Hillel at the College of Staten Island and the Department of the Library present:
Commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day
“Contemporary Global Antisemitism: A Response to the Demonisation and Incitement Against the Jewish People and Israel within the Academy”
Dr. Charles Asher Small
Director of ISGAP; Koret Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Wednesday, April 30 at 5:00PM
5:00PM:
Reception and special viewing of the exhibit, One Soul: “When Humanity Fails”– CSI Library Rotunda. At the end of World War II, U.S. troops sweeping through Germany discovered evidence of unspeakable crimes against humanity. This exhibition tells of the soldiers who liberated Western Europe and freed the survivors of Nazi persecution.
6:30PM:
Lecture- Dr. Charles Asher Small
CUNY College of Staten Island
Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall
2800 Victory Blvd.
Staten Island, NY 10314
This event is free and open to the public.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Charles Asher Small is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). He is also the Koret Distinguished Scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Charles received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, McGill University, Montreal; a M.Sc. in Urban Development Planning in Economics, Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London; and a Doctorate of Philosophy (D.Phil), St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. Charles was the founding Director of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA), the first interdisciplinary research center on antisemitism at a North American university. Charles specializes in social and cultural theory, globalization and national identity, socio-cultural policy, and racism(s) – including antisemitism.