classroom: Methods and their Effectiveness
Commentary: Antony Lerman
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| 3.30 - 5.00 pm |
Panel 3:
History & Sociology |
Chair: Klaus Holz
Lecturers: Shulamit Volkov,
Controversies over Antisemitism: Old and New
Jan Weyand,
A Gap Between Social Theory and Theory of Antisemitism
Commentary: Werner Bregmann
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| Dinner |
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| 9.00 - 10.30 am |
Panel 4:
Theology & Philosophy
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Chair: Christian Wiese
Lecturers: Tanja Hetzer,
Antisemitism and "God's Will": The Political Theology of Paul Althaus
Christopher Clark,
title tba
Commentary: Katharina von Kellenbach
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11.00 am -
12.30 pm |
Panel 5:
Country Reports II
(Russia, Hungary) |
Chair: Andras Kovacs
Lecturers: Monika Kovacs,
Cultural, Anti-Bias and Holocaust Education - Different Approaches in Hungary
Alexander Verkhovsky,
Antisemitism in Putin's Russia
Commentary: Stella Rock
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| Lunch |
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2.00 - 3.30 pm
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Panel 6:
Political Theory/Social Theory
& Psychoanalysis |
Chair: tba
Lecturers: Roger Griffin,
Differentialist Racism and Aryo-Islamist Holocaust Denial: Two Case Studies in Modernist Antisemitism
Celine Surprenant,
Moses and Monotheism: The Recent Reception of Freud's Book on Antisemitism
Commentary: Brian Klug
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4.00 - 5.30 pm
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Panel 7:
Country Reports III
(France, UK) |
Chair: Julian Jackson
Lecturers: Jean-Yves Casmus,
(Not so) New Judeophobia and Old Stereotypes: Antisemitism in France After 2000
Mike Whine
title tba
Commentary: Philip Spencer
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| 5.30 - 6.00 pm |
Closing remarks |
Peter Pulzer |
Admission is free, but as space is limited places must be reserved by contacting Neil Huckstepp using our
contact form or telephoning 020 7636 7247.