ISGAP-Woolf Institute, in association with the University of Cambridge, UK 

January 23, 2025: “Higher Education Policy, Foreign Funding and Soft Power: Implications for Democratic Principles and Antisemitism”

 Location: Woolf Institute, Cambridge, UK

Time: 2-6 PM GMT

This symposium marks the launch of a ground-breaking ISGAP report, “Education Policy in the United Kingdom Foreign Funding, Soft Power and Antisemitism.” Panellists will critically examine the influence of foreign funding and ideological forces on academic culture in the United Kingdom, exploring whether these factors contribute to the persistence of antisemitic attitudes in higher education.

Speakers:

  1. Chair: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Director, ISGAP and ISGAP-Woolf Institute Fellowship Training Programme in Critical Contemporary Antisemitism Studies, Woolf Institute, Cambridge, UK; Research Associate, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, UK
  2. Charlotte Littlewood, ISGAP Researcher, PhD candidate, University of Exeter 
  3. Rojin Sena Cantay, UK campus advisor for CAMERA, University of Exeter

If you are interested in attending, please register for the event here.

Upcoming: 

March 5, 2025: “Antisemitism, Intersectionality and the Response of the Feminist Movement to the Sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October”

May 7, 2025: “Intellectual Discourse and Contemporary Antisemitism in Higher Education”

House of Commons, London, UK

January 22, 2025: “Higher Education Policy, Foreign Funding and Soft Power: Implications for Democratic Principles and Antisemitism”

Location: House of Commons, London, UK

Time: 5-6 PM GMT

This parliamentary event will explore the subject matter outlined above in addition to providing an advanced overview of the ISGAP report, “Education Policy in the United Kingdom Foreign Funding, Soft Power and Antisemitism,” the first in a series of comprehensive interdisciplinary studies of antisemitism and higher education in the United Kingdom, with a focus on foreign funding and Muslim Brotherhood influence.

Speakers:

  1. Chair: Joani Reid MP, Labour Party, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism 
  2. Dr. Charles Asher Small, Dr Charles Asher Small, Director, ISGAP and ISGAP-Woolf Institute Fellowship Training Programme in Critical Contemporary Antisemitism Studies, Woolf Institute, Cambridge, UK; Research Associate, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, UK
  3. Charlotte Littlewood, ISGAP Researcher, PhD candidate, University of Exeter 
  4. Dr. Dave Rich, Head of Policy, Community Security Trust, Associate Research Fellow, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism

If you are interested in attending, please register for the event here. Please note that space is limited.

Upcoming:

March 6, 2025: “Antisemitism, Intersectionality and the Response of the Feminist Movement to the Sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October”